COLDWAR: 2/1 1997 Jul 18

Typescript transcript of interview with Abdul Haq, Afghan Pashtun, Mujahedin commander, relating to communist government of Afghanistan, including imposition of communist reforms, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 1979; the war between the Mujahedin and Soviet armies; the involvement of Pakistan in the conflict and the military aid supplied by the US; the peace process culminating in the Geneva accords, 1988.43pp

COLDWAR: 3/1 1997 May

Typescript transcript of interview with Col Ruth Adriano Mendes, People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), Angola, relating to the attitude of the MPLA forces to the involvement of the US, South Africa in the conflict in Angola, and their welcoming of support from the USSR and Cuba, 1975-1976. 16pp

COLDWAR: 4/1 1997 Mar 27

Typescript transcript of interview with Isabel Jaramillo Edwards, private member of staff to Salvador Allende (Gossens), President of Chile, 1970-1973, relating to US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) activity to destabilise the government of Chile, 1970-1973; attempts by the USA to prevent Allende assuming the Presidency of Chile, 1970; the reaction within Allende's administration to the US interference in Chilean affairs, 1970-1973; US intervention in the internal affairs of Guatemala, 1954, and the Dominican Republic, 1965; the reaction of Allende to the possibility of a military coup d'etat in Chile, 1972-1973; the coup d'etat against Allende's government by the Chilean armed forces, led by Gen Augusto Pinochet, Sep 1973; Edwards' escape from the Presidential Palace to the Cuban Embassy, Santiago, Chile, 11 Sep 1973; the announcement of the formation of a Chilean military junta and the death of President Allende, Sep 1973; the summons by the Chilean military junta for all members of Allende's government and staff members to report to the Chilean Ministry of Defence, Sep 1973; the influence of the USA on the Chilean coup d'etat, Sep 1973. 29pp

COLDWAR: 5/1 1997 Jan 30

Typescript transcript of interview with Joshua Chance, member of the Chinese Volunteer force, relating to the involvement of the Chinese Volunteers in the Korean War, 1950-1953. 22pp

COLDWAR: 6/1 1997 Mar

Typescript transcript of interview with Jorge Garcia Rubio, Cuban exile, and intelligence officer, relating to his involvement in US sponsored covert operations in Cuba, [1950-1961] against the government of Fidel Castro. 22pp

COLDWAR: 7/1 1996 Jan 28

Typescript transcript of interview with Professor Eduard Goldstücker, Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, London, 1943-1944, Ambassadorial Section, Paris, France, 1944-1945, Czech Deputy Ambassador, London, 1947-1949, Czech Envoy to Tel Aviv, Israel, 1950-1951, Professor of German Literature, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1963-1969, Professor of Comparative Literature, Sussex University, Brighton, West Sussex, 1971-1978, relating to Goldstücker's account of his arrest for high treason, espionage and conspiracy to subvert the constitution, Prague, Dec 1951; his trial in the Czech Supreme Court, Prague, and sentence of life imprisonment, May 1953; the link between Goldstücker's trial and the trial of Rudolf Slánský, the Jewish Vice Premier of Czechoslovakia, Nov 1952; Goldstücker's interrogations following his arrest, 1951-1953; the resurgence of the Stalinist Great Terror and of anti-semitism in Czechoslovakia, 1951-1953; the status of Czechoslovakia in relation to the USSR, 1951-1953; the supply of Soviet arms to Israel via Czechoslovakia, 1947-1948; the anti-Semitic nature of the Slánský trial, Nov 1952; Israeli dependence on the USA, 1948-1949; the appointment of Golda Meir as the first Israeli Ambassador to the USSR, 1948; the welcome given by Soviet Jews to Golda Meir on her arrival in Moscow, USSR, 1948 and the anti-semitic reaction of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin to her visit; the importance of a prisoner's confession, used as the sole means of establishing guilt during Goldstücker's trial, May 1953; the legal process employed during the Slánský trial, Nov 1952, based on techniques employed by Andrei Yanuarievich Vyshinsky, the Soviet State Prosecutor, 1935-1938; the Soviet involvement in the Czech show trials, 1952-1953; the use of torture and prolonged interrogation of prisoners by the Czech authorities to ensure the show trials followed the rehearsed plan, 1952-1953; Goldstücker's confession under coercion to the charges levelled against him, 1952-1953; the effect of the trial on Goldstücker's Communist beliefs, 1953.

