Item NUCLEAR AGE 8/2 - Interview with Hiroshima survivor, Mr Ishibashi, [1987]

Typescript transcript of interview with Mr Ishibashi, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the USAAF, 6 Aug 1945, and Socialist member of the Japanese Diet, relating to the immediate aftermath of the detonation of the atomic bomb, Aug 1945; the anti-nuclear movement in Japan, [1946-1960]; the radioactive contamination of the Japanese fishing vessel FUKURYU MARU (LUCKY DRAGON) and its crew, from US thermonuclear tests, Operation CASTLE, Bikini and Eniwetok Atolls, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, Mar 1954; concern in Japan at the announcement of the detonation of the first Chinese nuclear weapon, Lop Nor, People's Republic of China, Oct 1964; the signing by the UK, the USSR and the USA of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Jul 1968.