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Typescript transcript of interview with Florence Galing, US Army Nurse, 2 Div, Fort Lewis, Washington, USA, 1950, relating to the popular support for US military involvement in the Korean War, 1950; the belief that US involvement in Korea would counter communist expansionism, 1950; Galing husband's service with US 2 Div, Pusan perimeter, South Korea, Nov 1950; the posting of Galing's husband as missing in action (MIA) in Korea, Dec 1950; Galing's notification that her husband had been captured and was a POW, Dec 1951; the first letter from Korea Galing received from her husband, Jan 1952; the lack of support for POWs and their families in the USA, 1950-1953; the truce talks in Korea, Nov 1952; the US Presidential election, Nov 1952; Galing's husband's release from activity, and their reunion Aug 1953; Galing's reunion with her husband, San Francisco, California, USA, Sep 1953; Galing's reaction following the reunion with her husband, 1953. 24pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Arkadi Brish, relating to the Soviet atomic bomb development programme, 1945-1949; the importance of Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria, Commissar for Internal Affairs, in the Soviet nuclear development programme, 1945-1949; the detonation of the first Soviet atomic bomb, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, USSR, 29 Aug 1949; the Soviet exploitation of espionage to further the development of nuclear weapons, 1945-1949; the size of the Soviet nuclear arsenal, 1955; the Soviet thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb development programme, 1949-1953; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; the launch of the Soviet Sputnik I and Sputnik II Earth orbiting satellites via SS-6 'Sapwood' Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM), Oct and Nov 1957; the detonation by the USSR of a 50 megaton nuclear weapon, Novaya Zemlya Island, USSR, 30 Oct 1961; the announcement of the US Atoms for Peace programme to share nuclear knowledge with other countries, 1953; the characters of Yuli Khariton, Scientific Director of Arzamas 16, the Soviet nuclear weapons research complex, 1946-1992, and Igor Vasilevich Kurchatov, Scientific Director, Soviet nuclear development programme, 1945-1953. 21pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Yi Jong-Woon, North Korean, [from Sin'gye, Hwanghae Pukdo Province] relating to the establishment of the communist regime under Kim Il Sung, Gen Secretary of the Communist Party of Korea, 1948-1994, in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and his experiences of the Korean War, 1950-1951. 10pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Dr Nicanor Costa Méndez, Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1981-1982, relating to his meeting with the Argentine Military Junta, Army Headquarters, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the decision to invade the Falkland Islands, 26 Mar 1982; his assessment of the British and US reaction to the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands prior to 2 Apr 1982; the Argentine belief that the US would remain neutral throughout the Falklands crisis, and that the invasion would result in negotiations with the UK over future sovereignty of the islands, Apr 1982; the Argentine belief that the occupation of the Falkland Islands did not infringe international law, Apr 1982; the refusal, by Lt Gen Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri, President of Argentina, to speak on the telephone with US President Ronald Wilson Reagan prior to the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, 1 Apr 1982; his opinion of the character of Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr, US Secretary of State, 1981-1982, Washington DC, US, Apr 1982; discussions with Haig on the possibility of creating a tripartite administration in the Falkland Islands, Apr 1982; Costa Méndez's relationship with the Argentine Military Junta, Apr 1982; the importance of the role of Gen Vernon Anthony Walters, US Ambassador-at-large, in Haig's negotiating team, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Apr 1982; popular support in Argentina for the occupation of the Falkland Islands, and its influence on the Military Junta's stance during the peace negotiations, Apr 1982; US was provision of assistance to the Royal Navy Task Force during its voyage south to the Falkland Islands, Apr 1982; US plans to evacuate diplomatic staff from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Montevideo, Uruguay, 15-19 Apr 1982; Haig's meeting with the Military Junta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, [18] Apr 1982; the details of Haig's final peace proposal and its rejection by the Argentine Military Junta, 18-19 Apr 1982; the peace proposals tabled by Dr Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru, [30 Apr] 1982; the emergency meeting of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Washington DC, 26 Apr 1982; the message from Galtieri indicating greater Argentinean flexibility in future negotiations over the Falkland Islands, 29 Apr 1982; the final meeting between Costa Méndez and Haig and the US announcement of support for the UK, and economic sanctions against Argentina, 30 Apr 1982; the failure of Haig's shuttle diplomacy, 8-19 Apr 1982; the meeting between Costa Méndez, President Belaúnde and the Argentine Military Junta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2 May 1982; the influence on the Belaúnde peace proposals, 2-7 of the sinking of the Argentine cruiser GENERAL BELGRANO, by HM Submarine CONQUEROR, 2 May 1982. 23pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Robert C (Bud) McFarlane, National Security Advisor to Ronald Reagan, 1982-1985, relating to US-Soviet relations during the term of office of Ronald Reagan, US President 1981-1989, including US defence and foreign policy. 18pp

