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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
As the Soviet Union recedes into history, the threat of
global thermonuclear warfare is waning considerably. But we are
just beginning to learn some of the secrets of that cold war era
when the two superpowers were locked in a state of high alert.
This week correspondent Ted Gup advances our understanding
greatly with a cover story focusing on the Federal Government's
grand plan to preserve post-apocalypse control. As Ted reports,
planning went far beyond contingencies to shelter top-level
bureaucrats and ensure the survival of the U.S. government. It
also included plans to rescue the nation's cultural heritage,
from Leonardo da Vinci's Ginevra de' Benci to the Declaration
of Independence.
For Gup, 41, interest in this alarming story can be traced
back to his childhood in Canton, Ohio. "I've been fascinated
with this subject ever since grade school. I remember the
drills where we cowered under our desks as we prepared for the
big one," he says. ``My generation was shaped by the Bomb. In
a way, I've been reporting this story for decades." In the
interim, though, Ted made his mark in journalism. He joined TIME
in 1987 after serving eight years on the investigative staff at
the Washington Post, where his work won a Pulitzer nomination,
a George Polk Award, the Gerald Loeb Award and the Worth
Bingham Prize. Since bringing his energies to TIME, he has
chronicled the illegal trade in elephant ivory, brought
attention to the endangered spotted owl, documented corruption
in college basketball and scrutinized the plight of West
Virginia coal miners.
The doomsday government story required Gup to dig even
deeper. "I ate a lot of dust," he says, while sifting through
reams of official archives. He unearthed documents about how
Washington planned to protect the Bill of Rights and the
Constitution. During the reporting, Ted thought frequently of
his two toddler sons David and Matthew. "I pray that they won't
have to grow up under a cloud of anxiety and that all of this
will seem exotic and far away to them."
U.S. athletes weren't the only ones piling up the medals
in Barcelona. TIME's art critic Robert Hughes also excelled
when he was awarded the first prize for literature in the
Olimpiada Cultural. In a ceremony at the Palacio de la Zarzuela,
Hughes was honored by the government of Catalonia for his book
Barcelona. The prize, which was presented by King Juan Carlos
and Queen Sofia of Spain, included a bronze Miro trophy.
Elizabeth P. Valk