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Typescript transcript of interview with Jan Nowak, Director of the Polish service of Radio Free Europe, in Munich, 1951-1976, relating to the establishment of Radio Free Europe (RFE) to counter communist controlled media in East Central Europe, and the role of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in funding the organisation; policies on news and Polish appeal in broadcast; attitude of Nowak to US State Department attempts at censorship of the broadcasts, 1956; soviet infiltration of US supported underground movements in Poland; infiltration of RFE by Soviet supporter Andre Chekovic; significance of RFE in the fall of the communist regime in Poland, 1989; and Nowak's views on policies of Henry Alfred Kissinger, US National Security Adviser, 1969-1972, during the Cold War. 24pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Jan Nowak, Radio Free Europe, relating to the impact of the death of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 5 Mar 1953; the targeting of Radio Free Europe broadcasts towards the Communist Party leadership in Poland, 1953-1956; 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; the transmission of Khrushchev's denunciation speech by Radio Free Europe, 1956; the industrial unrest and rioting in Poznan, Poland, Jun 1956; the Soviet intervention in Hungary, Nov 1956; the influence of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Radio Free Europe, 1956; the importance of Radio Free Europe as a part of US President Dwight David Eisenhower's eastern Europe policy, 1956. 22pp

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Maj Gen Giora Eiland, Head of National Security Council 2004-2006, describing the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, May 2000; the effect on politics in the Middle East of the 11 Sept 2001 World Trade Centre attacks; the decision to assassinate Raid Karmi, leading member of Al-Aqsa Brigade, Sept 2001; reaction to the Zinni ceasefire plan put forward by Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to the Israel and Palestinian National Authority, 26 Mar 2002; the launch of Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD in Jenin and the UN Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to investigate the Operation, Apr 2002; the question of how to deal with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Apr 2002; discussion of tactics used against Hamas, including targeted actions against identified individuals, 2002; negotiations surrounding the road map for peace plan and the withdrawal of the Israel Defence Force from Gaza, Jun 2003; the decision to attempt to assassinate the leadership of Hamas following a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, Aug 2003; negotiations surrounding ‘The Disengagement Plan’, issued by Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, Apr 2004; Ariel Sharon’s visit to Washington, Apr 2004.

Transcript of filmed interview with Harry Stanley C Company, 1st Bn, 20th Inf, US Army, and interpreter for Lt Calley, describing the massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai, Vietnam, 16 Mar 1969; his refusal to shoot civilians; reasons for his refusal; and the effect of his service in Vietnam on his later life. 46pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Harold Saunders, US National Security Council 1961-1974, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near East and South Asia, US Department of State, 1974-1975, Director Intelligence and Research Department of State, 1975-1978, Assistant Secretary for Near East and South Asia, Department of State, 1978-1981, relating to US relations with Afghanistan during the 1970s and 1980s including, the US response to the April Revolution and installation of the communist government in Afghanistan, Apr 1978; the US response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Dec 1979; US relations with Pakistan and provision of military aid to anti-communist forces in Afghanistan. 17pp

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Fatri Khasib, member of Hamas who drove the Park Hotel suicide bomber to Netanya to carry out the bombing, Israel, Mar 2002, describing how and why he joined Hamas, his time in prison and his journey with the suicide bomber.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Hamas member Abbas Al Sayyad (Abbas Mohammed Mustafa Al Sayyad), member of Hamas in charge of planning for the Park Hotel bombing, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002, describing his time in hiding prior to the bombing, reactions to the death of Raed Karmi, al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade member, Jan 2002, and Hamas strategy.

Typescript transcript of interview with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, leader of Hamas (assassinated Mar 2004), describing the Palestinian relationship with Jews; the relationship between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority; the willingness of Hamas to uphold the 2003 ceasefire; rejection of the ‘road map for peace’ plan; his opinion of Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2003, and Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1993-2004; the conditions that Hamas would accept in any peace settlement; his lack of fear of martyrdom.

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Hamas driver Majid Za’tri, describing his involvement with Hamas, including the suicide bombing of a Jerusalem bus which broke the ceasefire declared by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Aug 2003. 15 pp. Also transcript of the same filmed interview with minor differences in editing and transcription.

Typescript transcript of an interview with Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (also known as Abd al-Aziz Rantisi and Abdel Ali Abdul Majid Aziz al-Rantisi), co-founder of Hamas; describing an Israeli attempt on Rantissi’s life; his vision for Palestine’s future, and the relationship between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.

