Ressources

The National Archives, Kew

Prime Minister’s Office

Office Papers

PREM 11/2694: French nuclear tests in Sahara: UN debate; UK position (1959).

PREM 11/2892: French nuclear tests in Sahara: Prime Minister met Prime Minister of Nigeria and other ministers to discuss likely effects of tests on Nigeria (1959-1960).

PREM 11/4242: French nuclear tests in Sahara: parts 2 and 3 (1961-1963).

PREM 13/325: French nuclear tests in Pacific: Tom Driberg MP telephoned Prime Minister (1965).

PREM 15/2095: French nuclear tests in Pacific: protests by Australia and New Zealand; monitoring by Royal Navy and Royal Air Force (1971-1974).

PREM 16/96: French nuclear tests in the Pacific: protests by Australia and New Zealand governments; arrangements for monitoring by Royal Air Force and Royal Navy (1974).

Cabinet office

Central Intelligence Machinery

CAB 163/72: France: nuclear capability and nuclear testing in the Pacific (1965-1968). Classified.

Records of the Cabinet office

CAB 301/184: Anglo-French cooperation in the nuclear field (1962).

Cabinet Minutes and Papers

CAB 128/114/10: Record type: Conclusions.  Attendees: J Major; M Heseltine; Mackay of Clashfern; K Clarke; M Howard; M Rifkind; I Lang; A Newton; P Lilley; W Waldegrave; P Mayhew; V Bottomley; G Shephard; M Portillo; B Mawhinney; S Dorrell; Cranborne; G Young; M Forsyth; R Freeman; A Goodlad. Agenda: 1. Home Affairs, Unemployment Figures, Northern Ireland, Health Service Pay, National Lottery; 2. Foreign Affairs, Bosnia, French Nuclear Testing.