The full soviet period but are predominantly about the 70s and early 80s. There is relatively little there about the stalin period. There are a few very interesting things, but much less about the stalin period than i had thought there might be. There is also a good deal less about the 50s and early 60s. As you move into the 60s, it increases, but particularly as in the the large majority of it deals with the 70s and early 80s. So you can find very important things there. Alexander vassiliev is another former kgb foreign Intelligence Officer. He was working on a project for the book that came out as haunted wood, which was coauthored he and the late Allen Weinstein coauthored. It came out i think in 1997 or 98. That book dealt with soviet espionage in the United States during the stalin era. And that book also was able to deal with only a very small portion of what vassiliev actually transcribed. He was allowed to work in a room where archivisted from the foreign intelligence archive b
Arthur alex kershaw discusses his book avenue of spies. The National World War Ii Museum hosted this event. It is about an hour. I actually am for many reasons. First of all, i would like to really thank without being too selected. I would like to thank jeremy colins and larry, where are you lar larry . Is he here . These two gentlemen were my cocon spc cocon sp coconspirators. We talked here late at night. I thought to myself would it bae great idea if i can persuade a new yorker to pay me certain amount of money to go back and get drunk at least two or three times every year and it worked. So, i wanted to read you a quick quote, i dont want it to be too much today of the slide show but i was fortunate in finding some remarkable images that was given to me by the last living hero of my book, third jackson, hes 89 years old and you will see images of him later. I want to read you a quick section. It is a very short section. I hate reading from books because people always fall asleep. T
I thought, wouldnt it be a great idea if i could persuade a new york publisher to pay me a certain amount of money to go back and get drunk 23 times every year . And it worked. Unfortunately, i had to ask a write a book at the end of it. I want to read you a quick quote. I dont want this to be too much of a slideshow. I was fortunate in finding some remarkable images given to me by the last living hero of my book, Phillip Jackson, who is 89 years old today. You will see some images of him later. A quicko just read you section, a short section. I hate reading from books because people always fall asleep. This is really the theme of the book. It is by a very distinguished and brave french man. There were many. We lived in shadows as soldiers of the night, but our lives were not dark. There were arrests, torture, and death for so many of our friends and comrades, and tragedy awaited all of us just around the corner. We did not live in or with tragedy. We were exhilarated by the challenge
Arose . Against war in favor of peace. Listen to the lucid words of a great man, the late john kennedy, who declared four years ago mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind. Many words are not needed to proclaim this loftiest of all the aims of this institution. It suffices to remember that the blood of millions of men that numberless and unheard of sufferings, useless slaughter, frightful ruin, the sanction of the pact which unites us with an oath which must change these future history of the world, no more war, never again war, peace. It is peace which must guide the destinies of peoples and of all mankind. Pope jeanpaul ii served from 1978 until his death in 2005, the second longest in modern history up next, American History tv looks back to 1979 when the new york city and addressed the United Nations general assembly. I hope that all the nations, even the smallest, even those that do not yet new york city and those that have oy full been forcibly robbed of
Good morning p or what a Beautiful Day it is today. On behalf of the friends of the National World war ii memorial board, and the National Park service, welcome to the National World war ii memorial. It is my great honor to be your master of ceremonies this morning as we commemorate and remember the 70th anniversary. We are here today to salute those of the world war ii generation who helped save the world from tyranny. We offer a special salute to the men and women of Armed Services fighting the war on terror. We want them to know that their service is deeply appreciated. [applause] veterans, we only debt of gratitude and a lasting appreciation for their service to this country. Again, thank you for being here today, and especially to our world war ii veterans. Your service and your sacrifices for this nation and the world. Rio everything to you. Everything. We go everything to you. Everything. Ladies and gentlemen, i am pleased to introduce the official party for the commemoration. T