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Typescript transcript of interview with George Wildman Ball, Director, US Strategic Bombing Survey, 1944-1945, US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1961, and US Under Secretary of State, 1961-1966, relating to the Nassau Agreement between US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Prime Minister Rt Hon (Maurice) Harold Macmillan, on the adoption by the UK of the US Lockheed UGM-27 Polaris A1 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) as the UK independent nuclear deterrent, Nassau, New Providence Islands, the Bahamas, Caribbean, Dec 1962; the relationship between US President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan, Nassau, Dec 1962; the development of the French nuclear weapons programme, 1952-1960; the meeting between Ball and French President Gen Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, 1963; US plans for the creation of a Multilateral Force (MLF) in western Europe, [1964-1965]; the withdrawal of French forces from the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Military Committee, 1966; the US reaction to the French withdrawal from NATO, 1966.

Typescript transcript of interview with Gerard C Smith, US Assistant Secretary of State and Director of Policy Planning, 1957-1961, Director, US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1968-1972, Chief US Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) Negotiator, 1969-1972, US Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 1977-1980, relating to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) between the USA and the USSR, Vienna, Austria, and Helsinki, Finland, 1969-1972; US military involvement in Vietnam, 1969-1972; US 'Safeguard' (previously known as 'Sentinel') anti ballistic missile (ABM) defence programme, of Nike X XLIM-49A Spartan and Sprint interceptor missiles, [1969-1970]; the US development of multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs) [1968-1972]; the US mining of Haiphong harbour, Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam, May 1972; 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), by US President Richard Milhous Nixon and Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Moscow, USSR, May 1972; the opinion of US Senator Henry Martin 'Scoop' Jackson on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (SALT I), 1972; the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II), 1974-1979; the US nuclear doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), [1962-1972].

Typescript transcript of interview with Egon Bahr, Journalist and Politician, Federal Republic of Germany, 1948-[1987], Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security, 1980-[1987], relating to the Berlin airlift, Germany, 1948-1949; the Soviet and Warsaw Pact intervention in Czechoslovakia, Aug 1968; the possibility of German unification, [1987]; the Berlin crisis and the construction of the Berlin wall, Germany, Aug 1961; the defence policy of Franz Josef Strauss, Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany, 1956-1962.

Typescript transcript of interview with R Gordon Arneson, Assistant to Henry (Lewis) Stimson, US Secretary of War, 1940-1945, and Atomic Energy Adviser to Dean Gooderham Acheson, US Under Secretary of State, 1945-1949, relating to the career of Henry (Lewis) Stimson, US Secretary of War, 1940-1945; the US development of the atomic bomb, 1942-1945; the collaboration between the USA and UK during the Manhattan Project, 1942-1945; the decision by US President Harry S Truman to use the atomic bomb against Japan, Aug 1945; the use, by the USAAF (US Army Air Force), of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 6 and 9 Aug 1945; the Bernard Mannes Baruch report, to the United Nations (UN) Atomic Energy Commission, on outlawing atomic war, 1946; the US Atomic Energy Act (the MacMahon Act), ending nuclear co-operation between the USA and the UK, 1946.

Typescript transcript of interview with R Gordon Arneson, Assistant to Henry (Lewis) Stimson, US Secretary of War, 1940-1945, and Atomic Energy Adviser to Dean Gooderham Acheson, US Under Secretary of State, 1945-1949, relating to nuclear and conventional military planning, US State Department, [1946-1948]; the deployment by US President Harry S Truman of nuclear capable Boeing B-29 Superfortresses to US bases in the UK during the Berlin airlift crisis, 1948; the detonation of the first Soviet atomic bomb, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, USSR, Aug 1949; the support of Dean Gooderham Acheson, US Under Secretary of State, 1945-1949, for the US development of thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs), 1948-1952.

Typescript transcript of interview with Graf Wolf von Baudissin, Director, Institute of Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1971-1984, relating to the European Defence Community (EDC), 1950-1954; the rearmament and entry into NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1954; the NATO Exercise CARTE BLANCHE, 1955; the creation of the Bundeswehr, 1955; the US strategic policy of massive retaliation, 1954-1960; the increased deployment of US tactical nuclear weapons in western Europe, [1957-1960]; the British Army's 'Land Battle Doctrine', 1960; the adoption by the USA and NATO of the strategic policy of flexible response, 1961 and 1967.

