Popham, Christopher John (Oral history)

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Description

Object description

British civilian Director of British Atlantic Committee in GB, 1982-1992

Content description

REEL 1 Recollections of period as Director of British Atlantic Committee in GB, 1982-1992: background to formation of British Atlantic Committee, 1952; development of organisation up until time he joined as director in 1982; organisation's establishment as charity, 1970; problem of resurgence of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 1979; character of expansion of organisation during 1980s; associate membership; challenge to organisation's charitable status, 1982; formation of Peace Through NATO, 1983; the organisation's educational sub-committees; handling of head teacher visits to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) headquarters. REEL 2 Continues: organisation of 6th Form Conferences and 'Model NATOs' in schools; dissemination of information to schools; character of The Atlantic Education Committee; question of misconceptions about North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) amongst schoolchild; question of why GB could not be neutral along the Swedish model; question of Commonwealth as an alternative to an Atlantic alliance; problems of anti-Americanism faced by organisation. REEL 3 Continues: work of educational adviser; work of British Atlantic Committee University Committee; nature of British Atlantic Youth; challenging issues typically raised in universities; barracking experienced in universities; parties escorted by organisation to Brussels, Belguim ; attempts to cultivate more adult audiences; range of schools that the organisation is invited to; character of membership. REEL 4 Continues: membership fees; subjects dealt with by Council of British Atlantic Committee; question of interpreting and obtaining reassurances about North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) policy; question of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's approach to Neutron Bomb; problems of balanced point of view for organisation's information dissemination; justification of policy of first use of nuclear weapons; prospects of relations with Soviet Union under President Mikhail Gorbachov; question of whether North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) could ever be a non-nuclear alliance; background to becoming director of organisation. REEL 5 Continues: impressions of Soviet officers he came into contact with in West.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), 1945-1989 (content), 1945-1989 (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (recorder)
Popham, Christopher John (interviewee/speaker)
Production date: 1988
Dimensions: whole: Duration 150, Number Of Items 5
Catalogue number: 10204

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Popham, Christopher John
British Political Organisation, British Atlantic Committee
British Political Organisation, Peace Through NATO
Anti-Nuclear Organisation, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Associated places

England, United Kingdom
Associated themes

Cold War, 1945-1991: Nuclear Weapons, Protest and Testing, 1945-1991
Cold War, 1945-1991: Politics and Negotiations, 1945-1991

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