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- 1995 Dec 6 (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Paul H Nitze, Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, US Defense Department, 1961-1963, US Secretary of the Navy, 1963-1967, US Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1967-1969, Member of the US Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I (SALT I) Delegation, 1969-1974, Chairman of the Committee on the Present Danger, 1977-1981, Head of the US INF (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces) negotiations, 1981-1984, and Special Adviser to the US President and Secretary of Defense on Arms Control, 1984-1988, relating to the threat of communist parties taking power in France and Italy following World War 2; the development of the Truman Doctrine, the provision of US military and economic aid for any country threatened by Communism, Mar 1947, particularly Greece and Turkey as geographically significant nations on the Mediterranean; development of the Marshall Plan, the US European Recovery Program, 1948; currency problems in post-war Germany contributing to the Soviet blockade of Berlin, 1948-49; the role of Gen MacArthur in the prosecution of the Korean War, 1950-1953; MacArthur's relationship with US President Harry S Truman; US nuclear strength immediately following the surrender of Japan, 1945; increase in US defence spending brought about by NSC-68, a US National Security Council document reviewing foreign and defense policy, 1950; and US reaction to the launch of the Soviet Sputnik I and Sputnik II, earth orbiting satellites. 38pp
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