KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES
Papers of AVM Stewart William Blacker Menaul, CB, CBE, DFC, AFC (1915-1987)
MENAUL 1/1/1-666 Papers on nuclear weapons policy, 1959-1983
[MENAUL: 1/1/1]
[1965]
[Sunday Telegraph magazine] article: 'This is what happened to Blue Streak' by Kenneth W Gatland.
[MENAUL: 1/1/2]
1963 Oct
British Council of Churches, report: 'The British nuclear deterrent'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/3]
1959-1963
Collection of American newspaper and magazine articles on Skybolt and Nassau Conference.
[MENAUL: 1/1/4]
1962 Aug
News release issued by Office of Information Aeronautical Systems Division of the airforce systems: 'GAM - 87A Skybolt'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/5]
1962 Apr 13
Douglas News press release: 'Douglas Skybolt - background story'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/6]
[1962]
Paper: 'GAM - 87A, Skybolt'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/7]
1962 Mar 8
USA Dept of Defense news release: 'Fact sheet, Skybolt'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/8]
1963 Feb 4
USA Dept of Defense press release: 'Immediate cancellation of Skybolt Research and Development'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/9]
1961 Jan 5
USAF, photograph: GAM-67 Skybolt ballistic missiles.
[MENAUL: 1/1/10]
[1955-1960]
USAF photograph: Skybolt missile test models.
[MENAUL: 1/1/11]
1962 Apr 13
Douglas News: 'Skybolt Eglin field station'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/12]
1962 Apr 13
Douglas News: 'Douglas Skybolt personnel'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/13]
1965 Mar 9
USAF News Photo Branch to Menaul. Letter replying to Menaul's request for photographs of Skybolt.
[MENAUL: 1/1/14]
1965 Apr 6
Gp Capt L H Trent to Menaul. Letter sending him photographs of and a factsheet on Skybolt.
[MENAUL: 1/1/15]
1965 Aug 10
Menaul to Stephen Hastings, MP: Letter on the rundown of British Aerospace industry and discussion of state and future of the strategic capabilities of Bomber Command (including Skybolt).
[MENAUL: 1/1/16]
1973 Nov 1-4
Draft paper by Geoffrey Kemp: 'European nuclear weapons: force requirements and options' prepared for Sixth International Arms Control Symposium, 1-4 Nov 1973.
[MENAUL: 1/1/17]
[1968-1974]
Paper by Menaul: 'Britain's future nuclear role' including history of Nuclear power in Britain, notably 1957-1968.
[MENAUL: 1/1/18]
[1964]
Paper: 'Origins of the British nuclear deterrent, 1945-1953. II Military' annotated by Menaul.
[MENAUL: 1/1/19]
[1974]
Survival: review by Andrew J Pierre of Independence and deterrence: Britain and atomic energy, 1945-1952, I policy making, II policy execution by Prof Margaret Gowing.
[MENAUL: 1/1/20]
1974 Nov
Newspaper cutting: 'How Britain fell behind in the nuclear arms race' by Pearce Wright, relating to Independence and Deterence Britain and Atomic Energy by Prof Margaret Gowing.
[MENAUL: 1/1/21]
1978 Jan 3
The Times: 'Cabinet files to keep atomic secrets for another 20 years' by Peter Hennessy.
[MENAUL: 1/1/22]
[1975]
Royal United Services Institute Journal: 'Allison, Attlee and the bomb: views on the 1947 British decision to build an atom bomb' by Maj E M Fitzgerald, and 'The origins of the Soviet hydrogen bomb: the York hypothesis' by Dr John Bellany.
[MENAUL: 1/1/23]
[1974-1975]
Paper by Dr Ian Bellany: 'UK nuclear policy 1945-1970'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/24]
1973 Jul 19
Nuclear weapon programme, Twelfth report from the Expenditure Committee, Session 1972-1973, HMSO 399.
[MENAUL: 1/1/25]
1967 May 5
The Times, editorial: 'Keeping the bomb'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/26]
1970
The Times, editorial: 'The ultimate arm'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/27]
[1963]
Notes on contents of fifty-one slides relating to Britain's nuclear bomber force, 1956-1963.
[MENAUL: 1/1/28]
1964 Feb
Text of a speech to the press on nuclear role of Bomber Command.
[MENAUL: 1/1/29]
[1964]
Text of speech to the press on nuclear role of Bomber Command (possibly a later version of 1/1/28).
