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Typescript transcript of interview with Dorothee Wilms, West German Minister for inter German relations during 1989, describing the visit of Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity (Communist) Party, German Democratic Republic 1971-1989, to West Germany. 12pp Language: German

Typescript transcript of interview with Pfarrer Christian Führer, dissident East German priest, Nicolaikirche, Leipzig, describing the demonstrations in Leipzig, Sep-Oct 1989. 11pp Language: German

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Branko Kostic, Montenegrin representative to Yugoslav Collective Presidency, Yugoslav Vice President 1991, and Acting President of Yugoslavia following President Mesic's resignation and international recognition of independence of Slovenia and Croatia, describing the Collective Presidency discussion of the situation of Serbs in the Krajina region of Croatia; the secession of Slovenia from Yugoslavia (Jun 1991) and the withdrawal of the JNA from Slovenia; the Carrington Plan for a Yugoslav constitutional settlement and meetings in The Hague (Sep-Oct 1991); the role of the European Community troika of Foreign Ministers (Hans van den Broek, Dutch Foreign Minister, Jacques Poos, Luxembourg Foreign Minister and Gianni de Michelis, Italian Foreign Minister, who were Foreign Ministers of the states holding the past, present and future incumbency as President of the European Council) in negotiations to preserve Yugoslavia (1991); the Vance Plan for the settlement of the Croatian conflict (Dec 1991); Bosnian moves towards independence, the role of the Yugoslav Peoples' Army (JNA) in Bosnia and detention of Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, by the JNA (May 1992). 46pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Borut Suklje, Slovene member of the Yugoslav Central Committee of the League of Communists, commenting on the development of Slovenian independence, including the arrest of Janez Jansa Slovene journalist and opposition activist (1988), the political influence of Slobodan Milosevic and nationalist conflict in Kosovo, and the Fourteenth Extraordinary Congress of the Yugoslav Communist Party, Belgrade (Jan 1990) abandoned by the Slovene delegation following the rejection of their constitutional amendments. 14pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Adm Branko Mamula, Yugoslav Peoples' Army (JNA), Yugoslav Defence Minister, 1980-1988, describing the role of the JNA following the death of Marshall Josip Broz Tito (1979), including attempts to deal with inter ethnic conflict within the JNA and its reorganisation (1986), and the effect of the secession of Slovenia on the JNA's role and its ethnic composition. Also comments on the policies of Veljko Kadjevic, his successor as Yugoslav Defence Minister. 36pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Azem Vllasi, ethnic Albanian Party leader in Kosovo, describing the visits of Slobodan Milosevic, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Serbian League of Communists 1986-1989, to Kosovo Polje (April 1987). Also describes the Serbian Central Committee meeting at which Milosevic proposed the removal from office of Dragsa Pavlovic, Belgrade Communist Party chief, and the Eighth Session of the Central Committee of the Serbian League of Communists (Sep 1987), the Serb government dealings with the miners strike at Trepca (Feb 1989), and his own arrest (Mar 1989). 16pp

Typescript transcript of BBC Television 'Panorama' interview with Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala), economic assistant to Yasir Arafat and Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Minister of Finance, describing the meetings which led to the establishment of talks, between the PLO and Israel, in Oslo, Norway, involving Yair Hirschfeld, Israeli academic, Uri Savir, Director General of Israeli Foreign Ministry 1993-1996, and later Joel Singer, Legal Advisor to the Israeli Foreign Affairs Department, (1992-1993); the development of a formula for the talks; the role of Terje Rød Larsen; the development of the Declaration of Principles (DOP); discussion of mutual recognition of the PLO and the State of Israel; issues to be dealt with in final status talks and economic implications of the agreement, (1992-1993). 26pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Yitzhak Shamir describing the visit to Israel of Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, President of Egypt 1970-1981, his address to the Knesset, and the Israeli public reaction 19 Nov 1977; response of Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister 1977-1983, to Shamir's abstention from Knesset debate on the Camp David Accord (1978); his views on Israeli involvement in the Lebanon War, and meeting with Bashir Gemayel, President-elect of Lebanon, (1982); his visit to Bucharest to meet with Nikolai Ceausescu, Romanian President 1974-1989, concerning Jewish immigration and possible talks with the PLO, 1987; secret talks between Likud members Moshe Amirav, Ehud Olmert and Dan Meridor with Sari Nusseibeh, Palestinian academic Beir Zit University (Aug 1987); the relations within Israeli Unity government (1987); his opposition to the proposed international conference, 1987; secret meeting with Hussein, King of Jordan 1952-1999, in London, July 1987 including Ben Aharon, Ephraim Halevy and Elyakim Rubinstein; Israeli response to the Iraqi SS-1 SCUD B missiles landing in Tel Aviv and Haifa, (Jan 1991); meetings with James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State 1989-1992, concerning the Israeli Arab relations in the lead up to the Madrid Conference and speeches at the Conference (Oct 1991); George Bush, US President 1989-1992, announcing linkage US loan guarantees to Israeli policy on new settlements; and comments on Zionism. 50pp

