VENONA Echelon precursor.
Matthew X
profrv at nex.net.au
Wed May 12 01:36:40 PDT 1999
http://www.enhancetv.com.au/find_it/action.lasso?-database=Showcase&-layout=Showcase&-response=detail.lasso&-recordID=39953&-search
Fortress Australia
Fortress Australia uncovers one of the most extraordinary chapters in
Australia's history - the brazen attempt by successive Australian
governments to fortress the nation with atomic weapons. This groundbreaking
film reveals a web of intrigue as it penetrates a murky world of diplomatic
double-dealing and atomic espionage. Set against a backdrop of cold war
paranoia and fear of Asian aggression, it explores the motives of the
politicians, defence chiefs and scientists who set out to buy, then
ultimately build, a nuclear arsenal.
Learning Areas: History
DurationDuration: 55 mins
Year of Release:2002
Broadcast Date:August 22
Broadcast Time:10pm
Channel:ABC TV
Acknowledgements:A Film Australia National Interest Program. Produced with
the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Link:Fortress Australia
Study Guide: Fortress Australia
In a new documentary on au research on WOMD.It was revealed that the
russians had their agents rout crucial wartime Intel through au as they
could access it there.
VENONA.
http://www.filmaust.com.au/showcase/default.asp?content=8473
The Secret Bid for the Atomic Bomb
This is a story all Australians should know about. Students of history,
politics and science will find it illuminating. Teachers will find it a
particularly useful resource.
RICHARD BUTLER, CHIEF OF UN SPECIAL COMMISSION TO DISARM IRAQ 1997-1999
Fortress Australia uncovers one of the most extraordinary chapters in
Australia's history - the brazen attempt by successive Australian
governments to fortress the nation with atomic weapons. This groundbreaking
film reveals a web of intrigue as it penetrates a murky world of diplomatic
double-dealing and atomic espionage. Set against a backdrop of cold war
paranoia and fear of Asian aggression, it explores the motives of the
politicians, defence chiefs and scientists who set out to buy, then
ultimately build, a nuclear arsenal.
You can download a preview of Fortress Australia and an introduction by
Richard Butler, Chief of UN Special Commission to Disarm Iraq 1997-1999,
who says:
Australia is well known for its efforts on behalf of nuclear disarmament.
For example, at the United Nations it tabled the comprehensive test ban
treaty. But that wasn't always the case.
The surprising story that most people don't know is that for at least two
decades Australia made repeated and serious attempts to acquire nuclear
weapons.
Also that a top expert in the MILIND complex recomended that au develop
chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction.Paul Baxters comments
made headlines in local papers earlier this year.AU supports UN security
council resolutions when it suits the Govt of the day.An especially
subservient US puppet mob is in power at the moment.Doco has footage of the
'dirty' monte bello testand a rainforest 'small nuke' test of 50 tons of
TNT,operation blowdown.
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