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Acheson, Dean 4, 27 Arms transfer system 8, 32, 118, 349, 352 Ackeret, Jakob 75, 83, 317, 323, 335 and East-West trade 14, 353 Admiralty 100, 222 and military technology 12–14, 349, 353, Air Ministry 67, 71, 73, 77–79, 81–82, 92, 353n, 354 100, 111–112, 170–173, 175–176, 180, 183–184, Motivations driving participants 10–11, 194, 196–198, 200, 222, 281, 290, 317, 343 351, 352 Albania 85 Western 26, 32, 353, 357, 361 Alexander, Albert 50, 55, 99 Armstrong Siddeley 76, 196, 201 Alexander, Harold 199–200, 296 Arms Working Party 110–111, 177–178, 181, Allied High Commission 274 187–189, 191–192, 196–199, 217, 295, Alphand, Hervé 157 304, 308 AMX-13 (Tank) 209, 219–220, 225, 227, 231, Artillery Commission 148–149 233–235, 239, 301 Asia 41, 136, 256, 331 AMX-50 (Tank) 241 Atlanticism 31 Anglo-French relations 49 Attacker (Supermarine) 185 Anglo-Swiss balance of payments 7, 32, Attlee, Clement 29, 55, 99, 136, 138 59–60, 90, 95, 104–106, 108, 111, 115, 117, Government of 78, 134–137 148, 151–154, 175–176, 178, 208, 217, 239, Australia 89, 217, 266 241, 246, 250, 277, 279, 349 Austria 19, 85, 255, 258–259, 261–262, 273, Anglo-Swiss relations 1–7, 31–32, 37–38, 285, 331, 342 51–69, 92, 115–116, 139–174, 245–249, Neutralisation of 258–259, 262, 273–274, 273–290, 349–351, 360–361 285–286, 306, 314 and East-West trade see under East-West Austrian State Treaty (1955) 19, 255, 258, trade 258n, 262 Economic 6–7, 32, 57–60, 74, 83, 87, Availability (Maxim of) 43, 260 95–96, 108–113, 115–116, 147–154, 202, Avon (Rolls-Royce) 185, 193, 193n, 194–196, 208, 214, 242, 245–246, 248–249, 198–201, 203 277–279, 304, 349–350, 360–361 Political 7, 51–57, 87, 115–116, 139–147, Baghdad Pact 266, 271 245, 247–248, 273–277, 350, 360–361 Baker, John 198–201, 288, 289 Security 5–6, 60–69, 115–116, 160–174, Balance of power 4 243, 246–248, 251–252, 280–290, 338, Bank of England 146, 301, 304 349–351, 356, 359–361 Bartlett, K.J.G. 78 Specialness of 5, 7, 20, 32, 115–116, Basle 167, 169 246, 349 Bauer, Eddy 302 Annasohn, Jakob 221 Bauer, Gérard 301, 304 Argentina 76, 99, 201 Bavaria 286 Arms Export Policy Committee 201, 296 Baylis, John 48 Arms market 3, 12, 204, 233, 250, 322, BBC 90 357, 360 Béguin, Pierre 176 Buyer’s market 233, 243, 250, 330–331, Belgium 20, 44, 126, 204 338, 352 Belle Époque 71 European 117, 188, 346 Benelux countries 42, 49, 67–68, 104 International 8, 241, 249, 322, 332, Beria, Lavrentiy 255–256 338–339, 352–353, 358 Berlin 257 Seller’s market 233, 243, 250, 352 Wall 361 Swiss 119, 316–317, 320, 328, 358 West 259 Western 331 Berlin Blockade 27, 42, 49, 132 394 index

