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1948 and after: Israel and the Palestinians, Benny Morris, Clarendon Press, Oxford, Revised edition, 1994. 366pp

A fire in Zion: the Israeli-Palestinian search for peace, Mark Perry, William Morrow and Co Inc, New York, 1994.

A history of Israel, from the rise of Zionism to out time, Howard Morley Sachar, Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1976. 932pp

A history of Israel, Vol 2 from the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War, Howard Morley Sachar, Oxford University Press, New York, 1987. 319pp

Anwar Sadat: visionary who dared, Joseph Finklestone, Frank Cass, London, 1996. 297pp

Assad of Syria, the struggle for the Middle East, Patrick Seale, I B Tauris & Co Ltd, London, 1988, 552pp

Audio cassette recording of Lyndon Baines Johnson remarks in a toast in the State Dining Room, White House, 22 Jun 1967 (6 minutes); and Lyndon Baines Johnson remarks after first meeting with Soviet Premier Alexey Kosygin, Glassboro, New Jersey, 23 Jun 1967 (2 minutes).Reference: WHCA # 594, LBJ Library, Austin Texas

Miscellaneous articles, File 2'Photocopies of extracts from books, articles and book reviews relating to events covered in the documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs, including predominantly material by Avi Shlaim and Ahmed S Khalidi, and articles published in London Review of Books 1992-1996, Journal of Palestine Studies 1994-1995, Middle East International 1978, Middle East Quarterly 1996, International Affairs 1995, RUSI Journal (Royal United Services Institute) 1994, and TLS (Times Literary Survey) 1997.

Miscellaneous articles, File 1' Photocopies of articles, extracts from books and book reviews relating to events covered in the documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs, including works by authors such as Avi Shlaim, Ahron Bregman, and Alfred L Atherton; articles form publications including London Review of Books 1993-1996, Journal of Palestine Studies 1986-1997, International Journal of Middle East Studies 1995, International Affairs 1980, 1997; manuscripts of 'Egypt and Israel-was there a peace opportunity missed in 1971?' Mordechai Gazit (1996); 'The Stephen Green story; the US Air Force in Sinai', Richard B Parker, Jan 1996; and sample chapters from 'Men of secrets, men of mystery', Rafi Sutton and Yitzhak Shushan.Also contains copy of proposal by Brian Lapping Associates Ltd for Secret History documentary on Camp David, Nov 1990.

Background Research-Programme 3'File of material covered in Programme 3 of the documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs, including photocopies of articles and sections from published works, and typescript notes on events relating to activities of the Palestinians, in Jordan, 1967-1970, and Lebanon, 1973-1982, including Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) terrorism at the Munich Olympics (1972); 'Black September' and the PLO conflict with Jordan, (Sep 1970); PLO involvement in the civil war in Lebanon (1976); Israeli military operations in Lebanon, the massacres at Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps in Lebanon, and departure of the PLO from Lebanon 1982.Language: English and Hebrew

Background Research-Programme 1'File containing photocopies of articles and sections from published works, and typescript notes relating events covered in Programme 1 of the documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs, for the years 1948-1956, including US recognition of the State of Israel; Israel's War of Independence; Palestinian refugees; attack on village of Deir Yassin; assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte, United Nations mediator (Sep 1948); the 'Lavon Affair', operations of Jewish underground movement in Egypt, (1950-1954); 'Gaza raid', Israeli attack of military outposts in Gaza, (Feb 1955); secret talks between Egyptian Abdul Rahman Sadeq and Israeli Ziamah Divon (1941); road to Suez War (1956). Language: English and Hebrew

Background Research-Programme 2'File containing photocopies of articles and sections from published works, and typescript notes on individuals involved in events and story ideas relating to events of the Six Day War (1967), covered in Programme 2 of the documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs and including: false Soviet reports of Israeli troop concentration; Israeli meetings with US government administration; Israeli military advice; Jordan's involvement in the war, and phone call to Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt; Israeli operations in Gaza; ceasefire and peace talks.

Background Research-Programme 4' File relating to material File containing memoranda, photocopies of news articles and extracts of published works relating to events covered in Programme 4 of the documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs, including the Yom Kippur War (October War, Oct 1973); peace talks between Egypt and Israel; role of Henry Kissinger, US Security Council Advisor and Secretary of State 1973-1977; and the Camp David Accords. Also includes transcripts of interviews with Boutros Boutros-Ghalli, Egyptian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1977-1991, 2 Mar 1982, 5 Jun 1982, 14-16 Mar 1983, and 11 Nov 1987; William B Quandt, staff of National Security Council 1972-1974, 1977-1979, n.d., Yehuda Lapidot (Nimrod), Cyrus Vance, 6 Jul 1983; Sol Linowitz, 12 Jul 1983; Samuel Lewis, US Ambassador to Israel, 3 Jun 1982; and Harold Saunders, Former Assistant Secretary of State, 11 Jul 1983.Language: English, Arabic, Rumanian, French

