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Typescript transcript of interview with Cdr William B Ecker, US Navy, relating to surveillance flights over Cuba and gathering of aerial photographic evidence of nuclear missile bases in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962. 30pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Col William Heimlich, US military intelligence in Germany, and head of Radio in American Sector (RIAS), 1948-1949, describing his arrival in Berlin in 1945 and conditions in the city; US and German attitudes towards the Soviet forces in Germany; the development of political leadership in Berlin, especially the rise of Ernst Reuter, Social Democrat Mayor of Berlin 1948-1953; the role of US Gen Lucius DuBignon Clay, US Military Governor in Germany, and Commander in Chief, US Forces in Europe, 1947-1949; US Soviet relations in Berlin; the establishment of RIAS, its activities and impact on the city, including its role in the mobilisation of the protest rally against Soviet expulsion of non-communist political parties from Berlin Rathaus,9 Sep 1948, broadcasting news of Soviet take over of Hungary and Czechoslovakia, effect on morale of West Berlinners during the Soviet blockade of West Berlin 1948-1949, and its use of local humour and satire; the role of propaganda in relations between Soviet forces and the Western Allies in Germany; the emergence of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberation, during the 1950s. 45pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Col Ruth Adriano Mendes, People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), Angola, relating to the attitude of the MPLA forces to the involvement of the US, South Africa in the conflict in Angola, and their welcoming of support from the USSR and Cuba, 1975-1976. 16pp

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Col Moshe ‘Chico’ Tamir, Commander, Israeli Defence Force, describing his experiences of action during Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD, Jenin, Apr-May 2002; the IDF assault on the Tulkarem (Tulkarm) refugee camp, Apr 2002, and the first siege of the Ramallah compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Mar-May 2002, with analysis of the psychological and moral impact of the operation on the soldiers and civilians involved. 73pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Col John B McKone, Navigator, Boeing RB-47 Stratojet aircraft, 55 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 343 Sqn, Strategic Air Command (SAC), USAF, Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kansas, USA, 1959-1960, relating to USAF electronic warfare missions to gather intelligence useful to the USA, 1959-1960; US operations from Alaska, USA, Japan and the UK to the periphery of the USSR to monitor radio transmissions and radar, 1959-1960; the encountering by US aircraft of Soviet fighters during electronic warfare missions, 1959-1960; McKone's opinion of the USSR, 1959-1960; McKone's description of a mission from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, to the Barents Sea, 1 Jul 1960; the shooting down of McKone's RB-47 aircraft over the Barents Sea and his rescue and capture by the Soviet authorities, along with US Capt Freeman Bruce Olmstead, 1 Jul 1960; the influence of the Gary Powers case on the USSR's decision to open fire on McKone's RB-47, Jul 1960; McKone's conviction that his aircraft was over international waters, at least sixty miles outside Soviet territory, at the time of the shooting down, 1 Jul 1960; the imprisonment and treatment of the captured US aircrew, 1960-1961; McKone and Olmstead's solitary confinement, Lubianka, Moscow, USSR, Jul 1960-Jan 1961; the interrogations of the captured US aircrew by the KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopastny, the Soviet Committee for State Security), 1960-1961; McKone's meeting with the Soviet interceptor pilot, Vassily Ambrosovich Poliakov, Moscow, Oct 1960; Soviet reconnaissance flights off the east coast of the USA, Alaska and around Cuba, [1960-1962]; speculation that the shooting down of McKone's aircraft was an attempt by the USSR to influence the US Presidential election, Nov 1960; the release and repatriation of McKone and Olmstead, Jan 1961; McKone's meeting with US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Eugene Zuckert, US Secretary of the Air Force, 1961. 33pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Col Jim Atwood, US Army, stationed in Berlin 1961, relating to the construction of the Berlin Wall and the closure of the German Democratic Republic border, Aug 1961; the role of the US forces in West Berlin, under Gen Lucius D Clay and confrontations between the Western Allies and the East Germans on the border in Berlin. 30