[MENAUL: 1/1/30]
[1964]
Air Ministry Information Division: 'Blue Steel'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/31]
1964 Nov 2
List of contents of 147 slides relating to Britain's nuclear Bomber Command.
[MENAUL: 1/1/32]
[1961-1967]
Paper: 'BMEWS' (Ballistic Missile Early Warning System) and alarm levels.
[MENAUL: 1/1/33]
1965 Jun 30
Note by Menaul on McNamara's goals for USA strategic nuclear delivery systems.
[MENAUL: 1/1/34]
1965 Jul 30
Notes for Joint Services Staff College 31st course on deterrence.
[MENAUL: 1/1/35]
[1956-1957]
Booklet: Operation GRAPPLE 1956-1957 (Christmas Island nuclear tests).
[MENAUL: 1/1/36]
[1956]
Organisational chart: Task Force Buffalo.
[MENAUL: 1/1/37]
[1966-1969]
Paper: '4 - 'The Instruments of Strategic Deterrence' relating to the relationship of Britain - US regarding Nuclear issues.
[MENAUL: 1/1/38]
[1975]
Survival: 'Israel's nuclear policy' by Lawrence Freedman, King's College London.
[MENAUL: 1/1/39]
1974 Dec 3
The Times: 'We can now make our own nuclear arms, Israelis say' by Pearce Wright, Israel. Includes depiction of a 'schematic axial cross section of a plutonium bomb'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/40]
1974 Nov 20
The Economist, Foreign report: 'An Israeli nuclear deterrent?'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/41]
1983 Jun 20
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Europeans remain divided on nuclear missile basing'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/42]
1981 May 6
Newspaper cutting: 'NATO ministers agree on new nuclear missiles for Europe' by Michael Hornsby, Rome.
[MENAUL: 1/1/43]
[1981 May 6]
Daily Telegraph: 'Cruise missiles "more essential than ever"' by David Adamson, Rome.
[MENAUL: 1/1/44]
1981 Feb 5
Newspaper cutting: 'The neutron nettle'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/45]
1981 Feb 5
The Times editorial: 'The enhanced radiation bomb'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/46]
1981 Feb 5
Newspaper cutting: 'Schmidt cautious over use of neutron bomb'; by David Shears, Bonn; 'A lethal "cookie cutter"'; 'Kremlin takes chance to exploit differences'; and 'Sympathy with US attitude'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/47]
1981 Jun 22
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Nuclear missile defense system sought' and 'Israelis stressed power in Lavi engine choice'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/48]
1981 Aug 17
The Times: 'The nuclear double talk tearing NATO apart' Part 1 by John Barry.
[MENAUL: 1/1/49]
1981 Aug 18
The Times: 'Just who is deterred by the deterrent? Part 2' by John Barry.
[MENAUL: 1/1/50]
1981 Aug 19
The Times: 'How NATO's nuclear planning elite has tied its own hands. Part 3' by John Barry.
[MENAUL: 1/1/51]
1980 Feb
Paper: 'The nuclear defence of Western Europe' by Manlio Brosio and Robert Shreffler.
[MENAUL: 1/1/52]
1980
The Times letter to the editor: 'Retaining Britain's nuclear capability' from Jonathan Alford.
[MENAUL: 1/1/53]
1980 Feb 27
[The Times]: 'NATO chief defends the neutron bomb' by Henry Stanhope.
[MENAUL: 1/1/54]
1980 Sep 9
US Embassy press release: 'Deploying the US TNF (Theatre Nuclear Forces) in Europe' by Lawrence J Korb. Reprinted from Naval War College Review.
[MENAUL: 1/1/55]
1980 Jul 9
The Times: 'Further rise in Soviet defence cost expected' by Henry Stanhope; 'Bonn angry over report of "Brezhnev warning"' and 'Russia threatens retaliation if new US missiles are deployed in Europe'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/56]
1980 Aug 13
Newspaper cutting: 'Soviet fury at Carter nuclear plan' by Michael Binyon, Moscow.
[MENAUL: 1/1/57]
1980 Aug 13
Newspaper cutting: 'NATO told new nuclear strategy not a sharp break with past policy' by David Cross, Washington.
[MENAUL: 1/1/58]
1980 Aug 13
Newspaper cutting: 'Carter seeks more safety for leaders in atom war' by Frank Taylor, Washington.
