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Typescript transcript of interview with Zonia Ramos Fleites, Cuban military adviser, relating to his role in the political and ideological training of forces of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) force in Angola during the Angolan civil war, 1975. 12pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Igor Yershov, USSR Military Advisor to Vietnam, relating to USSR provision of military assistance to North Vietnam, 1965-1967, and his experience of US bombing raids. Also comments on USSR relations with China and China's relations with Vietnam. 22pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Dave Tomkins, British mercenary, National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), 1975-1976, relating to the Angolan civil war, 1961-1976; Tomkins' arrival in Kinshasa, Zaire, and the issue of combat clothing, equipment and weaponry by the FNLA, [1975]; the poor standards of FNLA training, leadership, equipment, weaponry and supply, [1975]; FNLA operations in Angola, 1975-1976; the Cuban support for the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), 1975-1976; war crimes committed by the FNLA in Angola, 1975-1976; the use of torture, particularly by foreign mercenaries, on Angolan civilians to extract information for the FNLA, 1975-1976; the character and leadership of FNLA mercenary Costas Georgiou, known as 'Colonel Callan', Angola, 1975-1976; Tomkins' assumption that mercenary forces were paid for by funds provided by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 1975-1976. 31pp

Transcript of interview with Menaul, Director, Royal United Services Institute, relating to tactical nuclear weapons. (Interviewer not named).

Typescript transcript of interview with McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to US Presidents John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1961-1966, relating to the influence of Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-1951, and 1957-1963, on the US approach to the Berlin Crisis, 1961; the ultimatum, by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, to the western powers to withdraw from West Berlin, Nov 1958; the increase in the build up of US conventional forces in western Europe during the administration of US President Kennedy, 1961-1963; the character of Khrushchev during the Berlin Crisis, 1961; the summit meeting between Khrushchev and Kennedy, Vienna, Austria, Jun 1961; the US military defence of West Berlin, 1961; the speech made by Kennedy, broadcast on US television, on the Berlin Crisis, 25 Jul 1961; the construction of the Berlin Wall, 13 Aug 1961; the visit of US Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson to West Berlin, Aug 1961; the annoyance of Willy Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin, at the slowness of the US response to the Soviet construction of the Berlin Wall, Aug 1961; the ordering of US troops to travel through the German Democratic Republic on the autobahn in order to reinforce West Berlin, 1961; the face off between Soviet and US tanks, Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Oct 1961; the visit to and speech by US President Kennedy to West Berlin, Jun 1963; the continuation of US policy towards West Berlin during the administrations of US Presidents Dwight David Eisenhower and Kennedy, 1953-1963; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962. 22pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Marta Perez Gonzales, Cuban, relating to the construction of Soviet Missile bases in Cuba, 1962. 6pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Maria Kovshura, mother of Soviet Army conscript killed in the Afghanistan war 1979-1989, relating to the secrecy and later propaganda concerning the Soviet Army involvement in Afghanistan; social conditions in the USSR; and news of her son's death. 15pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Maria Isobel Figuera, personal secretary to Oscar Romero, Archbishop of El Salvador, relating to the death of Romero, and the attack on mourners during the funeral, Mar 1980. 5pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Maj Gen Valentin Larionov, Deputy Head of the Soviet Strategy Department [1960-1963], relating to Soviet nuclear strategy, [1960-1963]; the increase in the number of Soviet missiles deployed and the subsequent decrease in conventional forces, [1960-1963]; speculation on Soviet first strike capability, 1962; the Berlin Crisis and the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; 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 US belief in Soviet expansionist policies, [1960-1969]; Soviet civil defence measures, [1960-1969]; the detonation by the USSR of a 50 megaton nuclear weapon, Novaya Zemlya Island, USSR, 30 Oct 1961. 28pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy Magazine, 1953, relating to the philosophy of personal freedom expressed in the magazine, and social change in the US during the 1950s and 1960s. 27pp

