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Typescript transcript of interview with Caspar Willard Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense, 1981-1987, describing his views on the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands; the US provision of military and intelligence support to the British response, including personally handling British requests for military assistance; various perspectives within the US administration on US policy on the Falkland Islands conflict; and his contact with Sir Nicholas Henderson, British Ambassador to the US, 1979-1982, during the conflict. 17pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Capt Nicholas Mikhalevsky, US Navy, relating to his experience as Commander Officer, USS JOSEPH P KENNEDY JR, naval destroyer, deployed during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962. 14pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Cpt Francisco Mena Sandoval, Salvadoran army officer, relating to the activities of the government of El Salvador, 1970s-1980s including the role of military forces; US support for the government, and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) presence in El Salvador; the role of Roberto D'Aubisson and the activities of the death squads; and the murder of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of El Salvador, Mar 1980. 20pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Ralph Libby, Californian, relating to the defence industry in Californian, and US social and political culture during the 1950s and 1960s. 22pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Christine Heimlich, nee Olsen, German cabaret performer in Berlin, 1948-1949, describing her political satire act 'Tina das Botenkinder' for Radio in American Sector (Rundfunk im Amderikanischen Sektor, RIAS), Berlin, collaborating with writer Gunther Neumann; and the gratitude of the people of West Berlin for the US assistance during the Soviet blockade 1948-1949. 9pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Karl Eduard von Schnitzler, broadcaster on Berlin Radio, [1945-1960], relating to the appointment of German Grand Adm Karl Dönitz as Führer of the Third Reich, following the suicide of Adolf Hitler, 30 Apr 1945; von Schnitzler's work for Berlin Radio in opposition to Radio in Amerikanischer Sektor (RIAS), 1948-1953; his opinion that the purpose of RIAS broadcasts was to destabilise the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1953; the anti-communist propaganda broadcast by RIAS, 1948-1953; the popularity of Berlin Radio, 1948-1960; the influx of refugees from the German Democratic Republic to West Berlin, 1949-1961; the importance of Berlin Radio in strengthening the new German Democratic Republic, 1949-1953; von Schnitzler's liaisons with officials from the SED (German Socialist Unity Party), and the Soviet news agencies and radio stations, 1949-1953; the possibility of a war between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, 1950-1952; the construction of the Berlin Wall, Aug 1961; the Berlin uprising, 17 Jun 1953 and the role of the Red Army in quelling it; and Soviet intervention in Hungary, 1956, and in Czechoslovakia, 1968.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Brig Gen Michael Herzog of the Israel Defence Forces, describing the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; the visit of Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Mar 2002; reaction and response to the suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002, including the question of how to deal with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, and 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 assassination of Salah Shehadeh, Hamas military leader, Jul 2002; meetings with the Palestinian negotiating team regarding a cease fire (hudna), including the’90-day Plan’ of Mohammed Dahlan, Head of Security, Palestinian National Authority, 1993-2003 to deal with terrorism; the collapse of the cease fire after bombing in Jerusalem, Aug 2003; the decision to assassinate Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas leader, Mar 2004.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Salam Fayad, Palestinian Finance Minister 2002-2005. Subjects include Fayad’s appointment as Finance Minister, 2002; second siege of the compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Ramallah, West Bank, Sep 2002; negotiations between Abu Mazen (also known as Mahmoud Abbas), President of the Palestinian National Authority 2005-2008, and George W Bush, US President 2001-2009, 2003; meetings between Fayad and Condoleezza Rice, US National Security Adviser 2001-2005.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Brig Gen Eival Giladi, Head of the Israel Defence Forces’ Strategic Planning Division 2001-2004, 2005, describing meetings with Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 2002, including reception of the Zinni ceasefire plan, Mar 2002; the impact of the suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002, and the complexities of selection of targets for retaliatory attacks; the conduct of Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD in Jenin and the UN Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to investigate the Operation, Apr 2002; attempts to resolve the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem by Israeli Defence Forces, Apr-May 2002; attempts to resolve the second siege of the compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Ramallah, Sept 2002; negotiations surrounding the road map for peace plan, particularly the security aspects of the plan, 2002-2003; American reaction to the building of the security fence around Israeli territory, 2003; reaction to the suicide bombing in Jerusalem, Aug 2003; the announcement of Ariel Sharon’s, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, disengagement plan, Dec 2003. 89 pp. Also transcript of the same filmed interview with minor differences in text and editing.

