Maps, charts, diagrams and illustrations, produced by Gemini News Service, relating to aid.

Subjects covered include: volunteers in Africa, nd; United Nations aid targets, 1979; who gives the most aid as a percentage of national wealth, nd; the uneven spread of aid, 1986; International Development Association aid, 1983; aid and growth in the third world, 1988; totals of aid given, 1983,1992, 1995; pledges for the International Emergency Food Reserve, 1986; aid to Russia, 1993; top ten recipients of Swedish bilateral aid, 1995; United States aid, 1991 and where Britain's aid goes, nd.

Material collected whilst carrying out research and preparation for an interview conducted with Andrei Gromyko, a prominent figure in Soveit-era Russia, on the 20th March 1989. Questions were asked by Donald Trelford. The interview was broacast in installments beginning on the 31st March 1989.

Documentary relating to Andrei Gromyko, Soviet minister. Includes clips of interview with Gromyko by Observer editor Donald Trelford. Duration: 31 minutes.

Research material relating to the arms crisis between the United States (US), Western Europe and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Material includes: newspapers, photocopies of articles and clippings from newspapers and periodicals, including clippings of Observer articles by Ian Mather; United States Information Service Wireless Files; printed interview transcripts with statements from Soviet dignitaries; briefings from the Defence Information Groups and School of Peace Studies, University of Bradford; press releases from 10 Downing Street, Novosti Press Agency, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Cruise Resistance and McDonnell Douglas Corporation; printed literature and leaflets from McDonnell Douglas Corporation, General Dynamics and Cruise Resistance; photocopies of correspondence between Cruise Resistance members and various individuals; maps of the United Kingdom (UK), Salt Lake Desert area in Utah, US, and the USSR and photographs, showing missiles being launched.

Subjects covered include: Warsaw Pact; Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces and Strategic Defense Initiative talks in Geneva; Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II); 'Star Wars' and the production, testing and deployment of cruise missiles in Western Europe, including the United Kingdom, West Germany, Italy, Belgium and Holland; NATO; the setting up of Cruisewatch by Cruise Resistance, with the aim of monitoring the activities of cruise missile convoys in the UK, especially around the Greenham Common base in Salisbury Plain, Berkshire, England; protests organised by Cruise Resistance and CND in opposition to missile deployment; promotion of missiles from the General Dynamics company, who manufactured Tomahawk Ground Launch Cruise Missiles, used by the US Air Force; chronology of US/USSR summits since 1943; US President Ronald Reagan; Paul H. Nitze, special advisor to Secretary of State George Shultz, later special advisor to Ronald Reagan and Secretary of State on Arms Control Matters; and Andrei Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.

The majority of material is in English, but there is also material in Russian.

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1985.

The conversations are with the following people:

Bob Worcester, 24 January 1985

[Helmut] Schmidt, 6 February 1985
Robin Renwick, 26 February 1985

[P Crossman] 1 June 1985
Robin Cook, 4 June 1985
Tony Benn, 7 June 1985
Letter from Dave Nicholson, a lecturer in Industrial studies, to Hugo Young, to comment on his writing, 11 June 1985
Anthony Lester, 14 June 1985
Neil Kinnock, 25 June 1985

Margaret Thatcher, 7 July 1985

David Owen, 2 September 1985
Francis Pym, 25 September 1985

Malcolm Rifkind, 28 October 1985

Transcript of television interview by Miriam Stoppard with Margaret Thatcher, November 1985

Douglas Hurd, 2 December 1985

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Government foreign policy
Soviet relations
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour Party
Labour party policy
The SDP-Liberal Alliance
Europe
European convention on human rights
Creator: DS/UK/122

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1988.

The conversations are with the following people:

David Cornwell, 27 January 1988*

Jonathan Aitken, 1 February 1988
Cecil Parkinson, 1 February 1988*
'CP' 14 February 1988
Alistair MacAlpine, 24 February 1988
Geoffrey Howe, 26 February 1988

Brian Griffiths, 13 April 1988*

Elie Kedourie, 20 April 1988
John Smith, 26 April 1988
'AG' 26 April 1988

Colin Morris, 3 May 1988
Bryan Gould, 11 May 1988
'Essence of Griffiths' 15 May 1988
Letter from Jonathan Aitken to Hugo Young, to send information about peers, 18 May 1988
Christopher Tugendhat, 21 May 1988
Neil Kinnock, 24 May 1988
Alan Beith, 24 May 1988

Paddy Ashdown, 7 June 1988
Brian Griffiths, 14 June 1988*
Frank Cooper, 22 June 1988

Michael Heseltine, 6 July 1988
Brian Griffiths, 19 July 1988*

Michael Shea, 3 August 1988

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
Paddy Ashdown and his leadership of the Liberal Democrats
Conservative party policy
Government Education policy
Reflections on General Election 1987
Gorbachev and Soviet relations
Europe
Politics in South Africa
Creator: DS/UK/122

Photographed by Alan Rusbridger

Depicts Boris Yeltsin in the bombed out city of Grozny shooting off his foot with a shotgun