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Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers chiefly relating to chemical and biological warfare

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Papers relating chiefly to chemical and biological warfare (CBW), including: text of draft letter by Wilkins to The Times on chemical weapons proliferation, Sep 1981 (apparently unpublished); manuscript notes on discussions of CBW; invitation from the USA Embassy, London, to a seminar by Sterling Seagreave, on his book Yellow rain: a journey through the terror of chemical warfare (M Evans, New York, 1981), with related copy press cuttings and press releases; copies of Wilkins’ letter published in The Times, May 1986, on NATO’s attitude to nerve gas deployment; copy articles by Steven Rose, ‘the real significance of CBW’, originally published in Instant Research on Peace and Violence, 1972, and ‘Biotechnology at war’, published in New Scientist, 1987. Also: brief photocopy correspondence, 1982, relating to a petition for an instant ceasefire in the Falkland Islands conflict between the UK and Argentina (Wilkins was one of the signatories); UK government publication on transferring government research establishments to agency status, Progress in the Next Steps initiative (HMSO, London, 1990), with a covering letter to Wilkins from Prof Ron Burge, Department of Physics, King’s College London, commenting on the implications for defence research, Dec 1990.

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