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- [1987] (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Gen Gerd Schmuckle, Ministry of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany, [1956-1962], and Deputy Allied Commander, Europe, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), 1978-1980, relating to the defence policy of Franz Josef Strauss, Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany, 1956-1962; the launch of the Soviet Sputnik I and Sputnik II Earth orbiting satellites, Oct and Nov 1957; the adoption by the USA and NATO of the strategic policy of flexible response, 1961 and 1967; US plans for the creation of a Multilateral Force (MLF) in western Europe, [1964-1965]; the increase in the US deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in western Europe, 1954-1960.
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