Transcripts of filmed interview with Robert E Maples, machine gunner, C Company, 1st Bn, 20th Inf, US Army, describing the demise of D Company, the briefing for the attack on My Lai, 15 Mar 1968; his activities during the attack, 16 Mar, including refusing to fire his machine gun at civilians and Lt Calley's response. 34pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Ludmila Shtepa, mother of Soviet Army conscript killed in Afghanistan, 1985, relating to her son's posting to Afghanistan; the secrecy and lack of information about the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan; news of her son's death. 9pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Lt Col Jose Antonio Veiga (Moran), Cuban Security service, relating to US relations with Cuba during the 1960s, including the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sponsored attempts to destabilise the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, by means of sabotage and infiltration operations, CIA attempts to assassinate Castro; the Bay of Pigs incident, Apr 1961; and the activities of Jorge Garcia Rubio. 27pp

Transcript of interview with Rt Hon Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to the attitude of Rt Hon Sir (Robert) Anthony Eden MP, Prime Minister, towards Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt; the role of the Commonwealth in British foreign policy. 2pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Lucijia Girdvainiene, Lithuanian citizen, relating to the demonstration in support of Lithuanian independence in Vilnius, 12 Jan 1991, and the Soviet Army attack on demonstrators and the television tower, 13 Jan 1991. 5pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Loreta Truichiliskaite, Lithuanian citizen, relating to the demonstration in support of Lithuanian independence in Vilnius, her injuries and the death of her friend during the Soviet Army attack on demonstrators and the television tower, 13 Jan 1991. 6pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Lina Mainardi, wife of Giuseppe Mainardi, relating to social and economic hardship in postwar Italy, 1946-1948; the Italian election campaign, Apr 1948; the influence of the Roman Catholic Church on the Italian election campaign, 1948; the excommunication of Mainardi from the Roman Catholic Church due to her association with her communist fiancé, Guiseppe Mainardi, [1949]. 6pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Soviet Lt Gen Petr Vassilevich Chaplygin, relating to Chaplygin's posting to Ethiopia, Apr 1977; the conflict in Ethiopia between the Eritrean National Liberation Front and the Western Somali Liberation Front, 1977; Chaplygin's confusion as to the reasons behind the conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia, two African nations assisted by the USSR, 1977; Soviet military assistance to Ethiopia, 1977-1978; the poor standards in personnel and equipment in the Ethiopian Army, despite training by US advisers, [1977]; Cuban military aid to Ethiopia, 1977-1978; co-operation between Soviet and Cuban forces in Ethiopia, 1977-1978; the defence of Hãrer, Ethiopia, [1978]; Soviet support for Ethiopian President Haile Mariam Mengistu, 1977-1978; the successful conclusion of Ethiopian operations against Somalia in the Ogaden desert, 1978; the Soviet decision to prevent a Cuban supported Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, 1978; Ethiopian operations against the Eritrean National Liberation Front in Eritrea, 1978; Chaplygin's relationship with President Mengistu, 1977-1978; the Soviet decision to support Ethiopia against Somalia, but not to deploy units of the Red Army, 1977; the importance of Cuban forces to the success of Ethiopian operations in Eritrea and against Somalia, 1977-1978; the strategic reasons for Soviet involvement in the Horn of Africa, 1977-1978. 37pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Soviet Lt Gen Nikolay Nikolaevich Detinov, General Staff Officer, Soviet Armed Forces, relating to the Soviet opinion on the consequences of a nuclear war with the USA, [1961-1969]; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; the US nuclear doctrine of counterforce, emphasising limited nuclear strikes against an enemy's armed forces and not against civilian populations, 1962; the US development of multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs), [1968-1972]; the effect of the US/Soviet arms race on the living standard of the Soviet population, [1963-1989]; the Soviet development of an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system, [1968-1969]; the Soviet development of military technology originally deployed by the USA, such as nuclear weapons, Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs) and multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs), 1946-1975; Soviet development of the R-7 (SS-6 'Sapwood') Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), and the launch of the Sputnik I Earth orbiting satellite, 1953-1957; the launch of the first man to travel in space, Soviet Cosmonaut Yuriy Alekseevich Gagarin, 12 Apr 1961; the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I), 1969-1972; the successes of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (SALT I), May 1972. 23pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Lt Gen Hamid Gul, former head of Pakistan Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), relating to the role of Pakistan during the war in Afghanistan, 1979-1989, including the involvement of the Soviet Union; the US military aid to the Mujahedin; relations between the US and Pakistan and difficulties of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. 20pp