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B S P Fearnside: correspondence with Liddell Hart

B W Fuller, editor of Magazine Ricochet, Journal of the Centarian Regimental Association: correspondence with Liddell Hart

British Association for American Studies (BAAS) pamphlet 16, 'Hollywood', written by Brian Lee (51pp, BAAS, 1986).

BAC aide memoire: 'The "Four Nation" military aircraft re-equipment programme'.

BAC Dassault/Breguet Aviation Jaguar press release: 'Jaguar completes successful tour of eleven Middle East countries' relating to Jaguar supersonic aircraft.

Interim Books (jointly run by Jay Socin & Kirby Congdon, New York): Backfire by Jay Socin, 1963

Typescript notes [by Dunbar, for incoming British commanding officer?] on Munster and Westphalia, Germany, including historical background, notable restaurants and wine, characters of leading local politicians, businessmen and others. 4pp

Special Operations Executive (SOE) appreciations of the situation in Greece and the Balkans (mainly drafts, source or author not usually given), comprising political, military and political overviews, SOE contacts made, and recommendation of future operations to be undertaken by Force 133 (SOE Cairo, Egypt), including 'Appreciation of possible SOE operations in Hungary', 4 Dec 1943; 'Appreciation of possible SOE operations in Bulgaria', 4 Dec 1943; 'Appreciations and possibilities of SOE work in the Balkans', 14 Dec 1943; 'Appreciation of SOE work in Roumania', by Maj E C Masterson, 16 Dec 1943. 1 file

Miscellaneous articles, File 2'Photocopies of extracts from books, articles and book reviews relating to events covered in the documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs, including predominantly material by Avi Shlaim and Ahmed S Khalidi, and articles published in London Review of Books 1992-1996, Journal of Palestine Studies 1994-1995, Middle East International 1978, Middle East Quarterly 1996, International Affairs 1995, RUSI Journal (Royal United Services Institute) 1994, and TLS (Times Literary Survey) 1997.

Miscellaneous articles, File 1' Photocopies of articles, extracts from books and book reviews relating to events covered in the documentary The Fifty Years War, Israel and the Arabs, including works by authors such as Avi Shlaim, Ahron Bregman, and Alfred L Atherton; articles form publications including London Review of Books 1993-1996, Journal of Palestine Studies 1986-1997, International Journal of Middle East Studies 1995, International Affairs 1980, 1997; manuscripts of 'Egypt and Israel-was there a peace opportunity missed in 1971?' Mordechai Gazit (1996); 'The Stephen Green story; the US Air Force in Sinai', Richard B Parker, Jan 1996; and sample chapters from 'Men of secrets, men of mystery', Rafi Sutton and Yitzhak Shushan.Also contains copy of proposal by Brian Lapping Associates Ltd for Secret History documentary on Camp David, Nov 1990.

A general file on the background to Liddell Hart's talks with the German Generals; some notes, and correspondence with officials and friends including Lt Gen Sir Charles (Noel Frank) Broad; Maj Charles Marcus Lefevre Clements; Brig Charles Ernest Richards Hirsch, War Office; Rene Halkett, Control Office for Germany and Austria; Wg Cdr F H Hitch; Gen Sir Richard (Nugent) O'Connor; Wg Cdr Norman Roffey; Reverend Lewis Christmas Simons; Barry S Sullivan; Maj Denis B Topham, including obituary The Times, 19 Sep 1960; Brig Croxton Sillery Vale, War Office; William H Arnott; Capt Brian Bliss; Maj Gen Raymond Briggs; Kay Holt; R H Carlisle; Capt F S Kingston, translator; Gen Sir Frederick (Alfred) Pile Bt; US Brig Gen Paul W Thompson; Gen Sir (Augustus Francis) Andrew (Nicol) Thorne; Michal Vyvyan; J H Engel; with notes by Liddell Hart including 'Report on talks at POW camps,' 12 Jan 1946; and 'German generals' evidence'; with lists of questions and lists of answers by Adm Kurt Assmann; Gen Günther Blumentritt (in German); Dr Walter Görlitz; German V Adm Eberhard Weichold (in German); with newspaper and journal cuttings including '[Denis] Sefton Delmer talks to Hitler's generals in jail' Daily Express, 12 Jun 1950; 'Deutsche generäle ohne uniform' ['German generals out of uniform'] Münchner Illustrierte, 18 Sep 1954 with photographs of generals; including list of addresses of German generals and items contained in food and clothing parcels sent by Liddell Hart.

Material collated for a lecture entitled 'Jottings from the Near East', given by Brooke-Popham at the Imperial Defence College, London, on 10 Oct 1936, notably Papers regarding the recent negotiations for an Anglo-Egyptian Settlement, March 31-May 8, 1930 (HMSO, 1930); annotated précis and notes for the lecture, including sections on the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, the troubles in Palestine and the general situation in the Near East; précis of a previous lecture by Brooke-Popham on a Staff Exercise in the Near East, Sep 1935-Jun 1936; Anglo-Egyptian Conversations, Zafaran Palace 1936, Opening Meeting: text of official speeches and translation (Government Press, Boulac, Cairo, 1936). 1 file, 15 items.