[MENAUL: 1/1/59]
1980 Aug 8
Newspaper cutting: 'Three reasons behind us: change of strategy on waging nuclear war'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/60]
1980 Aug 11
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Carter strategic policy under scrutiny'; 'Appropriations panel funds new bomber'; and 'Conferees authorize defense $52.8 billion, include bomber'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/61]
1980 Aug 17
Sunday Times: 'Why Carter changed the nuclear rules' by Tony Geraghty and Peter Pringle.
[MENAUL: 1/1/62]
[1980-1981]
Newspaper cutting: 'The nuclear predicament awaiting Mr Reagan' by Gregory F Treverton.
[MENAUL: 1/1/63]
1979 Nov 14
The Times: 'Herr Strauss gives unqualified "yes" on NATO proposal to base nuclear missiles in West Germany' by Patricia Clough, Bonn and 'Allies hear Mr Pym strongly endorse new American weapons for Europe'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/64]
1978
Magazine article: 'NATO and the strategic nuclear balance' by Michael B Donlay.
[MENAUL: 1/1/65]
[1981]
Newspaper cutting: 'Mitterand approves construction of new nuclear weapons' by Charles Hargrove, Paris.
[MENAUL: 1/1/66]
1981 Feb 25
Current News, special edition No 675: 'The future of the French strategic nuclear force' by Paul Stares.
[MENAUL: 1/1/67]
1980 Jul 28
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'French push strategic missile plan'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/68]
[1981]
Newspaper cutting: 'France's nuclear deterrent reinforced' by Charles Hargrove, Paris.
[MENAUL: 1/1/69]
[1974-1975]
Newspaper cutting: 'French nuclear missile strike force is ready'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/70]
1970 Mar
Conservative Political Centre pamphlet: Toward nuclear entente by Eldon Griffiths, MP and Michael Niblock.
[MENAUL: 1/1/71]
1967 Jul
Adelphi Paper No 38 (The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London): 'The French strategic missile programme' by Judith H Young.
[MENAUL: 1/1/72]
1971
Adelphi Paper No 78 (The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London): 'Future conditional: the prospect for Anglo-French nuclear co-operation', by Ian Smart, includes manuscript note questioning credibility of Anti-Ballistic Missile defence.
[MENAUL: 1/1/73]
1972 Jun 30
Evening Standard: 'Why France goes on loving the bomb' by Sam White.
[MENAUL: 1/1/74]
1973 Jul 9
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'French plan to expand nuclear force'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/75]
[1971-1981]
Newspaper cutting: 'Britain and France "can be nuclear shield"'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/76]
1974 Jun 10
The Times: 'French scenario for Armageddon' by Henry Stanhope.
[MENAUL: 1/1/77]
1973 May 18
The Times: 'World court to hear nuclear test cases despite French boycott'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/78]
[1960-1970]
Newspaper photograph: 'An atomic bomb hangs from a balloon over the South Pacific island of Mururoa during a recent series of French atomic tests'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/79]
1980 Jun 2
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'France shifts nuclear stance'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/80]
1972 Aug-Sep
NATO's Fifteen Nations: 'The Soviet tactical air force and tactical nuclear weapons'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/81]
1975 Spring
Warfare: 'Civil defence: a European view', including 'Soviet Civil Defence'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/82]
1980 Jun 16
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Soviet's nuclear arsenal continues to proliferate'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/83]
1986 Mar 31
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Soviets plan to update strategic forces, missiles, bombers by mid-1990s'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/84]
1985 Jul 29
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Ongoing Soviet strategic upgrades raise US defense concerns'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/85]
1984 Mar 21
The Times: 'Can the typhoon rule the waves?' by Thomas B Allen and Norman Polmar relating to the Soviet Submarine 'Typhoon' with the Inter Continental Ballistic Missile capability.
[MENAUL: 1/1/86]
1979 Jul 16
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Significance of SS-18 role questioned'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/87]
[1972]
Paper by Menaul: 'How the Soviets would fight a nuclear war and win'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/88]
1978 May-Jun
Survival: 'Soviet civil defence: some myths in the western debate' by Fred M Kaplan.
[MENAUL: 1/1/89]
1980 Jun 3
The Times: 'SS 20 missile is threat' interview with Gen Bernard Rogers SACEUR relating to Soviet military build up.
