New Statesman 1983
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Germany helps Brazil to nuclear supremacyA West German research institute is supplying Brazil with rocket and missile technology suitable for the construction of ballistic nuclear missiles, according to a Berlin-based scientific research group. 5 August, 1983 |
Army up to new dirty tricks?Details of a new undercover 12 August, 1983 |
US funding anti- CNDA secret anti-CND opinion 26 August, 1983 |
The monster that won’t lie downBritain, France and West Germany are in the process of drawing up an agreement to finance the first of a proposed new network of controversial 'fast' reactors. 2 September, 1983 |
Spy in the skyDuncan Campbell examines the long drawn-out electronic intelligence war between East and West, which was the background to last week's shooting down of the Korean Airlines jumbo. 9 September, 1983 |
Publisher tries to privatise defence listSecurity officials in the MoD have become alarmed at the prospect of the KGB being able to purchase dial-up directories of everyone working in the Whitehall headquarters 16 September, 1983 |
Nothing really new Reagan three-point package of 'new' disarmament proposals contained only one concession to the Soviet Union - the offer to extend the discussions to include in the negotiations aircraft with 30 September, 1983 |
Don’t say crown say BovisSenior Department of the Environment officials have ignored legal and other warnings that a new system of contracting, favoured by 14 October, 1983 |
Bases build-upUS officials are seeking final approval for plans that would expand US military forces in 21 October, 1983 |
Home Office creeps out of its bunkerNew civil defence regulations, intended to compel 'nuclear free' local authorities to make war plans and build nuclear bunkers for officials, are to be debated in the House of Commons. 28 October, 1983 |
Cruise missile base nears completionOnly one of the six silos or 'shelters' for ground launched cruise missiles was complete last weekend when this photograph was taken. 28 October, 1983 |
Absolutely standard'Routine' political surveillance of peace campaigners and researchers has been uncovered by the BBC Watchdog unit, part of BBC 1's new Sixty Minutes programme. 28 October, 1983 |
Outside the lawIf an American serviceman on duty at any US base in Britain shot a British demonstrator or passer-by, whether accidentally or deliberately, he would not under any circumstances be charged before a British court. 18 November, 1983 |
Triumph of bad faithThe Soviet walkout from the Geneva talks on limiting 'intermediate nuclear forces' (INF) is a qualified triumph for the West's nuclear hawks. 2 December, 1983 |
Holocaust on televisionThe day after the $7.5 million 2 December, 1983 |
Failure of cruise missile test in USThe first US Air Force test flight of a ground-launched cruise missile has been a failure, the Pentagon 16/23 December, 1983 |