Typescript transcript of interview with Petra K Kelly, founder of Die Grünen (Green Party), Federal Republic of Germany, 1972, relating to the decision by US President James Earl 'Jimmy' Carter to deploy General Dynamics BGM-109G Gryphon Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) and MGM-31C Pershing II Short Range Battlefield Support Missiles in western Europe, Dec 1979; the Soviet deployment of the SS-20 'Saber' Mobile Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM), 1974-1977; the Peace Movement in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1979-1987; speculation on the forthcoming signing of the INF (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces) Treaty, Jun 1988.

Typescript transcript of interview with Greg Kanivan, Scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA, working on the US Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), [1988], relating to US development of laser technology, 1981-[1988]; the speech made by US President Reagan announcing the launch of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), Washington DC, USA, 23 Mar 1983; speculation on Soviet technological developments in strategic defence systems, [1988]; US investment in SDI, 1983-[1988]; the reformist policies of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, 1985-1991, and President of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 1988-1991; the morality of the US SDI programme, [1988].

Typescript transcript of interview with Akihiro Takahashi, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the USAAF, 6 Aug 1945, relating to recollections of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945; Takahashi's opinion of the peaceful use of atomic energy, 1953-[1987]; the Japanese anti-nuclear movement, 1954-[1987]; the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Jul 1968.

Typescript transcript of interview with Akihiro Takahashi, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the USAAF, 6 Aug 1945, relating to recollections of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945; Takahashi's opinion of the peaceful use of atomic energy, 1953-[1987]; the Japanese anti-nuclear movement, 1954-[1987]; the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Jul 1968. Copy of 8/10

Typescript transcript of interview with Professor Ichiro Moritaki, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the USAAF, 6 Aug 1945, and member of the Japanese anti-nuclear movement, 1954-[1987], relating to recollections of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945; the creation, by Moritaki, of the Movement to Aid and Adopt Orphans of the Atomic Bomb, Japan, [1946]; the radioactive contamination of the Japanese fishing vessel FUKURYU MARU (LUCKY DRAGON) and its crew, from US thermonuclear tests, Operation CASTLE, Bikini and Eniwetok Atolls, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, Mar 1954; the Japanese anti-nuclear movement, 1954-[1987]; the renewal of the 1951 Japan-US Security Treaty, 1960; the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Jul 1968.

Typescript transcript of interview with Professor Ichiro Moritaki, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the USAAF, 6 Aug 1945, and member of the Japanese anti-nuclear movement, 1954-[1987], relating to recollections of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945; the creation, by Moritaki, of the Movement to Aid and Adopt Orphans of the Atomic Bomb, Japan, [1946]; the radioactive contamination of the Japanese fishing vessel FUKURYU MARU (LUCKY DRAGON) and its crew, from US thermonuclear tests, Operation CASTLE, Bikini and Eniwetok Atolls, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, Mar 1954; the Japanese anti-nuclear movement, 1954-[1987]; the renewal of the 1951 Japan-US Security Treaty, 1960; the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Jul 1968. Copy of 8/5

Typescript transcript of interview with Mr Ishibashi, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the USAAF, 6 Aug 1945, and Socialist member of the Japanese Diet, relating to the immediate aftermath of the detonation of the atomic bomb, Aug 1945; the anti-nuclear movement in Japan, [1946-1960]; the radioactive contamination of the Japanese fishing vessel FUKURYU MARU (LUCKY DRAGON) and its crew, from US thermonuclear tests, Operation CASTLE, Bikini and Eniwetok Atolls, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, Mar 1954; concern in Japan at the announcement of the detonation of the first Chinese nuclear weapon, Lop Nor, People's Republic of China, Oct 1964; the signing by the UK, the USSR and the USA of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Jul 1968.