Typescript transcript of rolls 206-207 of a filmed interview with Jabril Rajoub, National Security Adviser to Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, describing negotiations between Arafat and Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006 and leader of the Likud party 1999-2005; Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and al-Asqa mosque, Sep 2000; the death of Abu Ali Mustafa, Secretary-General of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine 2000-2001, Aug 2001; negotiations with Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 2002; the assassination of Gen Rehavam ‘Ghandi’ Zeevi, Israeli Minister of Tourism, Oct 2001; the ‘road map for peace’ plan, 2002-2003.

Typescript transcript of interview with Siegfried Jordan, musician from Saxony, German Democratic Republic, 1949-1960, relating to the impact of broadcasts by the Radio in Amerikanischer Sektor (RIAS) in the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1960 including the attempts by the government of the German Democratic Republic to jam RIAS broadcasts, methods used by RIAS listeners in the German Democratic Republic to improve reception, the role of RIAS as the link to the free world, and the influence of western culture, via RIAS broadcasts, in the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1960; Jordan's reaction to the news, broadcast by RIAS, of the Berlin uprising, 17 Jun 1953; the rules imposed on radio stations by the government of the German Democratic Republic to ensure that the majority of music broadcast originated in Eastern Europe, [1950-1960]; the censorship, by the government of the German Democratic Republic, of music from the West, 1949-1960; the importance of western radio broadcasts during the Cold War, 1949-1989.

Typescript transcript of interview with Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, cellist, conductor and pianist, relating to Rostropovich's reaction to a speech by Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin on formalism in art, 1948; the denunciation by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, of the Stalin cult and the excesses of Stalinism at the Twentieth Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, Moscow, USSR, Feb 1956; a meeting between Rostropovich and Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, at the Soviet Embassy, Berlin, Germany, 1964; the Soviet and Warsaw Pact intervention in Czechoslovakia, Aug 1968; meetings with Soviet author Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, 1969; Rostropovich's decision to settle in the USA, 1974; the deprivation of Rostropovich's Soviet citizenship, 1978. 20pp (2 copies, one annotated)

Typescript transcript of interview with [Joseph] 'Country Joe' McDonald, musician and song writer relating to his activities in the US anti-war movement protesting the involvement of the US in the conflict in Vietnam, 1955-1972, includes lyrics of his song '1 2 3 what are we fighting for?'. 28 pp