[MENAUL: 1/1/90]
1977 May 18
Newspaper cutting: 'US report says Russia vulnerable to nuclear attack despite extensive civil defence preparation' by Patrick Brogan, Washington.
[MENAUL: 1/1/91]
1976
The Times: 'Why we cannot treat Soviet civil defence as a joke' by Alan Gwynne Chalfont, Baron Chalfont.
[MENAUL: 1/1/92]
1975 Oct
Air Force Magazine: 'Civil defence in the USSR' by Harriet Fast Scott.
[MENAUL: 1/1/93]
1976
Foreign Affairs Research Institute paper: 'The strategic significance of Soviet civil defence preparedness'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/94]
1981 Jun
National Security Record: 'The need for a Reagan strategic nuclear policy'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/95]
1978 Jul 24
Aviation Week and Space Technology: Washington Roundup section - 'Civil defense'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/96]
1982 Dec
Armed Forces Journal International: six articles on the significance of the MX missiles in the context of NATO - WARSAW PACT balance of power. Includes coverage of problems associated with the siting of missiles.
[MENAUL: 1/1/97]
1978 Sep 25
Aviation Week and Space Technology, letter to editor: 'Defense advice'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/98]
1978 Oct 16
Aviation Week and Space Technology, Washington Roundup section: 'Missile dispute'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/99]
1978 May-Jun
Survival: 'The MX debate' by Colin S Gray.
[MENAUL: 1/1/100]
1978 Feb 20
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Submarine missile future linked to naval strategy'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/101]
1977 Apr 18
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Strategic force structure to face stiff debate' and 'USAF pushes long-range cruise missile version'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/102]
1977 Nov 7
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Carter warned on Soviet nuclear advantage'; 'Concern rises on US salt proposals'; and 'USAF moves to reopen Minuteman line'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/103]
1978 Apr 6
The Times, letter to editor: 'Neutron bomb and prospects for peace' from Lord Brockway.
[MENAUL: 1/1/104]
[1972]
Royal United Services Institute Journal: 'The essential arithmetic of deterrence' by Ian Bellany.
[MENAUL: 1/1/105]
1977 Dec 5
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'MX deployment urged for parity'; 'Buy European'; 'Technology push urged to meet Soviet buildup'; and 'DOD (US Department of Defense) scrutinizes evolving air defenses of USSR'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/106]
[1977]
Map marked with missile ranges.
[MENAUL: 1/1/107]
1977 Sep 30
National Review: 'The $49.50 Cruise missile and another moratorium'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/108]
1977 Dec 4
Sunday Times: 'Europe dither on Cruise worries US' by Henry Brandon.
[MENAUL: 1/1/109]
1977 Oct 24
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Minuteman production funds released'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/110]
1977 Aug 15
Aviation Week and Space Technology, letter to editor: 'First Cruise missile'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/111]
1977 Oct 3
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'House unit overturns B-1, MX funding cuts'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/112]
1977 Oct 10
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Congress presses strategic changes'; 'FB-111H proposal cites survivability, low cost'; and 'Rockwell designers define new derivatives of B-1'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/113]
1977 Jul 18
Aviation Week and Space Technology, editorial: 'Cruise missile - pro and con'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/114]
1977 Jul 11
Aviation Week and Space Technology, editorial: 'Jimmy's weapons choice'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/115]
[1977-1979]
The Times: 'Britain and the dilemma over the Cruise missile' by Henry Stanhope relating to SALT 2 (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) negotiations.
[MENAUL: 1/1/116]
1977 Feb 4
Current News, Part II. Main Edition: extract from the Congressional Record - Senate, 'Cruise missiles'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/117]
1976 Aug 30
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Soviets grasping strategic lead' and Washington Roundup section, 'Wave off'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/118]
1976 Dec 16
Current News, Part II - main edition: extract from 'Strategic nuclear balance is not enough'; extract from St Louis Dispatch 'Arms race won't bring peace' and extract from Government Executive 'Cruise missiles: the big payoff may be a land-based system'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/119]
1976 Nov 15
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Key decisions on Cruise missiles near' and 'Condor to re-emerge in next budget'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/120]
1976 Jan 19
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Minuteman production defended' and 'Pressure mounts to save Minuteman production'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/121]
1976 Oct
The Retired Officer: 'The Cruise missile crisis' including mention of Menaul, by Col Asa Bates, Jr., with manuscript note from Bates to Menaul.
