GROUP
Centre for Peace Studies Archive
- Date
- 1967-1992
- By
- Wilkes, Owen Ronald, 1940-2005
- Reference
- Series-6005
- Description
Papers labelled 'Centre for Peace Studies Archive' which came with the SANA collection. The papers related mainly to the storage and disposal of chemical warfare materiel from Western Europe anhd other locations on Johnston Atoll in the Pacific region. Also included are correspondence, articles, research papers and cuttings from Owen Wilkes, dealing with a broad range of peace movement issues. Also, some papers relating to New Zealand's involvement in biological warfare.
Quantity: 8 box(es).
Finding Aids: A detailed inventory is not included for this series..
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records
- Format
- 8 box(es)
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Disposal of chemical weaponry - General papers
Date: 1983-1992
From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12055-62
Description: Newspaper cuttings, drafts, correspondence, articles and other papers relating to the storage and disposal of chemical weaponry at Johnston Atoll. Also, correspondence from Owen Wilkes proposing a television programme on the secret history of chemical and biological warfare in New Zealand (1992), proposed study by Peter Wills on chemical and biological warfare and other material. Many of the papers are of United States origin. Quantity: 1 box(es).
Papers concerning storage and disposal of chemical weaponry
Date: 1983-1990
From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12055-64
Description: United States Army documents and other papers relating to the storage and disposal of chemical weapons on Johnston Atoll. Quantity: 1 box(es).
Owen Wilkes - Files
Date: 1981-1994
From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12055-58
Description: Comprises newspaper cuttings, extracts from other publications and correspondence with government ministers and between Wilkes and Peter Wills relating to peace issues . Also includes a detailed chronology compiled by Wilkes of United States Navy visits to New Zealand from 1925 on, as well as papers on war industries in New Zealand (mainly relating to chemical warfare). Quantity: 1 box(es).
Papers on the disposal of chemical weaponry
Date: 1967-1990
From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12055-60
Description: Manuals, instructions and other papers from United States sources regarding the demilitarisation and disposal of chemical and other hazardous material . Also statement from the Greenpeace Stichting Council putting forward the case for a global ban on ocean incineration (1988). Quantity: 1 box(es).
Papers on the disposal of chemical weaponry
Date: 1987
From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12055-61
Description: United States Army documents titled " Risk analysis in support of the chemical stockpile disposal program". (1987) Quantity: 1 box(es).
Biological defense research program - Draft environmental impact statement
Date: 1987-1988
From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12055-63
Description: United States Army draft documents on biological defence research programme and their environmental impact. Includes a preliminary scoping analysis. Quantity: 1 box(es).
Owen Wilkes - Papers
Date: 1969-1992
From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12055-59
Description: Comprises correspondence, drafts and other papers concerning chemical and biological warfare. Also includes folder on Ivor Watkins Dow industries, the 1969 annual progress report of the SEATO Medical Research Laboratory and clinical Research Centre, based in Thailand Quantity: 1 box(es).
ANZUS Rift papers and Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Date: 1985-1987
From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records
Reference: MS-Papers-12055-65
Description: Comprises papers relating to the rift in the ANZUS Treaty following the implementation of the New Zealand anti-nuclear shipping policy (1985-1987). The papers include a large number of declsssified cabinet papers and correspondence. The box also includes a photocopy of the United States Department of Defense 'Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms', published by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Wahington, 1 April 1984. Quantity: 1 box(es).