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Bertrand Russell has invited the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, Lord Gladwyn, to debate with him about the threat of nuclear war. The two men are civilized and courteous to each other but they fundamentally disagree about how the world’s leading nations should be dealing with advances in nuclear warfare.
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Lights come up. A second lectern is to the side of the one Russell has been using. The park bench has been removed. Russell is at one lectern, and Lord Gladwyn is at the second one.
RUSSELL Thank you for coming, Lord Gladwyn.
GLADWYN My pleasure, Lord Russell. It was indeed kind of you to send me the literature concerning the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
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