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Arnold L Raphel and Jim Sasser discuss the Afghanistan situation

Interview hosted by Harry Ellis, with reporter from Madrid joining via telephone. Guests are U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. They discuss that Soviet Union should be persuaded to withdraw from Afghanistan. And that Afghanistan is a separate country and it has a right to form its own government and follow its own religion and culture.

Date: 1985
Duration: 7 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022340
The Cuban Missile Crisis. The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

October, 1962, U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, tail number 56-6707, of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, lands at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. View of Photographic evidence, brought back by the U-2, showing Soviet missiles being set up in Cuba. President John F. kennedy broadcasts to the nation about the crisis on October 22, 1962, announcing measures being taken by the USA to address the situation. A B-58 Hustler bomber landing. Airmen removing camera from nose of a reconnaissance aircraft. Air Force Sergeant, photo interpreter, reading wet film in a base laboratory. U.S. Naval officers and sailors in Command Center viewing large wall map of the world. U.S. Air Force SAC B-52 bombers taking off. View of United Nations Headquarters building in New York City. On October 25, 1962, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Adlai Stevenson, confronts Soviet Ambassador Valerian Alexandrovich Zorin about missiles in Cuba.He looks at Zorin, and says,"Don't wait for the translation, yes, or no." Zorin smiles as the room fills with laughter. He then responds. View of a Soviet ship bound for Cuba being monitored by a U.S. aircraft overhead. Pilot in cockpit of the aircraft. View from U.S. aircraft flying low past a Soviet ship. Crew in cockpit of the aircraft. Soviet ships turning away. Helicopter flying over sandy beach area of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. The helicopter parked and Undersecretary of State, Averell Harriman, steps from the helicopter and is later seen with President Kennedy, and Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, at the President's Weekend White House. Harriman reports on the successful negotiation of a limited nuclear test ban treaty. Glimpse of Moscow. U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, Soviet Foreign Minister,Andrei Gromyko, and British Foreign secretary, Alexander Douglas-Home, are seen signing the document for their respective nations, August 5, 1963.

Date: 1962, October
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037573
Eleanor Roosevelt in her final years

Eleanor Roosevelt championing Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II, as Democratic candidate for President, in 1960, in spite of two prior defeats at the polls. She is seen at an intimate gathering speaking with Stevenson and others. After Stevenson fails to gain the nomination, she supports the Democratic candidate, John F. Kennedy (JFK), with whom she is seen. In another scene, Mrs. Roosevelt stands with Kennedy, and Theodore Sorenson, his advisor and speechwriter. She sits with JFK as his political advisers stand behind them. October 31, 1962, Adlai Stevenson is seen informing the public that Mrs. Roosevelt is gravely ill. She dies on November 7, 1962. On November 10th 1962, mourners, including: Laura Delano, Nelson Rockefeller, Adlai Stevenson, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ralph Bunche,Theodore Sorenson, and Robert Wagner are seen walking across a snowy churchyard in Hyde Park,at her funeral. They are followed by Former President, Harry Truman, with wife, Bess and daughter, Margaret. A moment later, President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy arrive, accompanied by Secret Service Agents. A NY State Trooper salutes as they walk past to enter the chapel. Mourners gather around the bier as clergy officiate for the burial at Springwood, in Hyde Park. Closeup shows President Kennedy, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, and former President Truman standing together. The eulogy by Adlai Stevenson is heard as a montage of Eleanor Roosevelt images is seen. On April 23, 1963, signs Congressional Act, chartering the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation. He speaks about it outside the White House.

Date: 1962
Duration: 5 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069300
Correspondent Harry Ellis interviews Tennessee Senator Jim Sasser and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.

Interview hosted by Harry Ellis, with reporter from Oslo joining via telephone. Guests are U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. The men discuss the situation in Afghanistan stating the condition and morale of Afghan Refugees. Measures taken by United States and Pakistan to render help to Afghan Refugees. They further discuss Soviet resistance getting stronger in Afghanistan.

Date: 1985
Duration: 7 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022336
Arnold L Raphel replies to correspondent from Madrid during an interview broadcast .

Interview hosted by Harry Ellis in Washington DC, with reporter from Madrid joining via telephone. Guests are U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. Arnold L Raphel states that Afghanis will negotiate only after the Soviet troops withdraw and Afghan Refugees return to Afghanistan. He further says that the 1980 Hostage Rescue Mission was not to put pressure on Afghanistan.

Date: 1985
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022341
Senator Jim Sasser and Arnold L Raphel discuss helping the Afghan resistance during an interview.

Interview hosted by Harry Ellis, with reporter from London joining via telephone. Guest U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.They discuss United States helping Afghan resistance to get better weaponry and Anti Aircraft Missiles. Arnold L Raphel states that the Soviet Union shall consider the situation in Afghanistan as there is pressure from the United States and other international organizations to withdraw from Afghanistan.

Date: 1985
Duration: 6 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022344