Search | Wilson Center Digital Archive

Switch to Visualization

Great Britain Clear All

Related Resources

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

Western Europe

Great Britain

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

Western Europe

France

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

"The Bundeshaus (Federal Building) in Bonn, West Germany, May 1961. "

Western Europe

West Germany

Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898- 1976

Placeholder image for when a Topics image is not available

Anti-Nuclear Peace Movements

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)

1957-

Photo of the Geneva Conference of 1954

Geneva Conference of 1954

Nuclear Proliferation

Photograph of Helmut Kohl, 1982.

Kohl, Helmut

1930- 2017

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

Helmut Kohl addresses the United Nations, June 1997.

Helmut Kohl Transcripts

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon

1897- 1977

Pakistani Nuclear History

Sino-Soviet Relations

Margaret Thatcher in 1984

Thatcher, Margaret

1925- 2013

Results:

51 - 60 of 399

Display:

Sort By:

Documents

September 29, 1983	Press Information: CND [Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament] Mass Demonstration, 22 October 1983 This CND press release announces a major demonstration in October 1983 to be held in Hyde Park. The event is described as "just a small part of a worldwide protest movement of millions of people mobilising during United Nations Disarmament Week."
June 12, 1893	Speech by Joan Ruddock at the CND Rally on 12 June 1983 This speech by Joan Ruddock, Chairperson of CND, was given three days after the Conservatives won an increased majority in the 1983 general election. She responds to the election results and what lessons can be drawn from this, before explaining how CND's work will continue.
May 25, 1983	Invitation from Joan Ruddock and Bruce Kent, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament This letter from Joan Ruddock and Bruce Kent, dated 25 May 1983, invites CND supporters to a national rally three days after the UK general election. The authors note that the CND has had 'a major impact' on the election and that 'for the first time in twenty years nuclear weapons are a crucial issue on which many people may decide how to cast their vote'.
June 1982	Vote CND Thursday 3 June 1982 This CND leaflet encouraged voters to back candidates who opposed Cruise and Trident in the June 1982 by-election in Mitcham and Morden, London. The seat was won by Conservative candidate Angela Rumbold, however, in a rare case of the governing party picking up a seat in a by-election.
October 1982	Vote Against the Bomb This leaflet was prepared by the CND chapter in Peckham, London, for the by-election held on 28 October 1982. The by-election was won by the CND's favoured candidate, Labour's Harriet Harman, who was elected to the House of Commons for the first time
December 20, 1982	Letter from Christine Kings, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, containing Peace Canvas materials This information pack was sent out to CND members across the UK and encouraged them to canvas households to ascertain levels of support for nuclear weapons across the country. The last two pages include the results of this peace canvas.
April 1983	CND [Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament] and the General Election This paper, written by Jon Bloomfield for the CND National Council in April 1983, discussing CND strategy for the general election. He states that 'our intention should be to make peace the number 1 issue in the General Election'.
February 5, 1983	CND [Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament] and Early General Election - Immediate, Non-Sectarian Demands This paper, prepared for the CND Council in April 1983 by Ian Davison, Secretary of Scottish CND, sets out the possible outcomes of the election and the implications for Cruise and Trident. Davison concludes that 'only a Conservative victory brings us no gain'.
April 4, 1983	General Election Policy for [Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament] National Council, 16/17 April 1983 This document, written by James Hinton, an historian at the University of Warwick and an active member of CND, outlines which candidates CND should consider supporting in the June 1983 general election.
April 1983	Cruise: Your Questions Answered This information leaflet was produced by the Ministry of Defence in April 1983, leading up to the June 1983 general election. The publication explains the Government's position and why the deployment of Cruise missiles is in the UK's interest. While the pamphlet engaged with arguments advanced by peace organisations, no specific groups are named.