GB 0099 KCLMA Drake Seager - DRAKE SEAGER, Edward R (d 1996)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Drake Seager

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DRAKE SEAGER, Edward R (d 1996)

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  • Created [1953], 1994 (Creation)

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2 files

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Attended British nuclear tests, Monte Bello Island, Western Australia, 1952, and Emu Field, Australia, 1953; Indoctrinee Force Coordinator, BUFFALO nuclear tests, Maralinga, Australia, 1956.

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GB 0099 KCLMA Drake Seager Created [1953], 1994 Collection (fonds) 2 files

Attended British nuclear tests, Monte Bello Island, Western Australia, 1952, and Emu Field, Australia, 1953; Indoctrinee Force Coordinator, BUFFALO nuclear tests, Maralinga, Australia, 1956.

Placed in the Centre by Drake Seager in 1995.

'Operation BUFFALO: the indoctrination of serving officers. AWE Report No T1/93', official Atomic Weapons Establishment report on a nuclear warfare training programme for British Army officers held during the BUFFALO atomic tests at Maralinga, South Australia, 1956, written by Drake Seager in 1994 using contemporary notes and reports. 'British atomic trials', copy of printed article by Drake Seager, [1953].

2 files

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided forresearch use only. Requests to publish original material should besubmitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for MilitaryArchives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Summary guide available on-line athttp://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre'sreading room.

Jun 1997 Armed forces Australia British Army Higher science education International relations Maralinga Military education Military engineering Military operations Military organizations Nuclear engineering Nuclear testing Nuclear warfare Oceania Operation Buffalo (1956) Organizations State security Warfare

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Placed in the Centre by Drake Seager in 1995.

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'Operation BUFFALO: the indoctrination of serving officers. AWE Report No T1/93', official Atomic Weapons Establishment report on a nuclear warfare training programme for British Army officers held during the BUFFALO atomic tests at Maralinga, South Australia, 1956, written by Drake Seager in 1994 using contemporary notes and reports. 'British atomic trials', copy of printed article by Drake Seager, [1953].

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2 files

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided forresearch use only. Requests to publish original material should besubmitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for MilitaryArchives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Summary guide available on-line athttp://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre'sreading room.

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

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  • English

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