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Typescript transcript of interview with Lt Gen Gulrang Maroof, Afghan Army, relating to the war in Afghanistan, 1979-1989, including the April Revolution, the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDP) coup-d'etat against Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan President of Afghanistan, 1973-1978, Apr 1978; the activities of the Afghan army following the Soviet Army invasion, Dec 1979; opposition to the Mujahedin fighters; relations between the Soviet and Afghan armies, during the war. 14pp

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Chief of the General Staff 1995-1998, describing Israeli-Syrian negotiations in Washington, USA, Dec 1999, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA, Jan 2000 and Geneva, Switzerland, Jan 2000; events at the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, Jul 2000, including disagreements and discussions within the Israeli negotiating team, particularly regarding the division of Jerusalem, official and private meetings between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, the decision by Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001, to leave the negotiations early and his subsequent change of mind; meetings hosted by Jacques Chirac, President of France 1995-2007, at a peace summit in Paris, Oct 2000. Some manuscript annotations.

Typescript transcript of interview with Lt Col George Forrest, US 1 Air Cavalry Div, Vietnam, 1965-1968, relating to his experience of US involvement in the Vietnam conflict, 1961-1975 including descriptions of combat with North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front (NLF) forces; the difficulties for US forces in identifying enemy Vietnamese forces and combating guerrilla warfare tactics; attempts to measure success of US forces operations in Vietnam, and the development of 'body count' statistics; contribution of ethnic minorities and African Americans to the US armed forces; moral of US troops in Vietnam during 1965-1966; the impact of the North Vietnamese Tet offensive, 1967-1968, on US government confidence, public opinion and soldier's moral. 27pp

Typescript transcript of interview with US Lt Col Charles Bussey, 77 Engineer Combat Company, attached to the racially segregated US 24 Infantry Regt, Korea, 1950, relating to the lack of combat readiness of the US 8 Army, Japan, Jun 1950; Bussey's experience of service in a racially segregated US Army, Japan, 1950; the North Korean invasion of the Republic of Korea and the advance to the Pusan perimeter, Jun-Sep 1950; the superior morale and physical fitness of the North Korean Army as compared to the US Army, 1950; the poor condition of US Army equipment and weaponry in Korea, 1950; Bussey's bravery at the Battle of Yechon while attached to 3 Bn, 24 Infantry Regt, US 25 Div, Korea, Jul 1950; Bussey's account of his superior officer's failure to recommend him for the US Congressional Medal of Honor following his bravery at Yechon because of the possibility that the US public would resent the creation of an American hero from the black community, 1950; Bussey's opinion of the performance of the US Army in Korea, 1950; the crossing of the 38th Parallel by UN forces, Sep 1950; the Chinese intervention in the Korean War, Oct 1950; US casualties caused by the severe winter weather, 1950-1951; the equipment of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1950-1951; the US retreat from the Yalu River, North Korea, 1950-1951; the effect of US Gen Matthew Bunker Ridgway's takeover in command of UN forces in Korea, 1951. 35pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Calvin Payne, former Lt Col, 39 Strategic Missile Sqn, USAF, [1962]-1968 and 1978-[1987], relating to the control room of a USAF Martin-Marietta LGM-25 C Titan II Heavy Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), 1962-1987; the launch procedures for the Titan II Missile, 1962-1987; the targetting of the Titan II Missile and the secrecy of the designated target in the USSR, 1962-1987; the role of the Titan II Missile in the security of the western alliance, 1962-1987; the accuracy of the Titan II Missile, 1962-1987; the US deployment of 56 Titan II Missiles, 1962-[1965]; Payne's opinion of the USSR during his USAF service, [1962-1987]; speculation on the possibility of a Soviet first strike against the USA, 1962-1987; the US deployment of the General Dynamics BGM-109G Gryphon Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) to Sicily, the Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium and the UK to counter the threat of the Soviet SS-20, 1984-1985. 14pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Adela Irma Sanchez Moya, Cuban university teacher and member of women's battalion, 1962, relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962. 14pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Dr Bela Kiraly, commander of the Hungarian National Guard during the Hungarian uprising, Oct-Nov 1956, relating to the objectives of the Hungarian uprising, 1956; the character of Imre Nagy, Hungarian Prime Minister, 1953-1956; the Soviet decision to withdraw Red Army troops from Budapest, Hungary, 28 Oct 1956; the Hungarian attack on the Communist Party Headquarters, Budapest, 30 Oct 1956; the declaration by Nagy of Hungarian neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact, 1 Nov 1956; the advance of the Red Army into Budapest, 3-4 Nov 1956; the meeting between Kiraly and Yuriy Vladimirovich Andropov, Soviet Ambassador to Hungary, Nov 1956; speculation on the possibility of intervention by the western powers in Hungary, 1956; broadcasts by Radio Free Europe, 1956; the Soviet invasion of Hungary, 1944; the impact of the death of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 5 Mar 1953. 38pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Commander [Ahmed Shah] Massud, Afghan leader of anti-soviet forces, relating to the war in Afghanistan, 1979-1989; fighting with the Mujahedin against the invading Soviet forces; and the role of Pakistan in as a thoroughfare for US military aid to the anti- communist forces. 17pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Laura Novoa Vazquez, Chilean company lawyer, and wife of Eduardo Novoa, relating to the nationalisation of the Chilean copper mining industry under the government of Salvador Allende (Gossens), President of Chile, 1970-1973; the attitudes of the copper mine workers to Allende's policies and to the military coup d'etat, Sep 19873. 16pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Arthur Kinoy, US lawyer working on the behalf of the United Electrical Workers, and involved in the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenburg for espionage, relating to the campaign against alleged communists and communist sympathisers in US society instigated by Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy, 1950-1954, (McCarthyism) including the attacks on unions by corporations resisting their claims for workers rights; the 'black list' of writers, actors etc including playwright Arthur Miller, accused of communist sympathies; McCarthy's technique in using 'friendly' witnesses, themselves under threat of accusation, to accuse others; McCarthy's sources of funding; the climate of fear created which discouraged the exercising of political rights and public expression; the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenburg, and the refusal of Jerome Frank, US Court of Appeals Judge, 1941-1957, to support the appeal for a stay of execution for the Rosenburgs, Jun 1953; the overestimation of the threat of the Communist Party in the US and failure of authorities to make any convictions for sabotage of use of violence against the government; the nature of Loyalty Review Boards established during this era and eventually declared unconstitutional; and the use of the Hollywood film industry in anti-communist as propaganda. 27pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Doris Bootman, relating to the UK General Election, 5 Jul 1945; the announcement of the General Election results, 26 Jul 1945 and reaction to the Labour Party victory; 'Iron Curtain' speech by Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, USA, 5 Mar 1946; the opinion in the UK of the USSR, [1946]; the effect on the public of continued rationing in the UK, 1945-1954; the severe winter in the UK, 1946-1947; Operation CROSSROADS, the US nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, Jul 1946; and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), 1958-1996.