COLDWAR: 8/1 1997 May 17

Typescript transcript of interview with Gen Saad El Din El Shazly, Egyptian army commander of special task force 1967, and Chief of Staff (1972-1973), relating to Egyptian relations with the Soviet Union during the 1960s and 1970s, including Soviet supplied of military equipment to Egypt; his involvement in the Six Day War, Jun 1967; the visit of Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt 1954-1970, to Moscow, 1972; the presence of Soviet military advisors in Egypt, 1970-1973; his experience during the Yom Kippur War, Oct 1967; negotiation of the ceasefire between Egypt and Israel. 72pp

COLDWAR: 9/1 1997 Sep

Typescript transcript of interview with Cpt Francisco Mena Sandoval, Salvadoran army officer, relating to the activities of the government of El Salvador, 1970s-1980s including the role of military forces; US support for the government, and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) presence in El Salvador; the role of Roberto D'Aubisson and the activities of the death squads; and the murder of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of El Salvador, Mar 1980. 20pp

COLDWAR: 10/1 1996 Apr 12

Typescript transcript of interview with Professor Marianne Debouzy, French academic and author, relating to the popularity of the French Communist Party, France, 1947; speculation on whether France was on the verge of becoming a communist state, 1947-1948; US fears that France and Italy would become communist states, 1947-1948; social and economic hardship in post-war France, 1945-1948; industrial unrest in France, 1947; the effects of the strikes by transport and power workers in Paris, France, 1947; the Marshall Plan, the US European Recovery Program, 1948. 14pp

COLDWAR: 11/1 1996 Jan

Typescript transcript of interview with Ella Barowsky, German Social Democratic Party member of Berlin City Council (Stadt Verordneten Versammlung), 1946-1950, relating to the attitude to the future of Berliners following the defeat of Germany, 1945; the destruction in Berlin, Germany, 1945; the rapes committed by Red Army soldiers on German civilians, 1945; Barowsky's protection from harm by a Red Army non-commissioned officer, 1945; Soviet plans for occupied Germany, 1945; the creation of a new, communist controlled administration in Berlin, 1945; the arrival of US, British and French occupation forces in Berlin and the administration of West Berlin, 1945-1946; the animosity caused by the requisitioning of German civilian's property for the use of the occupying powers, West Berlin, 1945-1946; the welcome in Berlin for the Western Allies, 1945; the German civilian casualties caused by hunger and cold, Berlin, 1945-1946; the local elections in Berlin, Oct 1946 and the roles of Ernst Reuter, Social Democrat Mayor of Berlin 1948-1953, Louise Schroeder, German Social Democrat and Deputy Lord Mayor, and Acting Lord Mayor, Berlin, 1947, Ferdinand Friedensburg, Christian Democratic Union, Acting Mayor, Berlin, (1948) and Otto Suhr, Speaker of the Berlin Assembly; Berlin City Council meetings, 1946-1950; German currency reform, Jun 1948; the black market in Berlin, 1945-1948; German Social Democratic Party policy on currency reform, 1948; the use of the western Deutschmark and the eastern Ostmark in Berlin, 1948; the ejection of democratic councillors from the Berlin City Council by communist activists, 6 Sep 1948; the public demonstration in Berlin against communist inspired anti-democratic activity and the attempt to prevent the introduction of the Deutschmark in Berlin, 9 Sep 1948; the speech to the demonstration made by Ernst Reuter, Social Democrat Mayor of Berlin, 9 Sep 1948; the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949; Berliners fears of inaction of western powers in assisting Berlin, 1948; the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; the elections in West Berlin, 5 Dec 1948; the victory for the German Social Democratic Party in the West Berlin elections, Dec 1948; the establishment of political ties between the administration of Berlin and the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949; the influence of politics in Berlin on the rebirth of democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949; the partition of Germany and the creation of the German Democratic Republic, Oct 1949; the blockade of West Berlin by the USSR, 1948-1949; life in Berlin during the blockade and airlift, 1948-1949; air crashes in Berlin during the airlift, 1948-1949; the importance of Radio in Amerikanischer Sektor (RIAS) for the population of Berlin during the airlift, 1948-1949; the reaction to the lifting of the Berlin blockade by the USSR, May 1949. 60pp

