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Typescript transcript of interview with Viron Peter Vaky, US diplomat, Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1972, Columbia, 1973, Venezuela, 1976, and assistant secretary of inter-American affairs, 1978-1980, relating to US foreign policy in relation to South America including the 'Monroe doctrine', their attitude to socialist government in Chile under Salvador Allende (Gossens), President of Chile, 1970-1973; and US policy on Nicaragua during the term of office of James Earl Carter, US President, 1977-1981. 15pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Viktor Levonovich Israelyan, Soviet Ambassador to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Switzerland, 1979-1987, and author of Inside the Kremlin during the Yom Kippur War (Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA, 1995), relating to the policy of détente between the USA and the USSR, 1969-1975 and prevention of a superpower conflict in the Middle East, 1973; Soviet economic, ideological and military aid to Third World countries, [1965-1973]; the competition for influence in Third World countries between the USA, the USSR and the People's Republic of China, [1965-1980]; the Chinese criticism of the Soviet military involvement in Afghanistan, Dec 1979-1989; the strategic importance for the Soviets to maintain influence in the Middle East, [1965-1973]; speculation on the Egyptian desire to become a member of the Warsaw Pact, the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, [1957]; the decline in Soviet influence in the Middle East following the Six Day War, 1967; the supply of Soviet arms to Egypt and Syria, 1970-1973; the exchange of messages between US President Richard Milhous Nixon and Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, during the Yom Kippur War, Oct 1973; speculation on the Soviet threat to deploy Red Army units to Egypt during the Six Day War, Jun 1967; the Soviet opposition to Arab involvement in the Yom Kippur War against Israel, Oct 1973; the reaction in the USSR of the expulsion, by Muhammad Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, of all Soviet military advisers from Egypt, 1972; the Soviet belief that Egypt and Syria would not start a war against Israel, Oct 1973; the reaction of Brezhnev, and Andrei Andreevich Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister, to the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, 6 Oct 1973; the Soviet attempts to arrange an early ceasefire during the Yom Kippur War, Oct 1973; the Soviet reaction to US arms deliveries to Israel, Oct 1973; the joint aims of the USSR and USA during the Yom Kippur War, to contain the conflict within the Middle East, 1973; the visit by Dr Henry Alfred Kissinger, US Secretary of State, to Moscow, USSR, to discuss the Middle East crisis with Brezhnev, 20-21 Oct 1973; the Middle East ceasefire terms agreed by Kissinger and Gromyko, Moscow, USSR, 22 Oct 1973; the Soviet reaction to the breaking of the ceasefire by Israel, 22-23 Oct 1973; speculation on the creation of a joint US-Soviet peacekeeping force for the Middle East, 1973; the placement of the US armed forces on DefCon 3 (Defense Condition, Level 3), a heightened status of readiness for a possible nuclear conflict, during the Middle East crisis, 1973; the Soviet response to the US DefCon 3 status and the risk of a nuclear confrontation between the superpowers, 1973; Israelyan's belief that the Yom Kippur War ended the policy of détente between the USA and the USSR, 1973. 21pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Vasily Safronchuk, Soviet Diplomat relating to his posting to Afghanistan, 1979, and the Soviet response to political developments in Afghanistan, including the murder of Nur Mohammad Taraki, President of the Revolutionary Council, Apr 1978-Sep 1979; the role of Soviet advisors in Afghanistan; the decision to send Soviet forces to Afghanistan, 1979; and the eventual withdrawal of Soviet Force, 1989. 24pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Valentin Michailowitsch Falin, Soviet diplomat, Head of International Department of the Soviet Communist Party, and Ambassador to West Germany, relating to Soviet relations with the German Democratic Republic, the decision to close the GDR border, 1961, and Soviet US relations [1958-1963]. 29pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Tran Van Dinh, Vietnamese diplomat [1954-1964] and Vietnamese Charge d'Affairs in the US, relating to he character and career of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Republic of South Vietnam, 1955-1963, including Diem's appointment as President, 1954; Vietnamese relations with the US; Dinh's visit to Israel for talks with their defence experts, 1958; US policy on Vietnam and US domestic political pressure on US policy and its impact on policy in Vietnam. 31pp

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Sir Sherard (Louis) Cowper-Coles, British Ambassador to Israel, 2001-2003, describing the visit of Tony Blair, UK Prime Minister 1997-2007, to Jerusalem, 2001; reaction to Blair’s offer of neutral observers and monitors to Israel, 2002; visit of team including Andrew Coyle, former member of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, to negotiate transfer of Palestinian prisoners from the siege of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem to Cyprus, April 2002; the difficulty of remaining in contact with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1993-2004, after the USA and Israel ceased official communication, June 2002, and the visit of Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, to the UK, July 2003.