[MENAUL: 1/1/122]
1976 Aug 9
Aviation Week and Space Technology, letters to editor: 'Soviet threat' and 'Strategic weapons'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/123]
1976 May 3
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Minuteman 3 production supplemental sought' and 'Radar to detect SLBMs (Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles) at 3,000 Mi'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/124]
[1959-1973]
Chapter 3-6 of untitled book relating to US missile developments in relation to the USSR 1959-1973 including MIRV, Polaris, Poseidon, and the space programme.
[MENAUL: 1/1/125]
1975 Feb 17
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'DOD (US Department of Defense) leans to land-based MX'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/126]
1974 Sep
Air Force Magazine: 'Nuclear flexibility and parity' by Mark B Schineider.
[MENAUL: 1/1/127]
[1975]
Strategic Reviews: 'The fallacies of counterforce' by Robert Sherman.
[MENAUL: 1/1/128]
[1974]
Survival: 'Flexible strategic options: no need for new strategy' by Barry Carter (reprinted from Scientific American).
[MENAUL: 1/1/129]
[1974]
Survival: 'Changes in American strategic doctrine: an initial interpretation' by Prof Lawrence Martin.
[MENAUL: 1/1/130]
[1974]
Newspaper cutting: 'Soviet "selective" blow could kill six million'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/131]
1974 Jul
Air Force Magazine: 'The realities of limited strategic options' by Edgar Ulsamer relating to Strategic Weapons technology.
[MENAUL: 1/1/132]
1969 Oct 22
The Times, letter to editor by Sir Michael Wright: 'Anglo-French nuclear force: treaty limitations'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/133]
1974 Jan 21
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Weapon system advances sought'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/134]
[1974]
Aviation Week and Space Technology, editorial: 'New strategic nuclear policy'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/135]
[1974]
Newspaper cutting: 'United States disclaims any plans for a nuclear weapons system designed to strike first' by Fred Emery, Washington.
[MENAUL: 1/1/136]
[1974]
Newspaper cutting: 'Flexibility adds extra power to the US nuclear deterrent' by Henry Stanhope.
[MENAUL: 1/1/137]
[1974]
Aviation Week and Space Technology, editorial: 'The changing mix of Triad'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/138]
1973 Jan 15
Aviation Week and Space Technology, editorial: 'Thoughts on Triad'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/139]
1979 Nov 26
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Nevada, Utah study impact of MX positioning'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/140]
1979 Nov 5
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Water supply issue raised in MX missile basing plan'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/141]
1980 Dec 29
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'MX missile site study reviewed' and 'MX system depicted'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/142]
1980 Oct 27
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Alternate MX basing concepts weighed'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/143]
1980 Jun 30
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Alternate MX basing poses problems'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/144]
1980 Mar 31
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'New MX basing design being evaluated'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/145]
1980 May 27
Heritage Foundation Backgrounder: 'Insuring survivability: basing the MX missile'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/146]
1985 Aug 5
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Ground-launched Cruise missiles deployed in five countries'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/147]
[1978-1988]
Newspaper cutting: 'Dutch sign deal for 48 Cruise missiles' by Robert Schuil, Amsterdam.
[MENAUL: 1/1/148]
[1978-1988]
Manuscript note: comparing cost of Cruise missiles with Trident.
[MENAUL: 1/1/149]
1983 Jun 27
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Cruise missile upkeep set at $1 billion'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/150]
1980 Sep 22
Aviation Week and Space Technology, Industry Observer section: on basing of ground-launched Cruise missiles in five NATO countries.
[MENAUL: 1/1/151]
1982 Mar 1
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Ground-launched Tomahawks delivered'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/152]
1984 Jul 16
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Navy developing rapid strike planning'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/153]
1983 Jul 25
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'USAF trains Tomahawk crews for NATO'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/154]
[1980-1983]
Paper [by Menaul]: 'Cruise missiles - Pershing II' includes notes on nuclear balance between NATO and Warsaw Pact.
[MENAUL: 1/1/155]
1981 Aug 31
Wall Street Journal, Review and Outlook section: 'Don't decide' relating to Cruise Missiles.
[MENAUL: 1/1/156]
1983 Oct 24
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Europeans reject deployment delay'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/157]
1983 Oct 24
Newsweek: 'Battle over missiles: Antinuclear protests sweep Europe - but won't stop deployment' relating to Cruise and Pershing II.
