Showing 66921 results

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Nabil Sha’ath (Nabil Shaath), Foreign Minister, Palestinian National Authority, 2003-2005 and Prime Minister, Dec 2005, describing negotiations between Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), Prime Minister and President of the Palestinian National Authority 2003, 2005-2008, and George W Bush, US President 2001-2009; negotiations with Gen Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, 2000-2005; talks with Hamas; assassination of Hamas leader Sheik Salah Shehadeh, Jul 2002. Also re-translated extracts from the transcript.

Typescript transcript of interview with Francisco Simo Orts, Spanish fisherman who witnessed the splashdown in the Mediterranean of a US thermonuclear bomb following the Palomares incident, the collision of a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and a Boeing KC-135 tanker aircraft over Spain resulting in the loss of the two aircraft and the crash landing of four thermonuclear weapons, Spain, Jan 1966, relating to the information Orts gave to the US authorities to help to locate the lost B-28 thermonuclear bomb, Jan-Apr 1966; the US operation to salvage the lost bomb, Jan-Apr 1966; the deployment of the US 6 Fleet to secure the area of the Mediterranean above the lost bomb, Jan-Apr 1966; the radioactive contamination of Palomares, Spain, 1966; the prohibition by Spanish head of state Gen Francisco Franco (Bahamonde) of future USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) nuclear armed flights over Spanish territory, 1966. 33pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Hermann Borchert, West Berlin Fire Department, 1961, relating to the building of the Berlin Wall and the role of the Fire Department in rescuing East Germans jumping from buildings to cross the border to West Berlin. 14pp

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Mohammed Rashid, financial adviser to Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, describing negotiations between Arafat and Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2002, including the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA Jul 2000; the early relationship between Arafat and Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, 2001; the first siege of Arafat’s compound, Ramallah, West Bank, by Israeli troops, Mar-May 2002. Two versions of the full transcript, with minor differences in editing and transcription. Also re-translated extracts from the transcripts.

Typescript transcript of interview with Vera Chytilova, Czechoslovakian film maker, relating to films produced in the 1950s and 1960s in Czechoslovakia as political comment, and the relationship of the film maker to the government authorities. 13pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Milos Forman, relating to the Czechoslovakia, 1960s, the communist regime, the Soviet invasion, 1968, film making in Czechoslovakia and the US in the 1960s, and Czechoslovak government censorship. Also comments on his emigration to the US, 1971. 39pp

Typescript transcript of interview with John Mabey, counter intelligence, US Federal Bureau of Information (FBI), relating to his contact with Dmitri Polyakov, Soviet double agent, in the US (1961-1962) and in Burma (1967). 53pp

