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- [2007] (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Col Spike Callender, Directing Staff of Able Archer, NATO. Subjects include his role in NATO/Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and NATO exercise planning 1981-1984; what was Able Archer and it involved; how Able Archer played out annually, based on tensions between Warsaw Pact and NATO; the role of exercise planners in a command post exercise and the presence of no troops on the ground in these exercises; the Able Archer scenario; the WINTEX exercise, which was the biennial exercise focussing on political consultation; the atmosphere amongst those taking part in the Able Archer exercise; what players knew about Able Archer script prior to reading it; Able Archer timeframe; USSR monitoring of Able Archer, Able Archer as a provocative exercise; Callender’s role in Special (nuclear) Weapons branch. 58pp
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