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- Created 1982 (Creation)
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Born in 1930; educated at Wimbledon College and Merton College, Oxford; served in RAF, 1952-1954; Assistant Principal, Air Ministry, 1954; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air, 1956-1958; Principal, Air Ministry, 1958; Private Secretary to Chief of Air Staff, 1962-1965; Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 1968; Defence Counsellor, UK Delegation to NATO, 1970-1973; Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office, 1974-1977; Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, 1977-1981; Deputy Secretary, HM Treasury, 1981-1982; Permanent Secretary, Department of Employment, 1983-1988; Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, 1988-1992.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Quinlan Created 1982 Collection (fonds) 1 file
Born in 1930; educated at Wimbledon College and Merton College, Oxford; served in RAF, 1952-1954; Assistant Principal, Air Ministry, 1954; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air, 1956-1958; Principal, Air Ministry, 1958; Private Secretary to Chief of Air Staff, 1962-1965; Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 1968; Defence Counsellor, UK Delegation to NATO, 1970-1973; Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office, 1974-1977; Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, 1977-1981; Deputy Secretary, HM Treasury, 1981-1982; Permanent Secretary, Department of Employment, 1983-1988; Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, 1988-1992.
Presented to the Centre by Quinlan in 1993.
Copies of 'The credibility of an independent British contribution to NATO deterrence' and 'How much striking power is enough for British strategy?', texts of lectures given at a conference at Windsor Castle, 1982; copy of text on 'NATO nuclear deterrence concepts', a shortened version of a talk given at the Royal College of Defence Studies, 1982. Also obituary from the Times, 3 March 2009.
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Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Feb 1997 and Apr 2009 Alliances Berkshire Defence England Europe Foreign relations International relations Military engineering NATO , North Atlantic Treaty Organization x North Atlantic Treaty Organization Nuclear warfare State security UK Warfare Western Europe Windsor London
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Presented to the Centre by Quinlan in 1993.
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Copies of 'The credibility of an independent British contribution to NATO deterrence' and 'How much striking power is enough for British strategy?', texts of lectures given at a conference at Windsor Castle, 1982; copy of text on 'NATO nuclear deterrence concepts', a shortened version of a talk given at the Royal College of Defence Studies, 1982. Also obituary from the Times, 3 March 2009.
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Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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- Latin
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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/archives
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