Item COLD WAR 27/40 - Transcript of interview with politician Robert McNamara, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Robert Strange McNamara, US Secretary of Defense, 1961-1968, relating to the 'missile gap', a US perception of the advantage held by the Soviets in the production of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), [1958]-1960; the nuclear policy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), 1961-1968; the announcement of the US nuclear strategy of flexible response, NATO Defence and Foreign Minister's Conference, Athens, Greece, Apr 1962; the planned US deployment of one thousand LGM-30A Minuteman I Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), [1962]; the conclusion of the first round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, the signing of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) between the USA and the USSR, and the signing of the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (the ABM Treaty), May 1972; the US nuclear doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), [1962-1972]; the Berlin Crisis, Germany, 1961; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; the Six Day War between Israel and the Arab nations of Egypt, Jordan and Syria, 5-10 Jun 1967. 10pp