Item BRINK OF APOCALYPSE 5/5 - Interview with David Blythe, with NATO Special Weapons Section, the Nuclear Policy Section, [2007]

Typescript transcript of interview with David Blythe NATO Special Weapons Section, the Nuclear Policy Section. Subjects include Able Archer exercise; his role within NATO Special Weapons Section and the Nuclear Policy Section; Nuclear Policy’s role within Able Archer; Nuclear Weapons Release Procedure; the atmosphere within the Supreme Headquarters Allied Paths Europe (SHAPE) bunker, where the exercise took place; the Nuclear Weapons Release Procedure exercise; analysis of Able Archer and how believable was the Able Archer scenario; use of Pershing II missiles in the exercise ;the purpose of the exercise. 38pp