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PINCHER, Chapman (1914-2014)
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PINCHER, Chapman (1914-2014)

  • PINCHER, HC
  • Collection
  • 1937-1993

37 volumes of Pincher's published press articles, 1937, 1940 and 1946-1993, published chiefly in the Daily Express, on defence, security, scientific and medical topics including:

UK rocket research, 1946-1963, nuclear weapon testing, 1946-1976

atom bomb development and testing, 1946-1954, hydrogen bomb development and testing, 1954-1956, atomic power, 1946-1976

human longevity, 1946-1968

supersonic flight, 1947-1976, including the development of the supersonic passenger airliner, Concorde, 1972-1976

the expulsion of former Communists from defence establishment posts, 1948, and MI5 screening of defence and atomic energy research scientists, 1948-1952

smoking and health, 1948-1969

space travel, 1950-1969

the convictions on spying charges of Klaus Fuchs, 1950, and John Vassall, 1962

air pollution and smog, 1953-1971

chemical and biological testing, 1953-1974

UK arms exports, 1971-1979

Northern Ireland, 1972-1979

reductions in UK defence spending, 1974-1978

the naming of Anthony Blunt as a spy for the USSR, 1979

Also articles by Pincher published in the Daily Mail, and coverage in many other newspapers and magazines, relating to his book Their trade is treachery, 1981, and accusations that the late former Director General of MI5, Roger Hollis, and the late Labour MPs Tom Driberg and Bernard Floud, among others, were agents for the USSR.

Notes and correspondence relating to Pincher's investigative journalism on British-Soviet espionage during the Cold War, 1950s-1980s, CLOSED pending cataloguing.

Pincher, (Harry) Chapman (1914-2014), journalist and author