Item NUCLEAR AGE 11/70 - Interview with Arthur Lundahl, former head of the National Photographic Interpretation Center, [1986]

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NUCLEAR AGE 11/70

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Interview with Arthur Lundahl, former head of the National Photographic Interpretation Center, [1986]

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  • [1986] Feb 21 (Creation)

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Typescript transcript of interview with Arthur C Lundahl, Head of the US National Photographic Interpretation Center, 1962-1963, relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; Lundahl's work as a reconnaissance photograph intelligence interpreter during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962; the discovery of the Soviet deployment of SS-4 'Sandal' Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM) and SS-5 'Skean' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM) to Cuba through US reconnaissance photography, Oct 1962; a briefing by Lundahl to US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on the photographic evidence of the Soviet deployment of missiles to Cuba, 16 Oct 1962; the leadership and character of US President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962.

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