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Public Statements by the Secretaries of Defense, 1947-1981 are microfilmed copies of official statements, press releases, speeches, announcements and memoranda released by successive US Secretaries of Defense, 1947-1981. Compiled by the US Department of Defense at the Pentagon, Washington, DC, the material reflects US government national security concerns during the height of the Cold War. Arranged chronologically, the series includes statement before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan), 1948; statement before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives on aid to Greece and Turkey, 1948; memoranda relating to Civil Defense Planning, 1948; statement on biological warfare potentialities, 1949; statements relating to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1949-1981; remarks at the unveiling of the memorial to British FM Sir John (Greer) Dill, 1950; testimony relating to the military situation in the Far East and the Balkans; statements relating to the Mutual Security Pact, 1952 and the Mutual Security Program, 1953; statement regarding the deployment of nuclear weapons for air defence, 1957; statement before the Senate Committee on Armed Services relating to satellite and missile programs, 1958; testimony regarding the Foreign Assistance Act, 1962; press conferences relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; joint statements with Gen Maxwell Davenport Taylor, Chairman, US Joint Chiefs of Staff, relating to the situation in the Republic of Vietnam, 1963; press conference regarding Gulf of Tonkin 'incident', 1964; statement regarding the appointment of Gen William Childs Westmoreland as Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1964; press releases relating to the increased commitment of US ground troops to Vietnam, 1966; testimony regarding US operations in Cambodia, 1970; press conferences relating to US-Soviet Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) tests, 1970; statements regarding US arms sales to Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, 1974; statements regarding the fall of Saigon, Republic of Vietnam, to the North Vietnamese Army, Apr 1975; testimony relating to nuclear technology, including the Minuteman II nuclear missile, 1976; statements regarding Stealth technology and its application, 1980.

A themed microfilm collection relating to US State Department interpretations of Soviet foreign affairs, 1945-1959. Included in the collection are US State Department files relating to the repatriation of German prisoners of war from the Soviet Union following World War Two; Soviet boundary disputes involving the People's Republic of China, Bulgaria, Hungary, Iran Romania, and Turkey; Soviet economic, non-aggression, and peace treaties with the People's Republic of China; Soviet funds raised from enemy property in Germany and Austria; Soviet political relations with the Republic of South Korea and the People's Republic of Korea; Soviet alliances or friendship treaties with Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Burma, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Pakistan, Syria, Thailand, and the United States, 1945-1959.

OSS/State Department Intelligence and Research Reports: Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and the Far East Generally: 1950-1961 Supplement is a themed microfilm collection relating to US State Department evaluations of the Far East, 1950-1961. The documents in the collection are copies of official State Department reports sent to the Executive Branch of the US government concerning the social, economic, and political stability of nations in the Far East, including Burma, Cambodia, Indo-China, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaya, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the Far East region generally. Regional reports include estimate of the political, economic, and military position of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program in the Far East, 1950; the economic importance of trade with the Soviet Bloc and the non-communist Far East, 1952; developments in the Asian Socialist Movement, 1952; economic conditions and short-term prospects for Japan and the Far East generally, 1952; Sino- Soviet economic efforts to penetrate non-communist Asia, 1955; prospects for US and British bases in the Far East, 1955; attitudes of Asian and Australasian countries towards the South East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO); the Asian People's Anti-Communist League, 1957. Nation reports include psychological factors involved in US informational activities in Burma, 1951; the Burma Communist Party efforts to form an insurgent united front, 1952; Burma's rice marketing dilemma, 1953; Burmese economic relations with the Soviet bloc, 1956; the Cambodian political crisis, 1953; Cambodia's recognition of the People's Republic of China, 1958; prospects for a negotiated settlement of the Indo- China War, 1953; US oil interests in Indonesia, 1950; analysis of Communist propaganda in Indonesia, 1952; the Indonesian Army revolt in Sumatra, 1957; summaries of trade agreements with Indonesia and the Soviet bloc, 1957; Indonesian territorial claims, 1958; the rebellion in Indonesia, 1958; Japanese public attitude towards its Peace Treaty obligations, 1950; Japanese public attitudes towards the rearmament of Japan, 1950; increased vulnerability of Japan to Soviet overtures, 1953; trends in Japan's Self Defence Program, 1955; domestic political developments in Japan, 1956- 1960; the North Korean political system, 1950; the effect of the bacteriological warfare campaign in North Korea, 1952; the North Korean economy, 1952-1960; North Korea and its 'Great Leap Forward', its self- proclaimed political, social, and economic revolution, 1958; international recognition of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961; political trends in South Korea, 1950- 1960; land reform in South Korea, 1953; the political leadership in South Korea after Syngman Rhee, 1960; communist prospects in Malaya and British Borneo, 1955; estimate of Hukbalahap rebel strengths in the Philippines, 1950; the resurgence of anti-American sentiments in the Philippines, 1955; the attempted coup d-état in Thailand, 1951; rumours of forthcoming political crises in Thailand, 1956-1960; political and economic prospects for North Vietnam under the leadership of Nguyen Van Tam, 1952; the status of the South Vietnamese economy, 1951-1960; probable political and social developments in South Vietnam 1955-1956; increased communist strength in South Vietnam, 1961.