Typescript transcript of interview with Dr Edward Palmer Thompson, author and member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), [1988], relating to the summit meeting between Chancellor Helmut (Heinrich Waldemar) Schmidt, Federal Republic of Germany, Prime Minister Rt Hon (Leonard) James Callaghan, US President James Earl 'Jimmy' Carter and French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Guadeloupe, Caribbean, 1979; the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II (SALT II) on agreed limits on the numbers and testing of new types of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM), Jun 1979; the US development and deployment of the MGM-31C Pershing II Short Range Battlefield Support Missile, 1978-1983, and the General Dynamics BGM-109G Gryphon Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM), 1978-1984; US Presidential Directive 59 (PD 59) on the development of the US counter force strategy, of attacking an enemy's nuclear and military forces instead of centres of population or economic targets, in order to deter an enhanced Soviet first strike capability, Jul 1980; the policies of James (Rodney) Schlesinger, US Secretary of Defense, 1973-1975; the speech by Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Federal Republic of Germany, to the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London, on the consequences of the planned US deployment of General Dynamics BGM-109G Gryphon Ground Launched Cruise Missiles and MGM-31C Pershing II Short Range Battlefield Support Missiles on German territory ('Euro-strategic missiles'), 7 Oct 1977; US development of the 'neutron bomb', a thermonuclear enhanced radiation tactical nuclear weapon [1974-1978]; the Soviet deployment of the SS-20 'Saber' Mobile Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), 1974-1977; the adoption by the USA and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) of the strategic policy of flexible response, 1961 and 1967.

Typescript transcript of interview with Howard Stoertz, US Board of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 1956-[1960], and US National Intelligence Officer for the USSR, CIA, 1976, relating to the Soviet development of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) and the reduction in production of strategic bombers, 1956-1958; the launch of the Soviet Sputnik I and Sputnik II Earth orbiting satellites, Oct and Nov 1957; the shooting down, near Sverdlovsk, USSR, of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Lockheed U2 high altitude photographic reconnaissance aircraft, and the capture of the pilot, Francis Gary Powers, May 1960; US development of the General Dynamics Atlas ICBM, 1953-1958.

Typescript transcript of interview with Jack Philip Ruina, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency, US Department of Defense, 1961-1963, relating to the history of air defence systems, 1940-[1960]; the effectiveness of the British air defence system during the Battle of Britain, 1940; the US development of the MIM-3 Nike Ajax Surface to Air Missile (SAM), 1953, the MIM-14 Nike Hercules Surface to Air Missile, 1958, and the XLIM-49A Nike Zeus Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) system, 1963; the development of the US NORAD (North American Air Defense) system, 1957-1981; the failure of US Anti-Ballistic Missile tests, 1960.

Typescript transcript of interview with Jean Daniel, Editor in Chief, l'Expresse, [1963], and French correspondent with the New Republic, Washington DC, USA, 1956-1965, relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; an interview between Daniel and Dr Fidel Castro (Ruz), Prime Minister of Cuba, Oct 1963; relations between the USA and Cuba, 1962-1963.

Typescript transcript of interview with Jean-Pierre Chevénement, French Minister of Defence, 1988-1991, relating to the French independent nuclear deterrent, [1989]; the US Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 1983-[1989]; French opposition to the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) doctrine of flexible response, [1989]; the possibility of creating a European nuclear deterrent by collaboration between France and the UK, [1989].

Typescript transcript of interview with Professor Jerome B Wiesner, Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1952-1962, Special Assistant on Science and Technology to US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1964, and President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1979-1980, relating to the US nuclear strategy of counter force, attacking an enemy's nuclear and military forces instead of centres of population or economic targets, [1962]; the US nuclear doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), [1962-1972]; the cancellation of the North American XB-70A Valkyrie strategic bomber project [1962]; the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (the ABM Treaty), May 1972.

Typescript transcript of interview with Dr Jerome Bert Wiesner, Special Assistant to US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on Science and Technology, 1961-1964, and President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1971-1980, relating to the inaugural address by US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Washington DC, USA, Jan 1961; the increase in the production of US Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), [1961-1962]; the Soviet resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests, Sep 1961, and the US resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests, Apr 1962; the Soviet deployment of SS-4 'Sandal' Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM) and SS-5 'Skean' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM) to Cuba, Oct 1962; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Aug 1963.