Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers chiefly relating to chemical and biological warfare

Papers relating chiefly to chemical and biological warfare (CBW), including: text of draft letter by Wilkins to The Times on chemical weapons proliferation, Sep 1981 (apparently unpublished); manuscript notes on discussions of CBW; invitation from the USA Embassy, London, to a seminar by Sterling Seagreave, on his book Yellow rain: a journey through the terror of chemical warfare (M Evans, New York, 1981), with related copy press cuttings and press releases; copies of Wilkins’ letter published in The Times, May 1986, on NATO’s attitude to nerve gas deployment; copy articles by Steven Rose, ‘the real significance of CBW’, originally published in Instant Research on Peace and Violence, 1972, and ‘Biotechnology at war’, published in New Scientist, 1987. Also: brief photocopy correspondence, 1982, relating to a petition for an instant ceasefire in the Falkland Islands conflict between the UK and Argentina (Wilkins was one of the signatories); UK government publication on transferring government research establishments to agency status, Progress in the Next Steps initiative (HMSO, London, 1990), with a covering letter to Wilkins from Prof Ron Burge, Department of Physics, King’s College London, commenting on the implications for defence research, Dec 1990.

1981-1990

1 file

Wilkins, Maurice; King's College London; U. S. Embassy (London); Rose, Steven; HMSO; Time Magazine; The Times; Moscow News; New Scientist

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

Available at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.