Typescript transcript of interview with mullah Maulvi Sahar Gul, Afghan, relating to the opposition of the Afghanistan communist government [1978-1987] to Islam, and Soviet Army attacks on Afghan villages during the war in Afghanistan. 9pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Commander Burnuddin, Afghan commander of Mujahedin, relating to the motivation of Mujahedin opposing the Soviet invading army, and Soviet military tactics during the war in Afghanistan 1979-1989. 4pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Abdul Haq, Afghan Pashtun, Mujahedin commander, relating to communist government of Afghanistan, including imposition of communist reforms, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 1979; the war between the Mujahedin and Soviet armies; the involvement of Pakistan in the conflict and the military aid supplied by the US; the peace process culminating in the Geneva accords, 1988.43pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Victoria Zlobina, Senior Health Care Inspector, Soviet Ministry of Health, Moscow, USSR, [1947-1960], relating to the announcement of the end of the war, May 1945; the poverty, food shortages and devastation in the USSR, 1945-[1948]; the 'Doctor's plot', an anti-Semitic conspiracy against Jewish Doctors that had treated leading members of the Soviet Communist Party, 1950-1953; the death of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 5 Mar 1953; and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962. 27pp

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Ghassan Al-Khatib, Minister of Planning, Palestinian National Authority 2005-2006, describing the second siege of the Ramallah compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Sep 2002.

Typescript transcript of interview with Raymond Leonard Garthoff, Senior Adviser and Executive Secretary to US Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) Delegation, and Deputy Director, Bureau of Political and Military Affairs, US State Department, 1969-1972, and Guest Scholar, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA, [1996], relating to the differences in US defense policy during the administrations of US President Dwight David Eisenhower, 1953-1961, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963; the US nuclear doctrine of massive retaliation, 1954-1960; the US strategic policy of flexible response, 1961; the US nuclear doctrine of counterforce, emphasising limited nuclear strikes against an enemy's armed forces and not against civilian populations, 1962; mutually assured destruction (MAD), 1967; the planned US deployment of one thousand LGM-30A Minuteman I Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), [1962]; USAF opposition to the planned deployment of one thousand Minuteman ICBMs as too limited in numbers, [1962]; US belief in the expansionist nature of the USSR, 1945-1990; the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Austria and the creation of a neutral Austrian state, 1955; the UK and French nuclear development programmes, 1947-1960; the first march from London to the British nuclear research site at Aldermaston, Berkshire, and the foundation of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), 1958; tensions between the USA and USSR during the Arab-Israeli Six Day War, Jun 1967; the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I), 1972; the origins of the SALT negotiations, 1964-1969; the 'back channel' negotiations between Dr Henry (Alfred) Kissinger, US National Security Adviser, 1969-1972, and Anatoly Fedorovich Dobrynin, Soviet Ambassador to the USA, 1962-1986, during SALT, 1969-1972; the importance of SALT I to the administration of US President Richard Milhous Nixon, 1972; the omission of discussions on the limitation of MIRVs during the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), 1969-1972; the use of 'back channel' negotiations between Garthoff and Soviet Col Alexander Bolshakov, Soviet Military Intelligence, Soviet Embassy, Washington DC, USA, during the face off between Soviet and US tanks, Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany, Oct 1961. 35pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Valentin Larionov, relating to Soviet military exercises, Totskoye, Ural Mountains, USSR, to test the effectiveness of nuclear weapons under simulated conditions, 1954; Soviet development of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM), 1953-1957; the policies of threat and nuclear deterrence used by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, against the USA, 1953-1964; Soviet development of Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM), 1955-1958. 10pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Yevgeni Khaldei, photographic correspondent with the Red Army, [1941]-1945, relating to the Red Army's advance through the territory formerly occupied by the Germans, 1943-1944; the feelings amongst Red Army soldiers towards German troops and civilians, 1944-1945; the battle for Berlin, Germany, 16 Apr-2 May 1945; the photograph, taken by Khaldei, of Red Army troops raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag building, Berlin, 1 May 1945; the supply of food by the Red Army to the German civilian population, 1945; rapes committed by Red Army soldiers on German civilians, 1945; the Potsdam conference, codenamed TERMINAL, between the leaders of the USSR, USA and UK to decide the future boundaries of East European states, Potsdam, Germany, 17 Jul-2 Aug 1945; the character and leadership of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 1945; the devastation in the formerly German occupied areas of the USSR, 1945-1946; the 'Doctor's plot', an anti-Semitic conspiracy against Jewish Doctors that had treated leading members of the Soviet Communist Party, 1950-1953; the death of Stalin, 5 Mar 1953. (2 versions) 24pp

