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Typescript transcript of interview with Dr Ishrat Husain Usmani, Chairman, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, 1960-1971, relating to the role of the Pakistani Atomic Energy Commission, 1960-1971; the reaction to the announcement by US President Dwight David Eisenhower of the US Atoms for Peace programme, 1953; the potential benefits for Pakistan from the US Atoms for Peace programme, 1953; the use of nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes, 1953-1974; Projects GNOME and SEDAN, Operation PLOWSHARE, a US series of twenty seven underground nuclear tests, Nevada Test Site, Colorado, and New Mexico, USA, 1961-1973; the creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 1957; Pakistan's collaboration with Canada for the purchase and construction of their first nuclear reactor, 1965; the Indian nuclear development programme, [1955]-1974; ; the detonation of the first Chinese nuclear weapon, Lop Nor, People's Republic of China, Oct 1964; the Indo-Pakistan War and its impact on Pakistan's nuclear development programme, 1965; the decision taken by Pakistan not to become a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1968; the detonation of India's first nuclear device, Rajasthan Desert, India, May 1974; speculation on future nuclear proliferation, [1989]; Usmani's departure from Pakistan following differences with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan, 1971-1973.

Typescript transcripts of extracts of interviews with Dr Ramanna Raja, Chairman of Indian Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, 1983, relating to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and India's decision not to become a signatory, Jul 1968; the detonation of the first Indian atomic bomb, Rajasthan Desert, India, May 1974; Indian reaction to rumours of Pakistan embarking on a nuclear development programme [1978].

Typescript transcript of interview with Han Xu, Chinese Ambassador to the USA, 1985-[1987], relating to the Chinese reaction to the possible use by the USA of nuclear weapons during the Korean War, 1950-1953; the Sino-Soviet nuclear agreement, 1957; the threat of nuclear confrontation with the USA over the Quemoy-Matsu crisis between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, 1958; the detonation of the first Chinese nuclear weapon, Lop Nor, People's Republic of China, Oct 1964; the official visit by US President Richard Milhous Nixon to the People's Republic of China, Feb 1972; the Chinese viewpoint on the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I), 1969-1972, and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) negotiations, 1974-1979; the establishment of diplomatic relations between the USA and the People's Republic of China, Jan 1979.

Testimonials and curriculum vitae including testimonials for Albert Henry Lingen by William H Bell, 27 Feb 1945, Lt Col R T Hewitt, 11 Jan 1946 and Brig J K Dunlop, 13 Jul 1946; testimonial by Lingen for Sterio Shovas for his service in Grevena and notes for Lingen's curriculum vitae. 5 items.