COLDWAR: 12/1 1996 Mar

Typescript transcript of interview with Mehmet Enin, Greek villager, 1944-1949, relating to economic hardship in Greece during the Greek Civil War, 1944-1949; the scarcity of good quality mules in Greece during the Civil War, 1944-1949; US aid for Greece, [1947-1949]. 6pp

COLDWAR: 13/1 1997 Sep

Typescript transcript of interview with Jose Manuel Fortuny Arana, Secretary General of Communist Party of Guatemala, [Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo] 1950, relating to the policies of the government of Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala 1951-1954; the expropriation of land owned by the US based United Fruit Company; the US response to Guatemalan agrarian reform; purchase of armaments from Czechoslovakia; and the fall of the Arbenz government. 19pp

COLDWAR: 14/1 1996 Jun

Typescript transcript of interview with Anika Vajda, veteran of the Hungarian uprising, Oct-Nov 1956, relating to Soviet intervention in Hungary, Nov 1956; the broadcasts of Radio Free Europe, 1956; the conditions in Hungary under Soviet control, 1945-1956; the activities of the Hungarian Communist Party, 1955-1956; the Hungarian reaction to the death of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 5 Mar 1953. 24pp

COLDWAR: 15/1 1997 May 15

Typescript transcript of interview with Abba Eban, Israeli Foreign Minister 1966-1974, relating to the impact of US-Soviet relations on conflict between Israel and neighbouring Arab states, including the US policy in relation to the Six Day War, Jun 1967; the resupply of Israeli forces with US military equipment; Soviet relations with Arab states; the Yom Kippur War, Oct 1973; and the role of Henry Alfred Kissinger, US Secretary of State, 1973-1977, in negotiating the ceasefire between Israel and Egypt, Oct 1973. 47pp

COLDWAR: 16/1 1996 Feb

Typescript transcript of interview with Giuseppe Mainardi, Italian communist, relating to social and economic hardship in post-war Turin, Italy, 1945-1947; the anti-Fascist industrial unrest in Turin, 1943; the Italian election campaign, Apr 1948; the excommunication, by Pope Pius XII, of Roman Catholic members of the Italian Communist Party, [Jun] 1949; the election victory of the Italian Christian Democrats over the left wing Popular Front, Apr 1948; the dismissal of members of the Italian Communist Party from the FIAT factories, Turin, Italy, 1949-1959; the impact of the Marshall Plan in Italy, 1948-[1959]. 11pp

COLDWAR: 17/1 1997 Jan 8

Typescript transcript of interview with Han Pyo-Wook [Philip Han], Republic of Korea (South Korea) diplomat based in Washington, 1949-1960, relating to the diplomatic response to the invasion of South Korea, by forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) 25 Jun 1950, including his meetings with Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary of State for Far East, Korean Ambassador Chang Myon (John M Chang), Harry S Truman, US President, 1945-1953, and Dean Acheson, US Secretary of State, 1949-1953, regarding South Korean requests for assistance. Also comments on the UN Security Council deliberations and resolution, Jun 1950. 21pp

COLDWAR: 18/1 1997 Jun

Typescript transcript of interview with Yakov Raskin, Latvian Jewish refusenik, relating to his attempt to emigrate with his family to Israel, his arrest by the KGB, and conditions of imprisonment in Riga (1970s). 16pp

COLDWAR: 19/1 1997 Nov

Typescript transcript of interview with Lucijia Girdvainiene, Lithuanian citizen, relating to the demonstration in support of Lithuanian independence in Vilnius, 12 Jan 1991, and the Soviet Army attack on demonstrators and the television tower, 13 Jan 1991. 5pp

COLDWAR: 20/1 1997 Sep

Typescript transcript of interview with Oscar Manuel Sobalvaro ('Comandante Ruben'), Chief of Staff, Nicaraguan Contra Army, relating to the opposition to the government of Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in Nicaragua, 1979-1985, the activities of the Anti-Sandinista People's Militias (MILPAS); and aid from the US to the Contra forces. 10pp

COLDWAR: 21/1 1997 Jul

Typescript transcript of interview with Shaharyar Khan, Pakistani diplomat, and Foreign Minister, relating to the role of Pakistan during the war in Afghanistan, 1979-1989, including the strategic importance of Afghanistan; the distribution of US military aid to the Mujahedin forces; Soviet attempts to withdraw from Afghanistan and the drawn out peace process. 19pp