Background Research-Programme 5'File containing material relating to Programme 5 of he documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs, including photocopies of news articles, notes on sources and people with expertise relating to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), and the intifada (1987-); the Persian Gulf War (1990-1991); and the development of the Madrid Peace conference, (1987-1992). Language: English, Hebrew

Background Research-Programme 5'File containing photocopied news articles, typescript notes on sources of information and relevant individuals, and sections of published works relating to events covered in Programme 6 of the documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs, including Israeli Palestinian talks in Oslo (1993-1994), relations between Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Hammas; PLO negotiations in Washington; Israeli elections (1996); Israel's operations in Lebanon 1996; Syria Israel talks; Israeli-Jordan peace agreement; Palestinians in Jerusalem; and Palestinian extremist organisations such as Hammas and Hizbollah.

Deir Yassin research' Manuscript notes, typescript translations of articles and sections of books relating to the attack on the Arab village of Deir Yassin by Jewish Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL, Etzel) forces, 9 Apr 1948. Also contains transcripts of interview with eyewitnesses to the attack including Meir Pail, (Yisrael) Galili 19 May 1983; testimony of Reuven Greenberg 8 Aug 1957; transcript of interview with David Niv, IZL historian, 5 May 1982, and transcript of Irgun Zvai Leumi radio broadcast reporting the attack 11 Apr 1948.Language: English, Hebrew, Arabic

Miscellaneous Research File'File of material relating to research for the documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs, including notes on a number of published works used as sources; typescript copy of translation of Moshe Sharett's diary, Sep 1953-1954 (also electronic version on disk); lists of Israeli cabinet ministers 1948-1996, US and UK Ambassadors to Middle East nations 1990-1996, Jordanian government members 1994-1996, Egyptian cabinet members 1952-1992, and biographical notes and contact details of participants in the US State Department Conference on the June War (Six Day War, Jun 1967) (1992); correspondence relating to checking of statistical details such as casualty numbers; photocopies of extracts of general articles on Palestine, Egypt and Israel; photocopies of biographical details of eyewitnesses involved in the making of the documentary.

Publications: Conference on the June 1967 War, File 1'. Copies of draft chapters of a The Six Day War, a retrospective, interspersed with transcripts of the panel discussions relating to the same topic addressed at a State Department Conference on the June 1967 War, investigating events surrounding the Six Day War between Israel and her Arab neighbours, 5-10 Jun 1967, (1992).Includes: Introduction, L Carl Brown and Richard B Parker; Chapter 1, Origins of the War, L Carl Brown 2 editions; Chapter 2, The United Nations response: conflict prevention and the June war, William Zartman; and Chapter 3, The Israeli response: the view from Jerusalem, Bernard Reich.Members of the panel discussions include: Vitaly Naumkin, Georgiy Kornienko, Robert Freedman, Robert Oakley, Alan Drimmer, William Zartman, David Korn, Red (Granville) Austin, C Ernest Dawn, Bernard Reich, Samit Mutawi, Raymond Garthoff, Meir Amit, William Quandt, Ephraim Evron, Tahsin Basheer, Gideon Rafael, George Tomeh, William Zartmann, Richard Parker, Eugene Rostow, Carl Brown, McGeorge Bundy, Lucius Battle, Richard Helms, Samuel Lewis, Alfred Atherton, Janice, Stein, Andrew Cockburn, Robert Komer, George Tomeh, Talcott Seelye, Shimon Shamir, Brian Urquart, Victor Israelyan, Karen Darwisha.

Publications: Conference on the June 1967 War, File 2'Copies of draft chapters of a The Six Day War, s retrospective, interspersed with transcripts of the panel discussion relating to the same topic discussed at a US State Department Conference on the June 1967 War, investigating events surrounding the Six Day War between Israel and her Arab neighbours, 5-10 Jun 1967, (1992).Includes: Chapter 4, The other Arabs responses, C Ernest Dawn; Chapter 5, A view from Washington, Donald Bergus; Chapter 6, The conspiracy theory, and Chapter 7, Conclusions, Richard B Parker.Members of the panel discussions include: Vitaly Naumkin, Georgiy Kornienko, Robert Freedman, Robert Oakley, Alan Drimmer, William Zartman, David Korn, Red (Granville) Austin, C Ernest Dawn, Bernard Reich, Samit Mutawi, Raymond Garthoff, Meir Amit, William Quandt, Ephraim Evron, Tahsin Basheer, Gideon Rafael, George Tomeh, William Zartmann, Richard Parker, Eugene Rostow, Carl Brown, McGeorge Bundy, Lucius Battle, Richard Helms, Samuel Lewis, Alfred Atherton, Janice, Stein, Andrew Cockburn, Robert Komer, George Tomeh, Talcott Seelye, Shimon Shamir, Brian Urquart, Victor Israelyan, Karen Darwisha.

Ben-Gurion: a biography, Michael Bar-Zohar, Translated by Peretz Kidron, Delacorte Press, New York, 1978. 334pp