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Accession[2012.0286] CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AND DISARMAMENTIdentifierUMA-ITE-2012028600010Scope and ContentWeekly broadcasts by Pauline Mitchell on 3CR. Includes: Iraq and Iran war; announcement of demo outside US Consulate on Omega military base being built in Gippsland; 1980s - the Crisis Decade; Caulfield Community Day and Peace Group action; space warfare; Pine Gap upgrade; George Bush - ex CIA Director becoming US Vice President; Reagan Administration; Disarmament education in schools; The Lonie Report; Neutron bomb; Bid to revive McCarthy Era by Reagan Administration; Australia's overseas defence bill doubled; Peace activity in Britain; Nuclear shelters; World's first hydrogen bomb tested on Bikini Atoll 1954; Doctors Against Nuclear War; El Salvador; US military in Oman; French military in Africa; Nuclear accident in Pt Macquarie; B52s in Australia; Outlawing weapons in Europe; Women's Party for Survival founded by Dr Helen Caldicott; Pine Gap and Norway; Westinghouse and imperialism; Space Shuttle; Polish Peace Committee - report by K and G Frydman; Report back on peace conference in Alice Springs over Easter; Nuclear power plant accident in Japan; World Disarmament Campaign petition; Nuclear war and shelters; Princeton's spy-war; Talking and preparing for nuclear war; US builds up military strength in Indian Ocean; Sam Goldbloom at World Peace Council meeting in Cuba; Tension in Northern Ireland; Violence and gun laws; Nuclear waste mostly military; Multi-nationals threaten peace; Peace action around the world; British Teachers Union resolution on disarmament; Europe's dying role in the nuclear theatre; Britons oppose Trident; Fall-out shelters in Melbourne; Reagan policy abroad; Kampuchea; from Vietnam to El Salvador; Soviet Peace Appeal to the world; Scientists against chemical weapons; US military budget up $80 billion; large scale penetration of markets and minds of US superhero comics; Cruise missile sites in Britain; Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings; Neutron bomb decision; US military in Saudi Arabia; World Peace Council speaking tour meeting in Melbourne; US to produce nerve gas; plot against Libya; Doctors for nuclear disarmament; invasion of Angola by South Africa; Australia links with NATO; France's neutron bomb; France's African policy; Pacific Peacemaker yacht; oil pollution and Third World; Reagan's extended nuclear war blueprint; MX missile; USA's First Strike Directive; Footscray and nuclear shelters; 1,200 people attend People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND) meeting in Melbourne; NATO generals for peace; 70% of Australians opposed to sending Australian troops to Sinai; AWAK surveillance aircraft; Melbourne's anti-war activities; SALT syndrome; dangerous moves in Caribbean; letter from Sam Goldbloom re peace march in Amsterdam; threats against Cuba; war toys; Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU) ban construction of nuclear blast and fall-out shelters; militarisation of Pakistan; Israel and the Golan Heights; international conference on peace studies in schools.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2012.0286 Unit 0003

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CreatorCongress For International Co-operation And DisarmamentRoleProvenance

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Date11 January-27 December 1981

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