Item BRINK OF APOCALYPSE 5/6 - Interview with Capt William Bliss, Chief of the Nuclear Operation Section of the Operations Division, NATO, [2007]

Typescript transcript of interview with Capt William Bliss, Chief of the Nuclear Operation Section of the Operations Division, NATO. Subjects include his role as Chief of the Nuclear Operation Section with Supreme Headquarters Allied Paths Europe (SHAPE) in 1983; his specialism in nuclear weapons; SHAPE as an organisation and building in Brussels; the atmosphere within the SHAPE bunker ;what Able Archer was; communications within the Able Archer exercise; tensions between Turkey and Greece within the exercise; anticipation of Able Archer; the testing of communications; Able Archer leaks to the German press; intelligence leaks within SHAPE use of Pershing II missiles in exercise and the use of chemical and conventional weapons alongside nuclear in Able Archer; the role of American and British administration within Able Archer; the idea that Able Archer was a provocative exercise; completion of the exercise and emotions upon doing so.