Typescript transcript of interview with Gul Ahmad, Afghan, relating to the war in Afghanistan, 1979-[1989], including conditions in Afghanistan under the communist government of Amin and Taraki; treatment of Afghanis by the Soviet army following its invasion, 1979; the motivation of the Mujahedin; and Afghan refugees in Pakistan. 9pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Dariel Alarcon ('Comandante Benigno'), Cuban guerrilla fighter, relating to his recruitment and training to take part in the mission of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Argentinian communist revolutionary, in Bolivia, 1969; the failure of the mission and his escape from Bolivia; the role of Cuba in training South American guerrilla forces; Cuban military aid to Chile, Nicaragua, el Salvador and Grenada. 28pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Ana Guadalupe Martinez, Salvadoran, Farabundo Marti National Liberation (FMLN) commander, relating to her introduction to the guerrilla movement (FMNL), training and operations; her arrest and torture by National Guard forces; the armed offensive of the FMNL forces, 1981; and the involvement of the US and Cuba. 16pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Joaquin Villalobos, Salvadoran, Farabundo Marti National Liberation (FMLN) commander, relating to the development of the guerrilla movements in El Salvador and opposition to the government, 1970s-1980s; the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua; relations between El Salvador and Cuba; movement of military equipment through Nicaragua; and the role of Cuba in training guerrilla forces. 27pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Liu Binyan, [Government official, People's Republic of China], relating to the decision by Chairman Mao Zedong to ally the People's republic of China with the USSR, 1949; Mao's slogan of 'leaning to one side', to seek the support of the USSR and not the USA, 1949; relations between China and the USSR, 1949-1959; the effect of the Korean War on Sino-Soviet relations, 1950-1953; speculation on the possibility of China becoming a satellite of the USSR, [1953-1959]; the causes of the Great Famine in China, 1958; the effects of the breakdown in Sino-Soviet relations on the Chinese economy, 1959-[1965]; the consequences of the Great Famine and the Great Leap Forward (an attempt to galvanise the Chinese economy) in the Chinese countryside, 1958; the Mao personality cult, 1944-1976; Binyan's reaction to the rapprochement between the USA and the People's Republic of China, 1972-1979. 16pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Domingo Amuchastegui, Cuban government official, and Head of Analysis Desk, Liberacion Nacional, 1970-1973, discussing relations between Fidel Castro, Premier of Cuba, 1959-1976, and Salvador Allende (Gossens), President of Chile, 1970-1973, including the Presidential election in Chile, 1970; the training of Chilean security forces by Cuban advisors; the military coup d'etat in Chile, Sep 1973; and Cuban relations with Nicaragua, 1978-1979. 22pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Chen Youwei, [Government official, People's Republic of China], relating to the collapse of US/Chinese relations following the declaration of the People's Republic of China, 1 Oct 1949; the decision by Chairman Mao Zedong to authorise an attack on the Nationalist islands in the Taiwan Strait, [1949-1950]; Mao's reaction to 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; Soviet aid to China, 1949-1959; the Sino-Soviet split, the breakdown in relations between China and the USSR, 1959; the differences between Mao and Chou En-Lai (Zhou Enlai), Premier and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, in the aims of Chinese foreign policy, 1949-1976; Khrushchev's visit to China, Oct 1959; the Chinese development of the atomic bomb, [1958]-1964; the Chinese reaction to the Soviet intervention in Hungary, 1956; Khrushchev's visit to the USA, Sep 1959; relations between Chairman Mao and Khrushchev, 1953-1964; the refusal by Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Albanian Communist Party, to accept the denunciation of Stalin, and the subsequent exclusion of Albania from COMECON (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance) and the Warsaw Pact, 1956-1961; the economic and ideological association between Albania and China, 1968-1978; the detonation of the first Chinese atomic bomb, Lop Nor, People's Republic of China, Oct 1964; the Cultural Revolution, the reassertion of Maoist doctrines in China, 1965-1968; Soviet aid to North Vietnam, 1955-[1975]; the Chinese aid programme to North Vietnam, 1955-[1975]; fears of a Soviet invasion of China, 1969; rapprochement between the USA and the People's Republic of China, 1972-1979; the visit to China by US President Richard Milhous Nixon and Dr Henry (Alfred) Kissinger, US National Security Adviser, Feb 1972. 23pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Georgi Volkov, relating to the role of the Soviet army during the closing of he German Democratic Republic border, 1961, and the appointment of Field Marshal Ivan Konev to head Soviet forces in the GDR, 1961. 8pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Yuri Vsevolovich Vontintsev, [Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces], relating to the Soviet development of an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system, [1968-1969]; the US bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Aug 1945; the 'Iron Curtain' speech made by Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, USA, 5 Mar 1946; the Soviet development of the atomic bomb, 1945-1949; the deployment of the Soviet ABM system around Moscow, USSR, 1963-1964; the US ABM development programme, 1959-[1972]; the US development of multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs), [1968-1972]; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; the Soviet intervention in Hungary, 1956, and in Czechoslovakia, 1968. 19pp

Typescript transcript of interview with US Gen William (Childs) Westmoreland, Superintendent, US Military Academy, West Point, New York, USA, 1960-1963, Commander, US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), 1964-1968, and Chief of Staff, US Army, The Pentagon, Washington DC, USA, 1968-1972, relating to US involvement in the conflict in Vietnam, 1965-1972. 25pp