COLDWAR: 22/1 1996 Jan

Typescript transcript of interview with Polish Gen Wojciech (Witold) Jaruzelski, Prime Minister of Poland, 1981-1985, Head of State, 1985-1990, and President, 1989-1990, relating to Jaruzelski's family background, notably the death of his father in Siberia following service with the White forces in the Russian Civil War, 1917-1922; Jaruzelski's military service during World War Two, 1939-1945; the Katyn massacre, the murder of approximately 4,500 Polish officers, probably by the Red Army, Katyn Forest, near Smolensk, USSR, 1940; the Second Warsaw Rising, Poland, Aug 1944; the devastation in post-war Poland, 1945-1946; the strong relations between Poland, the USSR and the German Democratic Republic, 1949-[1970]; the communist coup d'etat in Czechoslovakia, Feb 1948; the Soviet intervention in Hungary, 1956, and in Czechoslovakia, 1968; the Federal German Republic's policy of 'Ostpolitik' (Eastern policy), accepting the existence of the German Democratic Republic and of its eastern border with Poland, the Oder-Neisse line, Nov 1970; the creation of the Warsaw Pact, the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, Poland, 1955; industrial unrest, organised by the free trade union Solidarity, at the Gdansk Shipyard, Poland, 1980; the economic reliance by Poland on the USSR, [1980-1982]; the imposition of martial law in Poland, 1981-1982; the Soviet policy of 'perestroika' (the economic and social restructuring of Soviet society), introduced by Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, 1985-1991, and President of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 1988-1991; the end of the Cold War, 1990. 9pp

COLDWAR: 23/1 1998 Jan 9

Typescript transcript of interview with Mircea Dinescu, Romanian dissident and poet, relating to the conditions in Romania during the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, President of the Romanian Socialist Republic, 1967-1989; Dinescu's background as a well known dissident in Romania, [1980]-1989; the non-existence of an organised resistance movement in Romania against Ceausescu's regime, 1989;the release of Dinescu from custody, [1989]; Dinescu's appearance on Romanian television to announce the Romanian revolution, [23] Dec 1989; the public celebrations at the overthrow of Ceausescu, and the subsequent outbreak of violence, Bucharest, Romania, 23-24 Dec 1989; the rapid rise to power of Ion Iliescu, leader of the National Salvation Front, Dec 1989; the execution of Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, 25 Dec 1989; the violence between the Romanian public and the secret police, the Securitate, Dec 1989; the role of television as a provider of information on the Romanian revolution to the population, Dec 1989; Ceausescu's escape by helicopter from the Central Committee building, Bucharest, and capture by members of the National Salvation Front, 23 Dec 1989. 17pp

COLDWAR: 24/1 1997 May 20

Typescript transcript of interview with Roelof Frederik (Pik) Botha, Republic of South Africa Ambassador to the US, 1975-1977, and Foreign Minister, 1977-1994, relating to the attitude of South Africa to the communist influences in Africa; South African relations with the US during the 1970s; their support for the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) forces in the conflict in Angola, (1974-1976). 49pp

COLDWAR: 25/1 1996 Sep

Typescript transcript of interview with Francisco Simo Orts, Spanish fisherman who witnessed the splashdown in the Mediterranean of a US thermonuclear bomb following the Palomares incident, the collision of a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and a Boeing KC-135 tanker aircraft over Spain resulting in the loss of the two aircraft and the crash landing of four thermonuclear weapons, Spain, Jan 1966, relating to the information Orts gave to the US authorities to help to locate the lost B-28 thermonuclear bomb, Jan-Apr 1966; the US operation to salvage the lost bomb, Jan-Apr 1966; the deployment of the US 6 Fleet to secure the area of the Mediterranean above the lost bomb, Jan-Apr 1966; the radioactive contamination of Palomares, Spain, 1966; the prohibition by Spanish head of state Gen Francisco Franco (Bahamonde) of future USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) nuclear armed flights over Spanish territory, 1966. 33pp

COLDWAR: 26/1 [1995 Nov-Dec]

Typescript transcript of interview with Sir Frederick Alfred Laker, British aviator, relating to his career in the aviation industry and his involvement in supplying aircraft for the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949. 19pp