“Having visited Greenham Common and debated with CND, I realised that these demonstrations were not to be ignored as a sideshow. Their arguments against nuclear weapons as such could be accepted. We had one common agreement. Nuclear weapons are indeed a threat to humanity, as demonstrated at Hirsoshima and Nagasaki. Never again should they be let off in anger. And next time, the weapons could be infinitely more powerful. But, they exist. They cannot be disinvented. They have to be managed and in doing so keep a peace. This called for a balanced multilateral verified disarmament which could only be achieved by careful negotiation in the face of a determined Soviet Union which had built up a hefty arsenal of nuclear weapons, SS18 and SS20 and a massive conventional army targeted on Europe and the NATO Alliance.” – Lady Olga Maitland
OLGA MAITLAND – LECTURE AT LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS: