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SUMMARY:Nuclear-proof communications? Telecommunications emergency planni
 ng and NATO’s Cold War signal exercises
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DESCRIPTION:This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the 
 Centre for the History of Science\, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lun
 chtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes in length\, follow
 ed by a period for audience questions (ending before 2pm). All are welco
 me.\n\nSanne Aagaard Jensen (University of Copenhagen)\n\n"Nuclear-proof
  communications? Telecommunications emergency planning and NATO’s Cold W
 ar signal exercises"\n\nAbstract:\n\nThroughout the Cold War\, concern a
 bout how to secure the alliance’s communications infrastructure was an i
 mportant topic on the NATO agenda. As a new war was expected to be fough
 t on home territory\, an operative and secure communications system was 
 needed. This was due to military concerns as well as to a growing focus 
 on civil emergency planning. As the need for communication facilities wa
 s expected to increase in the event of an emergency\, the use of public 
 communications infrastructure and cooperation with national telecommunic
 ation authorities were key issues for NATO. In 1951\, the European Long 
 Lines Agency was established in order to coordinate the wartime operatio
 n of telecommunications and soon after NATO began to hold ‘signal exerci
 ses’ simulating enemy attacks on the communications infrastructure. \n\n
 This paper will explore the attempts to secure the area of telecommunica
 tions in NATO during the Cold War. First\, it will examine the organisat
 ional setup with a particular focus on civil-military interactions. Seco
 nd\, it will take a closer look at some of the signal exercises held fro
 m the 1950s to the 1980s and examine the many disputes that arose from t
 he coordination of emergency communications\, including the discussion o
 f how to prioritise the military and civilian communication needs.  
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:2.57\, Simon Building\, Manchester
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