Typescript transcript of interview with Stanislav Sorokin, KGB officer and advisor to North Vietnamese Secret Service, relating to Soviet aid to North Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict, 1965-1975, and his visit to the US Embassy, Saigon, South Vietnam, following the surrender of South Vietnam, 1975. 22pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Sergei Kondrashev, former Soviet Intelligence chief in Berlin, and London, relating to his career in KGB, 1947-19 , the operation of the KGB, and the activities of George Blake, British intelligence officer working for the KGB, 1953-1961. 31pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Mikhail Lyubimov, KGB (Soviet Security service) intelligence officer, relating to the operation of the KGB, exaggerations in intelligence reporting. 26pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Aleksandr Zagvozdin, KGB Gen Major, relating to his role as head of the investigation of Oleg Penkovsky, arrested, 22Oct 1962, for spying for the British intelligence service, the arrest of Greville Wynne, his British colleague, and the case of Dmitri Polyakov, KGB double agent working for the US Central Intelligence Agency, 1961-[1981]. 26pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Gen Oleg Kalugin, Soviet security service (KGB) officer, 1958-1987, relating to his career in the KGB; his activities in the Soviet Embassy, Washington, US; and the operation of the KGB throughout the Cold War. 32pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Victor Orekhov, KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopastny, the Soviet Committee for State Security) Officer, 1971-1978, and political prisoner, (1978-1986), relating to his work in the KGB Fifth Service, responsible for responding to Soviet dissident and refuseniks, including surveillance techniques, and the use of psychiatric punishment; his disillusionment with the treatment of dissidents following the Helsinki Final Act, 1975, and protest against Soviet abuses of human rights; assisting dissidents; his arrest and imprisonment, 1978. 26pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Vladimir Semiechastny, Chairman of KGB (Soviet Security Service), 1961-1967, relating to Soviet relations with communist movements in South America. 16pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kryuchkov, Head of KGB (Soviet State Security), 1988-1991, relating to Soviet relations with the Afghanistan government, 1978-1979; the decision to send Soviet troops to Afghanistan, 1979; the Soviet attitude to US involvement in Afghanistan, and the Soviet decision to withdraw their forces from Afghanistan, (1986). 18pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Vladimir Kryuchkov, USSR Foreign Ministry, Hungary, 1955-1959, KGB (Committee of State Security) Head of Counter Intelligence, Head of KGB 1988-1991; relating to Soviet relations with Hungary, and the Hungarian uprising, 1956. 24pp