[MENAUL: 1/1/158]
1983 Oct 18
US Embassy press release: 'Weinberger says US-Soviet INF (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces) missile equality vital'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/159]
1983 Feb 8
US Embassy press release: 'Soviets wrongly assert an INF (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces) "balance"'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/160]
1983 Oct 13
US Embassy press release: 'Burt says Soviets "waging campaign of fear" over INF (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces): Statement and Q and A in Oslo'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/161]
1983 Oct 18
The Times: 'Russia's 10-minute nuclear warning'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/162]
1983 Jan 17
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'ALCMs (Air-Launched Cruise Missiles) delivered ahead of schedule'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/163]
1979 Aug
International Defense Review: 'Pershing II: First step in NATO theatre nuclear force modernization?'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/164]
1979 Sep 18-19
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis conference report: 'The future of land-based strategic forces'. (See also 1/1/475)
[MENAUL: 1/1/165]
1978
Adelphi Paper No 140 (The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London): 'The future of land-based missile forces' by Colin S Gray.
[MENAUL: 1/1/166]
1983 Feb 14
The Times: 'Hand on Cruise button would cost £1 billion says Heseltine' by Nicholas Timmins.
[MENAUL: 1/1/167]
1983 Apr 30
Flight International: 'GD will build advanced Cruise' relating to General Dynamics Convair Division.
[MENAUL: 1/1/168]
1981 Aug 31
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Second-source contract expected on Tomahawk'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/169]
1981 Oct 23
The Times: 'Work on base for missiles' relating to Cruise missile base at Greenham Common.
[MENAUL: 1/1/170]
1981 Oct 19
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'ALCM (Air-Launched Cruise Missile) training'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/171]
1981 Jun 1
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Cruise missile carrier given NATO markings'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/172]
1980 Feb 18
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'ALCM (Air-Launched Cruise Missile) prime contractor to be selected in March'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/173]
1980 Oct 20
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Cruise missile project delayed' and Washington Roundup section, 'Missile funding'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/174]
1980 Jan
Defence: 'ALCM (Air-Launched Cruise Missile) decision expected on schedule'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/175]
[1977-1981]
Newspaper cutting: 'With Trident into the far beyond?' by Hugo Young.
[MENAUL: 1/1/176]
[1977-1981]
Newspaper cutting: 'Deterrence: the costs, the issues, the choices'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/177]
1979 Dec 10
Aviation Week and Space Technology: NATO nuclear weapons vote scheduled'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/178]
1978 May 15
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Pershing 2, Tomahawk split Congress'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/179]
1979 Dec 17
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Theatre nuclear forces approved by NATO'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/180]
1979 Oct 15
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'B-52Ds designated for support of NATO'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/181]
1978 Sep 26
Sack Memorial Lecture, Cornell University: 'A Cruise missile system for Europe' by Richard L Garwin.
[MENAUL: 1/1/182]
[1979]
Papers: 'Kissinger - Brussels, 1 Sep 79' relating to NATO strategy and 'NATO in the eighties - a war-winning strategy', a list of headings.
[MENAUL: 1/1/183]
[1979-1988]
List: Cruise and Pershing 2 deployments in Europe.
[MENAUL: 1/1/184]
1985 Apr 7
Sunday Times: 'Why Trident?'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/185]
[1985]
Magazine article: 'Huge, silent and deadly' relating to Trident.
[MENAUL: 1/1/186]
1985 Feb 6
The Times: 'Why we need Trident' by Lord Lewin.
[MENAUL: 1/1/187]
[1985]
Newspaper cutting: 'Must we buy Trident?' by Matthew Symonds.
[MENAUL: 1/1/188]
[1984]
Newspaper cutting: 'Cost of Trident doubles to £1 bn in four years' by Nicholas Comfort and 'Cruise to be guided by laser' by Air Cdre Cooper.
[MENAUL: 1/1/189]
[1983]
Newspaper cutting: 'Defence budget costs go over the top' by Matthew Symonds.
[MENAUL: 1/1/190]
[1983-1985]
Newspaper cutting: 'Costs spiral gives Trident critics extra ammunition' by Rodney Cowton.
[MENAUL: 1/1/191]
1984 Nov 5
Financial Times: 'Why buying Trident would be a mistake' by Ian Davidson.
[MENAUL: 1/1/192]
1983 Dec
Defence and Disarmament Issues, No. 11: 'Trident: Britain's strategic deterrent' published by HMSO for MoD.