Typescript transcript of interview with US Brig Gen Edwin Simmons, US Marine Corps, Company commander, 3 Bn 1 Marine Regt, Korea, 1950, relating to the combat readiness of US forces at the outbreak of the Korean War, Jun 1950; the 'Iron Curtain' speech made by Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, USA, 5 Mar 1946; the proclamation of the People's Republic of China, Oct 1949; the detonation of the first Soviet atomic bomb, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, USSR, 29 Aug 1949; the trial of Alger Hiss, a US State Department official charged with perjury for denying passing secret documents to Whitaker Chambers, a courier for the Communist Party, 1949-1950; the announcement by US Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy that he had evidence of over 250 Communist Party members and communist sympathisers working within the US State Department, Feb 1950; the readiness and effectiveness of the US 8 Army, Japan, 1950; the amphibious landing of UN forces at Inchon, Korea, 15 Sep 1950; the importance of the Inchon landings as a turning point in the Korean War, Sep 1950; the recapture of Seoul by the UN forces, 25 Sep 1950; Simmons' opinion of US Gen of the Army Douglas MacArthur, 1950-1951; the meeting between US President Harry S Truman and Gen MacArthur, Wake Island, Pacific Ocean, Oct 1950; the advance of UN troops to the Yalu River, North Korea, Sep-Oct 1950; the intervention in the Korean War by the armed forces of the People's Republic of China, Oct 1950; the Battle of Chosin reservoir, North Korea, Nov 1950; the morale and equipment of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Korea, 1950; the UN withdrawal 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; Simmons'opinion of fighting a limited war in Korea, 1950-1953; the positive effect of the Korean War on the economy of Japan, 1950-1953. 41pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Bobby Seale, chairman and co-founder of Black Panther Party, 1966, relating to the founding of the Black Panther Party, campaigning against police brutality against African Americans in the US during 1960s, its philosophy and strategy, and participation in the demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Aug 1968. 62pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Carsten Baum, German Democratic Republic citizen, relating to his climbing the Berlin Wall following the opening of the border between East and West Berlin, 9 Nov 1989. 5pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Maria Pelchen, Berlin resident, 1961, relating to the building of the Berlin Wall, Aug 1961 and the closure of the border between the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). 12pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Margit Hosseini, resident of West Berlin, [1958-1963], relating to conditions in East Berlin, [1958-1959]; the Berlin Crisis, Jul-Aug 1961; the construction of the Berlin wall, Aug 1961; the influx of refugees from East Berlin to West Berlin, 1961; the reaction in West Berlin to the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961; the division of families caused by the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961; speculation on further action by the USSR against West Berlin, 1961; the leadership of Willy Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin, 1961; the death of Peter Fechter, killed in an attempt to cross into West Berlin, 1961; the visit to and speech by US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy to West Berlin, Jun 1963. 37pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Marga Karstens, resident of East Berlin, 1961, relating to her crossing the border to join her husband in West Berlin during the construction of the Berlin Wall, Aug 1961. 12pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Ella Hofer, relating to the reception of refugees from the German Democratic Republic arriving in West Berlin during the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1961. Also describes the reaction of Berlinners to the visit of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, US President 1961-1963, in 1963. 13pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Charles Wheeler, BBC German Service correspondent, 1950-1953, relating to the Stalinist regime in East Berlin, Germany, 1950-1953; industrial unrest in East Berlin, Jun 1953; the East Berlin uprising, 17 Jun 1953; the contrast in the standard of living between the populations of West and East Berlin, 1953; the refugee crisis in West Berlin caused by the influx of Germans escaping from the German Democratic Republic, 1951-1953; the Soviet intervention in Hungary, 1956; the Suez crisis, 1956; the death of Peter Fechter, killed in an attempt to cross into West Berlin, 1961; the visit of US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy to West Berlin, Jun 1963. 24pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Suzanna Massie, writer on Russian history and culture, relating to her role in advising US President Ronald Reagan, concerning US Soviet relations, talks between US and Soviet officials, and briefing Reagan prior to his meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev, Geneva, Nov 1985. 40pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Lev Kopelev, Red Army, 1941-1945, relating to the Red Army's advance into Germany, 1945; the destruction, looting and rapes committed by Soviet troops in Germany, 1945; Kopelev's arrest for criticising the actions of the Red Army in Germany, 1945; the purge, ordered by Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, of the officer corps of the Red Army, 1937-1939; his journey back to the USSR, 1945 and imprisonment in the Soviet Gulag slave labour camps, 1945-1954; his reaction to Stalin's death, Mar 1953; his release from the Gulag, 1954; 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 Soviet intervention in Hungary, 1956, and in Czechoslovakia, 1968; Kopelev's expulsion from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1968; and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962. 13pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Yevgeni Morozov, Soviet army officer, relating to his experiences in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation, 1979-1989, including conditions faced by Soviet soldiers, and the brutality of the war. 22pp