Typescript transcript of interview with Sir Charles Powell, Foreign Policy Advisor to British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, relating to the Thatcher's relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, 1985-1991, and Ronald Reagan, US President 1981-1989; her views on nuclear deterrence and nuclear disarmament; policies toward the Soviet Union; and response to the US invasion of Grenada, Oct 1983. 22pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Simcha Dinitz, Israeli diplomat, Israeli Ambassador to the US, 1973-1978, relating to Israeli US relations during the Yom Kippur War, Oct 1973, including his contact with Henry Alfred Kissinger, US Secretary of State, 1973-1977, during the conflict; the airlift of US military aid to Israel, Oct 1967; US attitude to the threat of Soviet intervention against Israel during the conflict and the US response; Kissinger's visit to Moscow, and the negotiation of the ceasefire between Israel and Egypt, Oct 1973; visit of Anwar Al Sadat, Egyptian President 1970-1981, to Israel, 1977; and the negotiations of the Camp David Accord, 1978. 81pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Sergei Petrovich Tarasenko, Soviet Foreign Ministry, relating to Soviet foreign policy and relations with the US including the involvement of the Soviet Union in the revolutionary movements in South America; the Soviet reaction to US foreign policy during the term of office of Ronald Reagan, US President, 1981-1989; and relations between Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Foreign Minister, 1985-1990, and George Shultz US Secretary of State,1982-1989. 29 pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Sergei Petrovich Tarasenko, Soviet Foreign Ministry, relating to Soviet relations with Egypt during the conflict in the Middle East including the Six Day War, Jun 1967; the Yom Kippur War, Oct 1973; provision of Soviet military aid to Egypt; the role of Henry Alfred Kissinger, US Secretary of State, 1973-1977, during negotiations for a ceasefire between Egypt and Israel, Oct 1973; Soviet policy on support for national liberation movements in third world countries; and Soviet-US relations during the presidency of James Earl Carter, 1977-1981. 36pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Rozanne Ridgway, Special Assistant to US Secretary of State, 1981, Ambassador to German Democratic Republic, 1982-1985; Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Canada 1985-1989, relating to US Soviet relations and the development of talks between the two during the term of office of Ronald Reagan, US President, 1981-1989, including meeting between George Shultz, US Secretary of State, and Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Foreign Minister, at Helsinki, 1985; the Geneva Summit Nov 1985, and talks between Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, 1985-1991. 35pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Robert Bowie, Director Policy and Planning, US Secretary of State [1953-1961], relating to US relations with the People's Republic of China. 35pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Robert Bowie, US National Security Council Policy Planning Staff, 1953-1957, relating to the US policy of containment against the perceived Soviet threat, 1953-1957; the relationship between US President Dwight David Eisenhower, 1953-1961, and John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State, 1953-1959; the rearmament of the Federal Republic of Germany and incorporation into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, 1954; the East Berlin uprising, 17 Jun 1953; the creation of a neutral Austria, 1955; the US reaction to the death of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 5 Mar 1953; the 'solarium symposium', discussions within the Eisenhower administration on US relations with the USSR and the East European satellite countries, [1953]; the summit conference between US President Eisenhower and Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Geneva, Switzerland, Jul 1955; the denunciation by Khrushchev of the Stalin cult and the excesses of Stalinism at the Twentieth Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, Moscow, USSR, Feb 1956; the Suez crisis, 1956; the Berlin Crisis and the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962. 45pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Professor George Frost Kennan, US diplomat, Moscow, 1933-1935, Prague, 1938-1939, Berlin, 1939-1940, Lisbon, Portugal, 1942, London 1944, Moscow 1945, Deputy for Foreign Affairs, National War College Washington, 1946, Director Policy Planning staff, Department of State, 1947; advisor to US Secretary of State, 1949-1950, Ambassador to USSR, 1952, Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1961-1963, relating to US Soviet relations 1933-1961, including character of communism in USSR under Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party, 1922-1953; the involvement of the US in the Korean war, 1950-1953; the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency, (1947); and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1961. 43pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Professor Dr Wilhelm Grewe, Federal German Ambassador to the USA, 1958-1962, Permanent Representative to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), 1962-[1969], and Ambassador to Japan and Mongolia, 1971-1976, relating to the character and leadership qualities of Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-1951, and 1957-1963; the possibility of German reunification, [1955]; the integration of the Federal Republic of Germany into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), May 1955, and the European Economic Community (EEC), Mar 1957; the East Berlin uprising, Jun 1953; relations between the Federal and Democratic Republics of Germany, 1953-1956; the USA's influence and relations with the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, [1950-1956]; the official visit by Adenauer to Moscow, USSR, 1955; the threatening ultimatum against West Berlin made by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Nov 1958; the Berlin Crisis and the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961; the influx of refugees from the German Democratic Republic into West Berlin, 1960-1961; the opinions held by Adenauer on the character of Walther Ulbricht, leader of the Socialist Unity Party, German Democratic Republic, [1962]; the summit meeting between Khrushchev and US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Vienna, Austria, Jun 1961; the policies of Willy Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin, 1957-1966; the rearmament of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1955; Grewe's opinion of the character of US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963; the official visit to West Berlin of US Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1961; the visit of US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy to West Berlin, Jun 1963. 30pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Oleg Troyanovski, [Soviet Foreign Ministry], relating to the relationship between the USSR and the Cuban government of Dr Fidel Castro (Ruz), Prime Minister of Cuba, 1960-1962; the Cuban revolution and the assumption of power by Castro, Jan-Feb 1959; the reaction of Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, to Castro's appeal for Soviet help to counter US aggression towards Cuba, Sep 1960; the Bay of Pigs incident, Cochinos Bay, Cuba, Apr 1961; Khrushchev's opinion of US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy following the Bay of Pigs incident, 1961; the decision by the USSR to support Cuba against US aggression, [1961]; the deployment of US Chrysler Jupiter SM-78 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM) in Turkey, [1961]; the Soviet decision to deploy SS-4 'Sandal' Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM) and SS-5 'Skean' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM) to Cuba, 1962; discussions between Khrushchev, Andrei Andreevich Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister, and Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan, Soviet First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, on the possible dangers of deploying missiles to Cuba, 1962; the meeting between Gromyko and US President Kennedy, Washington DC, USA, 18 Oct 1962; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; the meetings between Robert Francis Kennedy, US Attorney General, and Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin, Soviet Ambassador to the USA, Washington DC, USA, Oct 1962; the influence of Berlin on the Soviet decision to deploy missiles in Cuba, 1962; Troyanovski's fears that the Cuban Missile Crisis could result in a war between the USSR and the USA, Oct 1962; the amount of information on the Cuban Missile Crisis that was revealed to the Soviet population, Oct 1962; the two telegrams that Khrushchev sent to US President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; Soviet fears of the possibility of a US invasion of Cuba, 1962; the Soviet control of the launch procedures of the missiles deployed to Cuba, 1962; the meetings between John A Scali, Diplomatic Correspondent for ABC News, and Aleksandr Feklisov, [Soviet Diplomat], Washington DC, USA, Oct 1962; Troyanovski's opinion on how near the USSR and USA came to war during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. 31pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Oleg Troyanovski, advisor to Nikita Khrushchev, Gen Secretary of the Communist Party, USSR, 1953-1964, relating to Soviet foreign policy after the death of Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party, 1953, including relations with Korea, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Vietnam and China, (1953-1970). 29pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Oleg Troyanovski, relating to the impact in the USSR of the death of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 5 Mar 1953; the Berlin Crisis and the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961; the emergence of Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev as the Soviet leader after Stalin's death, 1953; the summit conference between US President Dwight David Eisenhower and Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Geneva, Switzerland, Jul 1955; the rearmament of the Federal Republic of Germany and incorporation into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, 1954; Soviet development of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM), 1953-1957; the official visit to the USA by Khrushchev, 1959; US reconnaissance flights over the USSR, 1956-1960; the shooting down, near Sverdlovsk, USSR, of a US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Lockheed U2 high altitude photographic reconnaissance aircraft, and the capture of the pilot, Francis Gary Powers, May 1960; the summit meeting between Khrushchev and Eisenhower, Paris, France, May 1960; the launch of the Sputnik I Earth orbiting satellite, Oct 1957; the launch of the first man to travel in space, Soviet Cosmonaut Yuriy Alekseevich Gagarin, 12 Apr 1961; the attempted d'etat against Khrushchev's leadership from within the Soviet Communist Party, 1957; the US nuclear doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), [1962-1972]; the US Presidential election, Nov 1960; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; the denunciation by Khrushchev of the Stalin cult and the excesses of Stalinism at the Twentieth Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, Moscow, USSR, Feb 1956; the creation of the Warsaw Pact, the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, Poland, 1955; the withdrawal of British, American, French and Soviet occupation forces from Austria, 1955; the first Atoms for Peace Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955; the Soviet intervention in Hungary, Nov 1956; the Soviet opinion of 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; the Soviet view of the special relationship between the UK and the USA, [1958-1960]. 37pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Ambassador Oleg Darushenko, Soviet Diplomat, and Cuban Section, Central Committee of Soviet Communist Party responsible for Cuban relations, [1965-1988], relating to Soviet relations with South American communist movement including Fidel Castro, Premier of Cuba, 1959-1976; Salvador Allende (Gossens), President of Chile, 1970-1973; the Nicaraguan Sandinista Front; and the government of Grenada. 20pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Nikolai Fedorenko, diplomat, Soviet embassy China and interpreter to Stalin, relating to the visit of Mao Zedong, Chairman Communist Party of China, 1935-1976 to the USSR, and meetings with Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 1949, Soviet Chinese relations, Nikita Khrushchev's visit to China, 1958, and Soviet and Chinese involvement in the Korean War, 1950-1953. 44pp