[MENAUL: 1/1/193]
[1983-1984]
Newspaper cutting: 'Commons to probe rising Trident costs' by James Adams.
[MENAUL: 1/1/194]
1984 Sep 23
Sunday Times: 'Tory alarm over Trident costs' by Patrick Bishop.
[MENAUL: 1/1/195]
1984 Jul 30
Aviation Week and Space Technology, Washington Roundup section: 'Decoy dodging'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/196]
[1983-1985]
Newspaper cutting: 'Trident submarine should be with navy by 1995' by Maj Gen Edward Fursdon.
[MENAUL: 1/1/197]
1984 Jun 4
Newspaper cutting: 'Trident will be Navy millstone says ex-minister' by Desmond Wettern.
[MENAUL: 1/1/198]
1981 Jul 9
The Times: 'Nott says cost of Chevaline "has gone bananas"' by Phillip Webster.
[MENAUL: 1/1/199]
1983 Dec 18
Sunday Times: 'Britain's missile to rival Trident' by Phillip Beresford.
[MENAUL: 1/1/200]
[1983-1985]
Financial Times: 'Trident missile "poor investment"'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/201]
1983 Nov 13
Sunday Times: 'One-man missile mission' on Robert Aldridge, part of design team of Polaris, Poseidon and Trident, and his visit to Britain.
[MENAUL: 1/1/202]
[1982-1984]
Paper by Menaul: 'Alternatives to Trident' for Foreign Affairs Research Institute. (See 1/1/208)
[MENAUL: 1/1/203]
[1982]
Foreign Affairs Research Institute paper by Menaul: 'Alternatives to Trident'. (See 1/1/208)
[MENAUL: 1/1/204]
1983 May 9
The Times: 'Britain's deterrent dilemma' by Prof Lawrence Freedman, King's College London.
[MENAUL: 1/1/205]
1982 Dec 20
The Times: 'Updating of Polaris regretted by Healey'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/206]
1982 Nov 15
R Adm J S Grove to Menaul. Letter criticising Menaul for his opposition to Trident. Includes series of notes and graphs on Trident.
[MENAUL: 1/1/207]
1982 Dec 9
R Adm J S Grove to Menaul. Letter containing a paragraph-by-paragraph criticism of Menaul's paper, 'Alternatives to Trident', and comments on Menaul's reply to 1/1/206.
[MENAUL: 1/1/208]
1982
Foreign Affairs Research Institute paper: 'Alternatives to Trident' by Menaul copy of 1/1/202, 203.
[MENAUL: 1/1/209]
1980 Sep 16
Menaul. Text of letter to the press on Britain's decision to buy Trident.
[MENAUL: 1/1/210]
[1982]
Survival: 'American SLBM [Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile]: counterforce options and strategic implications' by Joel S Wit.
[MENAUL: 1/1/211]
1982 Summer
ASIDES (Aberdeen Studies in Defence Economics) No 22: 'The Trident programme' by David Greenwood.
[MENAUL: 1/1/212]
1980 Spring
Adelphi Paper No 156 (The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London): 'The future of Britain's deterrent force' by Peter Nailor and Jonathan Alford.
[MENAUL: 1/1/213]
1977
Royal Institute of International Affairs: 'British foreign policy to 1985: The future of the British nuclear deterrent: technical, economic and strategic issues' by Ian Smart.
[MENAUL: 1/1/214]
1981 Jul 13
Daily Telegraph, letter to editor by Menaul: 'Value for money in the defence of Britain' relating to Trident.
[MENAUL: 1/1/215]
1980 Jun 2
The Times, letter to editor by Menaul: 'Retaining Britain's nuclear capability' relating to Trident and Cruise.
[MENAUL: 1/1/216]
1982 Feb 26
Newspaper letter to editor by Menaul: 'Britain's nuclear system'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/217]
1981 Jul
Chatham House Seminar: 'The credibility of an independent British contribution to NATO deterrence'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/218]
1978 Jan
Survival: 'The future of the British nuclear deterrent' by Ian Smart.
[MENAUL: 1/1/219]
1982 Jul 23
The Times: 'More cuts necessary to pay for Trident' and 'Big air defence programme' relating to Parliamentary debate on RAF 22 Jul 1982.
[MENAUL: 1/1/220]
1982 Jun 20
Sunday Times, editorial: 'More, much more, for defence' and 'Now scrap Trident' by Gen Sir John Hackett former Commander of NATO's Northern Army Group.
