Janus: The Papers of 1st Lord Gladwyn

Churchill/GLAD 1 contains:
1	General correspondence and notes
2	Correspondence and notes on defence
3	Correspondence and notes on Europe
4	Correspondence and notes on international affairs
5	Correspondence and notes on Liberal and home affairs
6	Royal visits to Paris
7	Honours and appointments awarded to GJ

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The Papers of 1st Lord Gladwyn

Title	Correspondence and notes on defence
Reference	GLAD 1/2
Covering Dates	1948–1990
Extent and Medium	8.5 boxes

Index Terms

Defence

European Administration

Churchill/GLAD 1/2 contains:

The launching of the North Atlantic Treaty. Account of the Pentagon negotiations to form NATO.
1 file.

1948

Defence and foreign affairs. Liberal Party proposals.
1 file.

1965–1967

Photocopies taken from Hansard of GJ's speeches. Speeches mainly on defence, with newspaper articles and literary correspondence with Foreign Affairs magazine on defence and NATO.
1 file.

1966–1982

Atlantic Alliance.
1 file.

1965–1966

Defence of Western Europe. Reports, newspaper cuttings and correspondence on paper by GJ.
1 file.

1969–1973

The Defence of Western Europe. Paper by GJ reprinted from Foreign Affairs magazine, also including newspaper cuttings, correspondence and reports.
1 file.

1973

European defence and the Atlantic Alliance.
1 file.

1973

European Parliament Political Affairs Committee. Reports on defence and European political co-operation.
1 file.

1973

Correspondence on defence. Correspondence arising from the Europe-American Conference in Amsterdam [Netherlands].
1 file.

1973

Defence Questionnaire and replies. Replies from Britain, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy and Belgium.
1 file.

1973

Draft Resolution on the effects of a European Foreign Policy on Defence Questions.
1 file.

1974–1975

Correspondence on defence. Correspondence with Stanley Hoffman and Dr Kirt Birrenbach.
1 file.

1974–1975

Correspondence on defence. Correspondence with Lord Winterbottom [Labour defence spokesman], Helmut Schmidt [Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany] and Julian Critchley [Chairman, WEU Defence Committee].
1 file.

1975–1977

Correspondence with Dr Bertram. Correspondence with [? Dr Christoph Bertram] on the utility of studies into damage to be inflicted by. European nuclear deterrents.
1 file.

1975

Papers connected with GJ's report for the European Parliament on defence.
1 file.

1975

The French strategic concept as initiated by the President and subsequently reversed.
1 file.

1976

Papers on the general theory of European defence. Papers used by GJ for article in International Affairs.
1 file.

1975

Defence Resolution of the European Parliament.
1 file.

1974–1975

Correspondence on the Defence Resolution of the European Parliament.
1 file.

1974–1975

Papers on the Report on European defence for the European Parliament.
1 file.

1974–1975

Defence duplicates and papers relating to GJ's papers on defence.
1 file.

1975–1976

Article by Louis-Francois Duchene [Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies] on nuclear weapons.
1 file.

1974

Article for le Monde on the defence of France.
1 file.

1974

Correspondence with Bouchaud. Correspondence on a speech by Raymond Barre [Prime Minister of France] on the French nuclear deterrent.
1 file.

1977

Correspondence on GJ's review of Escott Reid's book on the origins of NATO, 'Time of Fear and Hope'.
1 file.

1977–1978

Correspondence on the Defence debate.
1 file.

1978

The Future of the British Nuclear Deterrent, by Ian Smart. Includes a memorandum of comments by GJ.
1 file.

1978

Notes and correspondence on European Defence and the Burrows Committee.
1 file.

1978–1979

Defence papers (major pronouncements).
1 file.

1979–1980

Papers on defence. Includes correspondence with Michael Vyvyan, Lord Brockway [Co-Chairman, World Disarmament Campaign] and Baroness Young, and notes on the Nuclear Freeze, Liberal defence policy and the visit to Britain by Mikhail Gorbachev.
6 files.

1979–1985

Liberal Party views on the Defence Policy and the American installation of Cruise Missiles.
1 file.

1980

Defence Policy. The North Atlantic Treaty and Afghanistan.
1 file.

1980

Defence papers. Papers on Trident, including a copy of 1st Lord Mountbatten of Burma's speech of May 1978.
1 file.

1980–1981

Defence papers. Includes speeches, memoranda and letters to the press.
1 file.

1981–1982

The Falklands War. Suggestions on how to end the conflict.
1 file.

1982

Speakers' notes: 'Defence Begins at Home'.
1 file.

1982

'No First Use': Report by the Union of Concerned Scientists. Also includes correspondence.
1 file.

1982–1983

Articles on defence. Mainly consists of articles on 'No First Use'".
1 file.

1982–1985

Notes on 'The Nuclear Issue'.
1 file.

1983

Adam Smith Institute. Omega Report on Defence Policy.
1 file.

1983

Defence papers. Major pronouncements.
1 file.

1983–1986

Notes and articles on the Star Wars policy.
1 file.

1984–1985

Star Wars. Correspondence with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and supporting papers on the Star Wars defence policy.
1 file.

1985

Defence: Star Wars.
1 file.

1985–1986

Correspondence with Lord Zuckerman on nuclear prospects.
1 file.

1986–1987

Correspondence with and articles by Lord Zuckerman on defence.
1 file.

1987–1988

Foreign and Commonwealth Office correspondence on defence.
1 file.

1987

Copies of GJ's letters to newspapers concerning nuclear disarmament.
1 file.

1987

Reports and articles relating to NATO and nuclear disarmament.
1 file.

1987–1988

Discussion of a paper by GJ on nuclear defence.
1 file.

1988

Discussion of a paper by General Brent Scowcroft [Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs, United States] on defence.
1 file.

1988–1989

NATO defence documents.
1 file.

1988–1990

Defence reports and articles. 'Discriminate Deterrence', Report of The Commission On Integrated Long-Term Strategy, 'The Real Options' and an article on Mikhail Gorbachev and nuclear defence with commentary by GJ.
1 file.

1987–1988

Air Defence of the UK.
1 file.

1988

Ministry of Defence correspondence.
1 file.

1988

Defence: Liberal and Social Democrats.
1 file.

1989