Berlin Conference (1954) 255 British arms industry 8, 93, 99, 117, 119, 137, Berlin Crisis (1958–1961) 36, 257 211, 224–225, 231–232, 291, 312–314, 343, Berne 150 350, 352, 355, 358–360 Mayor of 61 British Colonies 271 Bernese Oberland 62, 111 British Conservative Party 28, 135, 141 Berthoud, Eric 142, 158 Government of 137, 196–197 Bevin, Ernest 28–29, 49, 51–52, 54–56, British defence policy 31, 48, 136, 136n, 60, 66, 74, 100, 111–112, 133, 139, 141, 154, 137–138, 270–272 211, 358 Europe in 48, 66, 136, 271–272 Big Three (US, USSR & UK) 18, 29–30, 52, British Dominions 27, 30, 81 119, 358 British Embassy Washington 74 Bindschedler, Rudolf 1–3, 9, 21–23, 26, 260, British Empire 3–4, 27–31, 48, 56–57, 268, 342, 354 358–360 Bloodhound (Bristol) 36, 360 British Joint Services Mission 203 Blue Streak IRBM 272 British Labour Party 31, 313 Board of Trade 79, 111–112, 151, 188 Government of 48, 78, 139, 175, 180, Bonbright, James C.H. 131 196–197 Boothman, John 196 British Legation/Embassy Berne 58, 60, 62, Bowater, Eric 78–79, 81 90, 93, 139–140, 155–156, 164–165, 172–173, Bracher, Hans 63–64, 161, 167–172, 180–181, 176, 180, 217, 229, 232, 239, 241, 274, 281, 209, 211, 214, 286 283–284, 287, 290, 299, 301, 303–304, 309, Braun, Peter 6, 350 313–314, 316, 318, 320–321, 328, 345–346 Bristol Aeroplane Company 78, 81 Brown Boveri 75–76, 231 Britain’s role 4, 27–32, 137, 141, 245, 252, Bruggmann, Carl 74, 131, 226, 234–237 267, 349, 358–361 Brussels Treaty see under Western Union Global 78, 115, 117, 119, 136, 252, 270, 350, Büchi, Alfred 83, 86–88, 185–186 359–360 Bühler, René 317, 323 Great power 3, 8–9, 28–30, 48, 60, 119, Bührle, Emil G. 145 133, 138, 232, 245, 265, 267, 269–270, Bulgaria 85 276, 358–360 Burckhardt, Carl Jacob 53 Imperial 47 Burckhardt, Peter 64 British aircraft industry 37, 77–81, 94, Burgunder, Ernst 106 106, 183, 191, 193, 196, 204, 272, 288, Buri, Max 82–83, 86, 88, 186, 323–324 315–316, 322, 324–325, 328, 331, 339, Burke, Aubrey 104 343, 346–347, 360 Burkhard, Walter 86, 102, 323–324, 335 British Allies 60, 111, 137, 175, 182, 195, Burma 191, 203 211–212, 224, 248, 251–252, 359 Buzan, Barry 11, 351 Armed forces of 117, 165, 207, 218, 247, Byrnes, James F. 48, 52, 74 249, 251, 271, 291 British armaments policy 37, 103–104, Cabinet 29, 135, 271 137, 151, 188, 191–193, 195–197, 203, Cadogan, Alexander 51–52 216–217, 223, 226, 230–233, 237, Canada 27, 93, 104, 142, 277, 337 246–250, 252, 272, 291, 296–297, Canadair 332, 334 312–314 Central Europe British Armed Forces 6, 99, 110, 117, 135, Neutralisation of 128 207, 216, 218, 228, 232, 247, 249, 271, Centurion 32, 161, 209–214, 216–235, 291, 359 237–243, 248, 250–251, 279, 282–283, 289, Air force see Royal Air Force 291–307, 309–314, 330, 349, 359 Army 212, 238, 251, 280 Cerutti, Mauro 5 Army of the Rhine (BAOR) 282 Chaudet, Paul 263, 286–288, 303, 309–311, British arms exports 7, 10–11, 32, 325, 327, 329–332, 334, 336–338, 341–342, 99–100, 117, 119, 186, 192, 197, 199, 344–345 201–204, 216, 314, 351–352, Chiefs of Staff 47–50, 66–68, 93, 99, 115, 359–360 134, 136, 138, 165–166, 173, 216