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Robert McNamara’s Report to NATO in December 1963

by David Coleman

On December 17, 1963, shortly after President Kennedy’s assassination, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara gave NATO ministers a top secret briefing on the state of U.S. nuclear weapons and policy and reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to NATO under the new president.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: NATO, nuclear history, Robert McNamara

The Original Skybolt Agreement (1960)

by David Coleman

The text of the original Skybolt agreement signed by President Dwight Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on March 29, 1960, at Camp David. It also covered Polaris and the use of the Scottish submarine base Holy Loch, west of Glasgow.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: Eisenhower, Harold Macmillan, nuclear history, Skybolt

The Risk of Suitcase Atomic Bombs Being Smuggled into the United States

by David Coleman

A 1954 memorandum discussing the risk of an enemy smuggling a suitcase-style atomic bomb into the United States.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: nuclear history, nuclear terrorism