[MENAUL: 1/1/221]
1982 Mar 12
Daily Telegraph, editorial: 'Trident it is'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/222]
1982 Mar 16
The Times, letters to editor: 'Long-term consequences of Trident sale' by Correlli Barnett.
[MENAUL: 1/1/223]
[1981-1983]
Newspaper cutting: 'Trident crucial for Britain's role in NATO' by Air Cdre G S Cooper.
[MENAUL: 1/1/224]
1982 Mar 12
The Times: 'Trident something of a luxury' by Henry Stanhope.
[MENAUL: 1/1/225]
[1981-1983]
Newspaper cutting: 'Go-ahead for Trident by cabinet' and '"Super-power" defence'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/226]
1982 Mar 12
The Times: 'Opposition pledge to cancel Trident'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/227]
1982 Mar 12
The Times: 'Britain to buy "bargain" US Trident 2 for £7,500m' by Julian Haviland
[MENAUL: 1/1/228]
1982
The Times, editorial: 'Trident's fourth dimension'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/229]
1982 Mar 8
The Times: 'A taxpayer's guide to Trident's true cost' by David Greenwood.
[MENAUL: 1/1/230]
1982 Sep 11
The Times, editorial: 'No less independent' relating to maintenance facilities for Trident.
[MENAUL: 1/1/231]
[1981-1983]
Newspaper, letters to editor: 'America in Britain's defence' from V Adm Sir James Jungius.
[MENAUL: 1/1/232]
[1981-1983]
Newspaper, letters to editor: 'Point of decision on Trident' from Sir Phillip Goodhart, MP and Keith Speed, MP.
[MENAUL: 1/1/233]
[1981-1983]
Newspaper cutting: '"Trident jobs for Britain" talks at an advanced stage' by Maj Gen Edward Fursdon.
[MENAUL: 1/1/234]
1982 Feb 21
Sunday Times: 'Reagan offers secret Trident deal to Nott' by Jon Connell.
[MENAUL: 1/1/235]
1982 Feb 21
Sunday Times: 'Why Britain should reject Trident' by FM (Richard) Michael (Power) Carver, Baron Carver, Chief of Defence Staff, 1973-1976.
[MENAUL: 1/1/236]
[1981-1983]
Newspaper cutting: 'Trident missile dilemma delays White Paper' by David Loshak.
[MENAUL: 1/1/237]
[1981-1983]
Newspaper cutting: 'The urgent case for a money-saving missile by David Watt.
[MENAUL: 1/1/238]
[1981-1983]
Newspaper, two letters to editor, one from Menaul: 'Choice of a British deterrent' relating to Cruise and Trident.
[MENAUL: 1/1/239]
1982 Feb 17
Daily Express: 'The Trident dilemma' by Michael Evans.
[MENAUL: 1/1/240]
1982 Feb 16
Daily Telegraph: 'Is giving Brezhnev a rocket the best way to use Trident?' by Julian Critchley and editorial: 'Trouble for Trident'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/241]
1982 Feb 13
The Times: 'Speed has doubts over £6,000m Trident purchase' by Julian Haviland.
[MENAUL: 1/1/242]
1982 Feb 9
The Times: 'Nott presses for Trident II' by Julian Haviland and 'The built-in price of staying nuclear' by Prof Lawrence Freedman.
[MENAUL: 1/1/243]
1980 Feb
Congress of the United States Congressional Budget Office background paper: The US sea-based strategic force: costs of the Trident submarine and missile programs and alternatives.
[MENAUL: 1/1/244]
1981 Dec 22
Daily Telegraph: 'Is Britannia's Trident just an expensive anachronism?' by Mathew Symonds.
[MENAUL: 1/1/245]
1981 Apr
Reader's Digest, Vol 118: 'Trident safeguards our tomorrow' by AF Peter John Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton.
[MENAUL: 1/1/246]
[1979-1980]
Magazine article: 'Trident: the US experience' by Judith Reppy.
[MENAUL: 1/1/247]
1981 May 19
Daily Mail: 'I believe Trident is a mistake' by Russell Lewis.
[MENAUL: 1/1/248]
1981 Mar 30
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Navy secretary considers alternative to Trident sub'.
[MENAUL: 1/1/249]
1980 Nov 10
Aviation Week and Space Technology: 'Cuts imperil British force planning'.