Typescript transcript of interview with William K Lee, Senior Executive Officer, Military Production Division, US Intelligence Agency, 1960-[1970], relating to the differences in US defense policy during the administrations of US President Dwight David Eisenhower, 1953-1961, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963; the US nuclear doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD), 1967; the 'missile gap', a US perception of the advantage held by the Soviets in the production of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), [1958]-1960; the US use of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) piloted Lockheed U2 high altitude photographic reconnaissance aircraft in missions over the USSR to search for Soviet ICBM silos, 1956-1960; the shooting down, near Sverdlovsk, USSR, of a CIA Lockheed U2 high altitude photographic reconnaissance aircraft, and the capture of the pilot, Francis Gary Powers, May 1960; the Soviet deception programme to exaggerate the number of ICBMs deployed, 1957-1961; the Soviet deployment of SS-6 'Sapwood', SS-7 and SS-8 'Sasin' ICBMs, 1957-[1963]; the US nuclear doctrine of counterforce, emphasising limited nuclear strikes against an enemy's armed forces and not against civilian populations, 1962; US perceptions of the USSR, [1960-1965]; the belief amongst the US intelligence community that the USA was responsible for the Cold War, [1960-1965]; the effect of the US/Soviet arms race on the living standard of the Soviet population, [1945-1990]; the bankruptcy of the USSR due to excessive defence spending, [1988]; Soviet nuclear strategy, 1949-1990; the perceived threat of a Soviet nuclear first strike against the USA, [1960-1969]; the US and Soviet development of anti-ballistic missiles (ABMs); the summit meeting between US President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA, Jun 1967; the US and Soviet development of multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs); the US reaction to the Chinese detonation of their first atomic bomb, Lop Nor, People's Republic of China, Oct 1964, and to the testing of their first Hydrogen bomb, Lop Nor, Jun 1967; the US 'Safeguard' (previously known as 'Sentinel') anti ballistic missile (ABM) defence programme, consisting of Nike X XLIM-49A Spartan and Sprint interceptor missiles, [1969-1970]; the omission of discussions on the limitation of MIRVs during the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), 1969-1972; the role of US intelligence services during the Cold War, 1945-1990; Lee's opinion of Robert Strange McNamara, US Secretary of Defense, 1961-1968; the USSR reaching parity with the USA in the numbers of strategic nuclear weapons deployed, 1969. 39pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Daniel Ellsberg, RAND Corporation, 1959-1964 and 1967-1970, US Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1964-1965, Senior Liaison Officer, US Embassy, Saigon, South Vietnam, 1965-1967, and Senior Research Associate, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1970-1972, relating to US policy on involvement in Vietnam 1961-1975, including misleading of US Congress to gain support for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 7 Au 1964; Ellsberg's commission to develop secret plans for US withdrawal from the Vietnam conflict, 1964; Vietnamese views of the essential unity of their country; escalation of numbers of US troops in Vietnam under US President Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969; US failure to learn from the French experience in Vietnamese war of independence 1946-1954; impact on Ellsberg of his visit to Vietnam 1965-1967; US fears of Chinese intervention in Vietnam; effect of the Tet offensive on US confidence of success in Vietnam, 1968; continued escalation of US involvement in Vietnam under Richard Nixon, US President 1969-1974; the impact of Watergate scandal, 1972-1974, and Nixon's resignation, 8 Aug 1974, on the end of the war; US Congress cutting of funding to Vietnam operations, 1973; and the effectiveness of the US anti-war movement. 35pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Edloe Donnan, aide to Gen Clay 1948-1949, describing the role of Gen Lucius DuBignon Clay and US President Harry S Truman in the development of the Berlin Airlift, following the Soviet blockade of the West Berlin in 1948-1949. 12pp