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Text of broadcast by Kirke, 'War Review' broadcast on the BBC and on African, North American, General Overseas and Pacific Services relating to the capture of Odessa and the Crimea by the Soviet Army, German counter attacks, developments on the Italian front and the battle of Cassino, successes in Burma. Typescript, 4pp

Text of broadcast by Kirke, 'War Review' broadcast on the BBC and on African, North American, General Overseas and Pacific Services relating to the capture of the Dnieper bend by the Soviet Army and Allied progress in the Hukwang valley and Arakan front, Burma. Typescript, 3pp

Text of broadcast by Kirke, 'War Review' broadcast on the BBC and on African, General Overseas and Pacific Services relating to the meeting of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, Rt Hon. Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese President to discuss the future of the Far East at the Cairo Conference. Typescript, 3pp

Text of BBC broadcast by Ismay relating to the work of Gen Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and his contribution to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Typescript, 2pp

The 20th Trenchard memorial lecture to the Royal Aeronautical Society at RAF Cranwell on March 7th 1977: 'Defence and the future of the Royal Air Force'. 3 copies

Italian publication celebrating the second anniversary of the Italian conquest of Gondar, Abyssinia, 1936. 1 vol.

Manuscript and typescript material including new sections relating to production of the 1954 edition of Strategy: the indirect approach by Liddell Hart; including correspondence between Liddell Hart and Kathleen A Ash, Richard H I de la Mare, Mary D Glenside, Patricia Robinson and Violet W Glenn, all of Faber and Faber, publishers. 1 file

Copy for 1934 edition of A history of the world war 1914-1918 by Liddell Hart made up from pages of 1930 edition and typescript of new sections. 1 file

Ms. drafts for 2 talks on contractibility.

Talk on myofibrils in insect flight muscles, 11 September 1951: typescript. 'The significance of cross-striation in muscle, with particular reference to insect flight muscles': ms. draft.

Colloquium talk on results of muscle research at Harvard, 1953-54, delivered in January 1955: ms./typescript draft.

Text of speech by Aston entitled 'Memories of the Marines' broadcast by the BBC from Bournemouth on 23 April 1929 with related papers including correspondence. With a letter from Mrs Arnold Foster and reply from Aston relating to the position of Britain in Europe before World War One and the role that both the army and navy would play in the event of an invasion of France by Germany; correspondence relating to the Falkland Islands during World War One. 1 file

Material for enlarged edition of 'T.E. Lawrence'-in Arabia and after by Liddell Hart including postscript in manuscript and typescript, 2 copies and galley proof, 'The man of reflection' an addition to the epilogue and further additions, including a list entitled, 'Possible additions to "T E Lawrence",' also correspondence with H J C Alden, Alden Press; John Brophy; Col Alan Geoffrey Charles Dawnay, Controller, Output Division, BBC; Frank C Dodd and George Wren Howard, Dodd, Mead and Company and Arnold Walter Lawrence (brother of Thomas Edward Lawrence). 1 file

The Molecular Structure of Muscle', talk to University College, London, Biochemical Society, 20 February 1968: typescript, notes, correspondence. N.B. Correspondence and papers re the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics, Molecular Biophysical Commission Conference, 'Interactions between subunits of biological macromolecules', Cambridge, 24-27 June 1968, may be found in Item F.28.

Notes and text of a lecture to the Lancashire Constabulary Conference on security matters, notably concerning spies, traitors and careless talk

Envelope containing 'Deleted parts from J Greek B [Journal of Theoretical Biology] Muscle-model'.

Text criticising support for unilateral disarmament.

Spencer Perceval [grandson of P.M.? 1828-1890]. "Seven Days Wonder or How the Harrow Boys Fare". A scenario or skit in verse. With an accompanying letter to Janey [Perceval, his aunt]. Pencil note in front "copied by Janie for Fanny 1849". Manuscript, 8pp [Held together with ribbon].

Paper by Robertson on a proposed alliance between Germany and Great Britain in order to forestall Russian expansion in the Middle East, giving reasons why such an alliance would not be practicable or worthwhile, and Germany should be regarded as a rival rather than an ally. With a covering letter from Lt Gen Sir William Gustavus Nicholson, Director General of Military Intelligence. 11pp.

Paper written by Robertson whilst a student at the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, on the changes in the strategical relations between Russia and England produced by the advance and recent acquisitions of the former in the Far East. 13pp.