Typescript transcript of interview with Col Jan Breytenbach, South African Army, relating to the involvement of South Africa in the conflict in Angola, 1975, and his role as military advisor and commander of a National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) brigade in Angola. 73pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Col Jack Hawkins, US Marine Corp, relating to the preparations for and events of the US Central Intelligence Agency sponsored landing of Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs, Cuba, Apr 1961, in an attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. 29pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Vietnamese Col Dinh Cong Ty, former Viet Minh and NVA (North Vietnamese Army) officer, 1953-1991, relating to the Indo-China and Vietnam Wars, 1953-1975; the creation of the Ho Chi Minh Trail as a supply line between North and South Vietnam, May 1959; Ty's service as a truck driver on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 1965-[1975]; preparations for the Tet offensive, South Vietnam, 1967-1968; Ty's Viet Minh service against the French in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Indo-China, 1953-1954. 13pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Soviet Col Dimitri Nikolaevich Sukhanov, worker in the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet, 1953-1954, relating to the death of Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, Gen Secretary of the Communist Party, Mar 1953; the struggle for succession as leader of the USSR; and the policies of Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, 1953-1964. Also comments on USSR foreign policy in relation to Germany and Yugoslavia. 25pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Soviet Col Dimitri Nikolaevich Sukhanov, Assistant to Georgiy Maksimilyanovich Malenkov, [1948], relating to the Soviet reaction to the Marshall Plan, the US European Recovery Program, 1947-1948; the Soviet ideological objections to the Marshall Plan, 1948; the creation by the USSR of Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) and the Committee for Mutual Economic Assistance to counter the US Marshall Plan, 1947; the communist coup d'etat in Czechoslovakia, Feb 1948; the deterioration in the relationship between Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin and Josip 'Broz' Tito, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, 1948; the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the Cominform, Jun 1948; the acceptance by Yugoslavia of US economic aid, 1949; the role of NKVD (Soviet People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs) advisers in the trial of Rudolf Slánský, the Jewish Vice Premier of Czechoslovakia, Nov 1952; the 'Doctor's plot', an anti-Semitic conspiracy against Jewish Doctors that had treated leading members of the Soviet Communist Party, 1950-1953; the deteriorating health of Stalin, 1951-1953; the character of Stalin, 1952-1953; the death of Stalin, 5 Mar 1953; the changes in Soviet foreign policy following Stalin's death, 1953-1954; the improvement in Soviet/US relations, 1953-1956; the Soviet economy and the early development of the space industry, 1953-1957; Soviet objections towards German reunification, 1954; the arrest of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, Soviet Commissar for Internal Affairs, on charges of conspiracy, Jul 1953.

Typescript transcript of interview with Col Constand Viljoen, Chief of Staff, South African Army, relating to the involvement of South African forces in the conflict in Angola (1975-1976), and South African attitudes to the involvement of USSR and the US in the Angolan conflict. 46pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Col Armando Sausedo, Cuban military advisor in Angola, relating to his role in training forces of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) force in Angola and fighting with the MPLA in the Angolan civil war, 1975. 16pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Col Alexander Morozov, relating to Soviet intelligence concerning event in Afghanistan including the operations of the government under Nur Mohammad Taraki, President of the Revolutionary Council, Apr 1978-Sep 1979, and Hafizullah Amin, President of the Revolutionary Council, Sep-Dec 1979; and the decision to send the Soviet army to Afghanistan, 1979. 16pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Zuleija, Afghan civilian, relating to the Soviet Army attack on her village, the deaths of her sons and husband, and her experiences as a refugee in Pakistan. 4pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Rufina Amaya, Salvadoran villager, relating the massacre at El Mozote of men, women, and children, including her family, by El Salvador government forces, Dec 1981. 9pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Ruan Ming, (Chinese civilian), relating to the Chinese decision to intervene in the Korean War, 1950; the popular support in China for military involvement in Korea, 1950; the reaction of Chairman Mao Zedong to the Taiwan Straits crisis, 1954; the Quemoy island crisis, Taiwan, Sep 1958; the explanation given to the Chinese people, via propaganda, of the breakdown in relations between the USSR and China, 1959; anti-Soviet demonstrations in China, 1959-1960; Ruan Ming's reaction to the rapprochement between the USA and the People's Republic of China, 1972-1979. 14pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Nazim Khan, Afghan civilian relating to his experience being caught in a Soviet ambush, and his survival, during the war in Afghanistan, 1979-1989. 6pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Monika Taubitz, German civilian expelled from Prussia when the territory transferred to Poland, 1946, relating to her early childhood in Breslau, Prussia, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland, since 1946), [1931-1943]; Taubitz's experiences at the end of World War Two in Eisersdorf, near Glatz, Prussia (Klodzko, Poland, since 1946), May 1945; the arrival of the Red Army in Eisersdorf, May 1945; the expulsion of German nationals from the area around Glatz and the arrival of Polish settlers, Feb 1946; Taubitz's journey in a refugee train from Glatz to Nordenham, near Bremerhaven on the German North Sea coast, Feb-Mar 1946; the hardship and difficulties suffered by the refugees in Nordenham, 1946-1951; Taubitz's move to Baden-Wurttemberg, 1951. 18pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Mohammed Yousaf, Afghan civilian, Laghman Province, relating to the Soviet army attack on his village during the war in Afghanistan, 1979-1989. 5pp