Information mainly compiled by General Staff officers for Hamilton's use in his Compulsory service, a study of the question in the light of experience (John Murray, London, 1910, 1911), including notes on French Army organization, 1814-1870; printed tables of approximate annual costs for 1910-1911 of British army units, non commissioned officers and privates; memorandum from Maj Frederick Barton Maurice on his observation of French colonial troops on manoeuvres, 27 Sep 1910; 'Compulsory service and recruiting for the army', typescript essay by Col Frank Robert Carleton, Assistant Adjutant General for Recruiting, War Office, 19 Jul 1910; paper on conditions of military service in German South West Africa, 22 Jul 1910; table of casualties sustained by British forces at battle of Elandslaagte, Second Boer War, 20-21 Oct 1899; typescript report by Maj Alfred William Fortescue Knox on strength of Russian forces in outlying provinces, 5 Aug 1910; typescript essay by Brig Gen Gerald Francis Ellison on hypothetical recruiting systems for different national military policies, 11 Jul 1910; typescript paper on the British three years military service scheme of 1902-1904, by Maj Cecil Francis Romer, 23 Jul 1910. 1 file

Conference entitled 'Economic and political development in relation to seapower along the routes from the Indian Ocean', London: 'Sourcebook' including excerpts from articles on some problems and issues in the Indian Ocean area.

Conference on 'Lessons of the South Atlantic War', London, relating to Falklands War 1982, sponsored by Defense and Foreign Affairs magazine: pre conference information.

Draft and published articles, booklets and press cuttings relating to international disarmament and development, including: draft article by Abdus Salam, ‘International Commons: sharing of international resources’, Apr 1983; issue of Peace News for Nonviolent Revolution, May 1985; May 1986 issue of Sanity magazine, produced by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND); United Nations Information Paper, ‘The relationship between disarmament and development: questions and answers’, Jun 1987 (2 copies); pamphlet by Susan George, ‘Food strategies for tomorrow’, published by The Hunger Project, Dec 1987; United Nations report, ‘Africa: one year later’, 1987; text of speech by Salam, ‘Science, technology and development’, given at a conference of Nobel Laureates, Jan 1988; draft article by Salam, ‘Nuclear security, disarmament and development’, undated. Also manuscript notes by Wilkins on related books and articles

File of miscellaneous material relating to the Yugoslav conflict including, 'Sarajevo must be saved, Report to the House of Commons and the House of Lords Action for Bosnia', UK Citizens Committee for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dec 1992, 4pp; 'Dossier Yougslave' in Dialogue, International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Vol 1 No 2/3 Supplement, Sep 1992, Paris; and a photocopied map indicating locations of UN troops in the former Yugoslavia, [1992]. Language: French and English

Notes, correspondence, published articles and booklets relating to interdisciplinary university sciences courses, in the UK and elsewhere, including: typescript text, ‘Science, technology and society’ by Alan Smith and Dorothy Griffiths, Imperial College, Jan 1972; newsletter of the Nuffield Foundation Group on Research and Innovation in Higher Education, Feb 1973; prospectuses for science courses at Manchester University, 1973; Imperial College exam paper, ‘Science and technology in modern society’, 1973; notes and reports on the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Human Conditions, University of Göteborg, Sweden, 1973-1974;  Science in a Social Context teaching booklets, 1974, on ‘Darwin to double helix: the biological theme in science fiction’, ‘Galileo and Copernican astronomy’ and ‘Sociology of science’; article, ‘University education in futures studies’, by H Wentworth Eldredge, offprint from Futures, Feb 1975; typescript lecture text, ‘Universities as nerve centers of society’, by John Platt, given at a symposium, ‘the future as an academic discipline’, Feb 1975

Notes, published articles and magazines relating to medical education, including: typescript notes, ‘Real medicine: a proposal for medical education’, relating to medicine at Cambridge University; notes, ‘Change in science education: a report by a “Science in Society” study group’; article, ‘Chronobiology’, by Franz Halberg, offprint from Annual Review of Physiology, 1969; article, ‘Circadian chronopharmacology’ by Alain Reinberg and Franz Halberg, offprint from Annual Review of Pharmacology, 1971; issue of The Pennsylvania State University Bulletin, 1971-1972: College of Medicine; issues of magazine World Medicine, Feb and Apr 1972

Notes, articles and related papers concerning medical ethics, chiefly in relation to the care of the dying. File includes: notes by Cicely Saunders for talks on ethics, 1988-1989, including slides for use in an overhead projector; papers on a training course at St Christopher's Hospice, June 1989, for medical professionals, social workers and clergy; press cuttings and quotations; article by Rev J S Habgood, 'Medical ethics: a Christian view', published in Journal of Medical Ethics, 1985; a speech by the Bishop of Durham, 'Moral problems facing the medical profession at the present time', given at the British Medical Association, 1972; article by Ian Kennedy, 'The law relating to the treatment of the terminally ill', published in The management of terminal disease, edited by Saunders (London, Edwin Arnold, 1983).