Typescript transcript of interview with M Wesley Swearingen, US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, 1951-1977, relating to the operations of the FBI in Chicago during the campaign against alleged communists and communist sympathisers in US society instigated by Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy, 1950-1954, (McCarthyism) involving surveillance of individuals with links to the Communist Party in the US, and their associates, including Doris Fein and Lillian Green, spouses of communist leaders; the arrest of Claude Lightfoot, Chairman of the Communist Party, Illinois, USA, 1954; techniques of surveillance such as telephone tapping, following, 'black bag jobs' which involved illegal entry into home in search of documents and information; the violation of constitutional and civil rights; role of J Edgar Hoover, Head of the FBI, 1924-1972, in authorising the surveillance and the compilation of the Security Index, a massive list of people suspected of communist sympathies; FBI links to the news media, and use of films for anti-communist propaganda, including ideas of loyalty, patriotism and fear. 34pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Arthur Murtagh, former Federal Intelligence Bureau agent, relating to the opposition of J Edgar Hoover, head of the (FBI) to civil rights leader Martin Luther King, and the FBI surveillance of King during the 1960s. 22pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Julio Luaces Dominguez, Cuban farmer, relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962, and the construction of a Soviet missile base near his home.12pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Terry Macis, factory worker, relating to life in California in the 1960s, employment, family life, political views. 25pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Maria Stepanova, worker in an electro-mechanical plant, Moscow, USSR, and Soviet civil defence trainer, [1941-1975], relating to Soviet civil defence training programmes, [1960-1969]; the development of the Moscow Metro system as public shelters against nuclear attack, [1960-1969]; Soviet provision of nuclear shelters in industrial complexes, 1965; the ideological differences between the USSR and the USA, [1960-1969]; the benefits of Soviet experience during the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945, in the development of civil defence measures, [1960-1969]; the financial burden of the nuclear arms race on the USSR, 1945-1991. 15pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Antonio Flores, Spanish witness of the Palomares incident, the collision of a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and a Boeing KC-135 tanker aircraft over Spain resulting in the loss of the two aircraft and the crash landing of four thermonuclear weapons, Spain, Jan-Apr 1966, relating to the detonation of the high explosive charges in the three B-28 thermonuclear bombs that landed near Palomares, Spain, Jan 1966; the radioactive contamination of Palomares, Spain, 1966; the US clean up operation and the removal of large amounts of soil and the tomato harvest from Palomares, 1966; the reaction of the local Spanish population to the Palomares incident, 1966; the publicity swim, off Palomares, Spain, by the US Ambassador to Spain, 1966. 15pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Ramon Conte, Cuban exile, relating to his participation in the Bay of Pigs incident, the failed US sponsored attempt to invade Cuba and initiate a movement against the communist government of Fidel Castro, Apr 1961, including his training, fighting, capture and imprisonment. 21pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Jorge Garcia Rubio, Cuban exile, and intelligence officer, relating to his involvement in US sponsored covert operations in Cuba, [1950-1961] against the government of Fidel Castro. 22pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Etza Reuter, son of Ernst Reuter, Mayor of Berlin West Berlin, 1948-1953, relating to the character of Ernst Reuter, 1948-1949; Ernst Reuter's communist beliefs, [1917]-1921; Ernst Reuter's return to Germany from Turkey, 1946; conditions in Berlin, Germany, 1946; Ernst Reuter's admiration for other Berlin politicians, notably Louise Schroeder, Social Democrat and Deputy Lord Mayor, and Acting Lord Mayor, Berlin, 1947, and Otto Suer, Speaker of the Berlin Assembly, 1945-1949; Ernst Reuter's election as Mayor of Berlin and the overturning of the result by the Soviet veto in the four power administration of Berlin, 1947; Ernst Reuter's opinion of the German Communist Party and the threat to the development of democracy in post-war Germany, 1946-1947; currency reform and the imposition of the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, Jun 1948; speculation on the possibility of the withdrawal of the Western Allies from Berlin, 1948; discussions between Ernst Reuter, US Gen Lucius DuBignon Clay, US Military Governor in Germany, and Commander in Chief, US Forces in Europe, 1947-1949, and Gen Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, 2nd Bt, Commander-in-Chief and Military Governor, Control Commission for Germany, 1948-1950, on the Berlin Airlift, 1948; the ejection of democratic councillors from the Berlin City Council by communist activists, 6 Sep 1948; the speech made by Ernst Reuter, to the large, public demonstration in Berlin against communist inspired anti-democratic activity and the attempt to prevent the introduction of the Deutschmark in Berlin, 9 Sep 1948; the impact of the Soviet blockade on West Berlin, 1948-1949; the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; the lifting of the Soviet blockade, May 1949; the reaction in the Federal Republic of Germany to the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; speculation on the acceptability of Soviet dictatorship over Germany, 1948-1949; the Berlin uprising, Jun 1953; the partition of Germany into the Federal Republic and the Democratic Republic, 1948-1949. 32pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Estaban Takacs, Argentine Ambassador to the US, 1982, relating to his meeting with Dr Jeane Duane Jordan Kirkpatrick, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), 1981-1985, 23 Mar 1982, and with Walter J Stoessel Jr, US Under Secretary of State, 1982, concerning the South Georgia incident [Mar 1982], and commenting on apparent US administration's ignorance of the Argentine claim on the Falklands Islands (Islas Malvinas); his meeting with Alexander Meigs Haig, US Secretary of State 1981-1982, 1 Apr 1982, and Haig's enunciation of the US policy on the Falkland Islands; the Argentine Ambassador's dinner in honour of Kirkpatrick, 2 Apr 1982, and also attended by Gen [Richard B] Myers, John O. Marsh, US Secretary of the Army, 1981-1989, and Frank Carlucci, US Under Secretary for Defence, 1981-1986, and expectations at that time of a diplomatic settlement to the Falkland Islands invasion; meeting with Haig, 6 Apr 1982; Haig's reception at the Organisation of American States (OAS) meeting, [10 Apr 1982]; US State Department denials of provision of US military support for the UK forces; and Galtieri's views of US policy on the Falkland Islands conflict.31pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Sergey Baranovski, relating to the establishment of the Green Cross International, a Russian environmental organisation, 1992, and the effect of waste from nuclear and chemical weapons, in Siberia, and cost of destroying obsolete weapons. 6pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Hal Beers, engineer, relating to his career in the defence industry in California, working for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, and experience of and views on US popular culture during the 1950s and 1960s. 43pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Thomas P Grumbly, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, US Department of Energy, [1995]-1997, relating to the sacrifice of safety for speed during the development of US nuclear weapons, 1942-1952; the dangers caused by exposure to radiation for workers in the US nuclear industry, for the environment and for the local population living near nuclear installations, 1942-1990; the attraction of nuclear weapons over conventional weaponry, 1945-1990; the process of decommissioning and dismantling nuclear weapons, 1989-1997; the environmental damage caused by the development of nuclear weapons, 1942-1990; the cost and feasibility of cleaning up the environment, 1997; the difficulties in safely disposing of plutonium, 1997; the health impact on the populations of the USA and USSR due to the development of nuclear weapons, 1942-1990; the danger of nuclear proliferation since the collapse of the USSR, 1991-1997; the legacy of the Cold War, 1991-1997; US stockpile stewardship, a programme to ensure that stockpiled nuclear weapons could still be deployed and used if necessary, 1997; the nuclear contamination of various lakes in the USSR and of the Hanford site in the USA, 1945-1991. 18pp