Transcript of interview with Sir Richard Royle Powell, Permanent Under Secretary at the Ministry of Defence during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to planning considerations for operations MUSKETEER and MUSKETEER REVISE (Anglo-French offensive in Egypt), and the use of pyschological warfare; the role of the Ministry of Defence during the Suez Crisis and its relations with the Chiefs of Staff, the Armed Services Ministries and the Joint Intelligence Committee. 14pp

Transcript of interview with Sir (D'Arcy) Patrick Reilly, Minister in Paris, France, and Under Secretary at the Foreign Office during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to his recollection of key events at the Foreign Office during Aug-Sep 1956; the meeting between Rt Hon Sir (Robert) Anthony Eden MP, Prime Minister, Rt Hon John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn-Lloyd MP, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Guy Alcide Mollet, French Prime Minister, and Christian Paul Francis Pineau, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, in Paris on 16 Oct 1956; Reilly's drafting of Eden's response to the note of 5 Nov 1956 sent by Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin, Soviet Prime Minister, hinting at Soviet military action against Great Britain and France. Two copies, minor variations. 13pp

Transcript of interview with Sir Patrick Henry Dean, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to the role of the Permanent Under Secretary's Department of the Foreign Office during the Suez Crisis, particularly its relations between the Chiefs of Staff, service planning staff of operation MUSKETEER REVISE (Anglo-French offensive in Egypt), and the Joint Intelligence Committee. 6pp

Transcript of interview with Sir Guy Elwin Millard, Private Secretary to Rt Hon Sir (Robert) Anthony Eden MP, Prime Minister, during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to the work of the Prime Minister's Private Office and the personality of Eden during the Suez Crisis; relations between Eden, the Foreign Office and the USA. 14pp

Transcript of interview with Sir Frederick Arthur Bishop, Principal Private Secretary to Rt Hon Sir (Robert) Anthony Eden MP, Prime Minister, during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to Bishop's contact with Eden during the Suez Crisis, Eden's health, Eden's choice of advisers, and the opinions of senior Cabinet ministers and civil servants towards Eden's policy with Egypt, including Rt Hon Richard Austin Butler MP, Lord Privy Seal, Rt Hon Maurice Harold Macmillan MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Rt Hon Sir Norman Craven Brook, Secretary to the Cabinet. Two copies. 15pp

Transcript of interview with Rt Hon Sir Frank Cooper, Head of the Air Staff Secretariat during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to relations between the Ministry of Defence, the Chiefs of Staff and the Foreign Office during the Suez Crisis; the work of the Air Ministry during operation MUSKETEER REVISE (Anglo-French offensive in Egypt), the quality of British aircraft involved and the role of psychological warfare in British air operations. Two copies, slight variations. 11pp

Transcript of interview with Sir (Charles Arthur) Evelyn Shuckburgh, Assistant Under Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs at the Foreign Office prior to the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to Shuckburgh's Descent to Suez, diaries 1951-1956 (Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 1986); the personality of Rt Hon Sir (Robert) Anthony Eden MP as Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister; the Anglo-American initiative, 'Alpha Project', 1954, undertaken by Shuckburgh and Francis Russell, Counsellor at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, to improve Arab-Israeli relations. Two copies, minor variations. 24pp

Transcript of interview with Sir David Bruce Pitblado, Principal Private Secretary to Rt Hon Sir (Robert) Anthony Eden MP, Prime Minister, and Treasury Official attached to the British Embassy in the USA in 1956, mainly relating to the work of the Prime Minister's Private Office and the personality of Eden; economic difficulties faced by Great Britain at the time of the Suez Crisis of 1956. 13pp

Transcript of interview with (George Frank) Norman Reddaway, Deputy Director of the Information Research Department (IRD) in the Foreign Office during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly regarding the establishment of IRD in 1948, its work in disseminating information on the Communist bloc and the Middle East, and the impact of the Suez Crisis on the management of information and media relations. 15pp

Transcript of interview with Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, British Ambassador to the USA and Joint Permanent Secretary of the Treasury in 1956, mainly relating to the strength of diplomatic relations between Great Britain and the USA prior to the Suez Crisis of 1956, and joint initiatives on Middle East policy; economic difficulties faced by Great Britain during the Suez Crisis. Two copies, minor variations. 9pp

Transcript of interview with Gen Sir Frank Douglas King, General Staff Officer 2 (Air), 16 Independent Parachute Bde Group during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to planning and training considerations for the airborne assault of 16 Para Bde on Gamil Airfield, Port Said, Egypt, on 5 Nov 1956. 11pp

Transcript of interview with Rt Hon Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, Baron Jay of Battersea, Labour MP and Shadow Treasury and Board of Trade Spokesman during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to the attitude of Rt Hon Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskill MP, Leader of the Labour Party, towards British Government policy during the Suez Crisis, and discussions between Gaitskill and Rt Hon Sir (Robert) Anthony Eden MP, Prime Minister, in Aug-Sep 1956 on the possible use of British forces in Egypt. 10pp