The collection contains microfiched copies of issues of Voennaia Mysl', the Soviet military theory journal for armed forces personnel and military strategists. Included in the collection are monthly issues and special issues, 1985-1990. Special issues were published only occasionally and were considered especially authoritative. Often their classification was higher than standard issues. The 1985 special issue was dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Germany in World War Two, and includes essays by Soviet Marshal Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov and Defence Minister Sergei L Sokolov.

Papers relating to his RAF career, 1942-[1953], principally comprising correspondence relating to the development of a submersible target at RAF St Eval, Cornwall, 1942, dated 1948; manuscript notes on the problems of establishing Coastal Command Station, Nassau, Bahamas, as a training centre for Coastal Liberator crews, 1942; official report on the RAF occupation of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 5-11 May 1945; printed reports on the progress of air disarmament in Germany in 1944-1946, produced by British Air Forces of Occupation, 1945-1947; correspondence relating to his work as Director of Air Branch, Control Commission, Berlin, 1947-1949, and to the planning of the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; official report on organisation and structure of Berlin Airlift administration; RAF training course notes and papers, 1950; papers relating to his service as Assistant Chief of Staff, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, [1951-1953], notably including photographs of Waite, [1951-1953]; published RAF manuals, 1948, 1950.

Papers relating to his work at SHAPE, 1953-1955, dated 1953-1955 and 1957, comprising 'Some brief thoughts on problem of co-ordination of progress in study of the tactical use of the atom bomb', draft text by White, Sep 1953; draft of directive from Supreme Allied Commander Europe to Commanders-in-Chief concerning the future form of land battle in Europe, 1954; typescript notes on 'The philosophy of the future land/air battle' written by White for FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein and of Hindhead, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Jun 1955; unsigned typescript 'Notes for discussion between Marshal Juin and Field Marshal Montgomery' on 24 Aug 1955, relating to the organisation of NATO land forces; 'Memorandum on the economics of Western defence' by Montgomery, dated 1955; 'Organisation for war in modern times', text of lecture to Royal United Service Institution by Montgomery, 12 Oct 1955; texts of Montgomery's final addresses to staff of SHAPE exercises CPX 5 and CPX 7, mainly concerning international organisation for future war, 1955 and 1957.

Copy of transcript of his interview of with Professor Peter Sørenson of Aarhus University, 1970, concerning Winterton's work with the Allied Commission for Austria, 1945-1950, and in particular the origin of the Second Control Agreement, 1946, with copies of related correspondence, 1970 and 1972, and his covering letter to the Centre, 1980.

Cuttings from the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, 1946-1947, including serialised extracts from The Last Days of Hitler (Macmillan, London, 1947), by Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, 26 Nov-11 Dec 1946; three serialised extracts from Calculated Risk: the story of the war in the Mediterranean (Harper and Bros, 1950), about the Allied landings in North Africa, 1942, by Gen Mark Wayne Clark, 27-29 Jan 1947; article by former US Secretary of State for War, Henry L Stimson, entitled 'The decision to use the atomic bomb', 14 Feb 1947; three articles by former Prime Minister Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill relating to the development of the Truman Doctrine and aid to Greece and Turkey, 12-15 Apr 1947.