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About the Series: Interviews
 
Complete list of interviews

To bring the history of the Cold War to life, the producers conducted more than 500 interviews around the world. Among those who sat down to provide recollections were three surviving U.S. presidents (Ford, Carter and Bush) and the last president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Also interviewed were the "ordinary people" who lived the history that the COLD WAR series brings back to life: soldiers in Afghanistan, factory workers in Germany, peasants in Greece and Gulag prisoners in Siberia.

Here is the complete list of more than 500 interviews filmed during the making of COLD WAR.

 

NAME
 
TITLE

ABRAMOVITZ, Morton Afghan Specialist-US State Dept
ADAN, Avraham Commander, Israeli Army
ADRIANO MENDES, Ruth Colonel, MPLA, Angola
AGNELLI, Giovanni Chairman Fiat
AGNEW, Harold US Nuclear Physicist
AHMAD, Gul Afghan Peasant
ALARCON, Dariel Cuban Guerillero with Che Guevara
ALEKSEYEV, Alexander Soviet Ambassador to Cuba
ALESSANDRI, Arturo Lawyer & relative of 4 former Pres.
ALEXEYEVA, Luidmila Soviet Dissident
AMAYA, Rufina Peasant Woman from El Salvador
AMCHASTEGUI, Domingo Cuban Analyst
AMES, Aldrich CIA officer, spied for Russians
AN, Hong Student Seoul
ANDERSON, Frank CIA
ANDREOTTI, Giulio Christian Democratic Party
ANDREYEVA, Nina Communist opposed to Gorbachev
ANNAN, Lord British Military Intelligence
ARBATOV, Georgi Adviser to Brezhnev and Gorbachev
ARONSON, Al Ist US Patrol to meet Sovs, April 45
ARKHIPOV, Ivan Chief Soviet Adviser to China
ARROWSMITH, Pat CND Activist
ASADULLAH Afghan Peasant
ASHUQ Afghan Civilian
ATWOOD, Col Jim US Military Mission, Berlin
BAHR, Egon Foreign Policy Adv. to Brandt; West Berlin Politician
BAKER,James Former Chief Of Staff
BARABAS, Balazs Romanian factory worker
BARDACKE, Frank Berkeley Student (Radical 1960s)
BAROWSKY, Ella Berlin Councilor
BARZEL, Dr Rainer West German Politician
BATTLE, Lucius Asst to US Sec of State (Acheson)
BAUER, Alfonso Director of Guatemalan Bank
BAUM, Carsten Witness to Wall Down
BEERS, Hal Lockheed Aerospace Engineer
BELEN PACHECO, Edelio Cuban Soldier-Ethiopia
BERIA, Sergo Son of Lavrenti Beria
BERLIN, Alfred East Berlin construction worker
BICKEL, Willi East German Politician
BIELOBORODOV, Col Nikolai Soviet Rocket Forces
BISTROVOVA, Marta Young (Czech) journalist
BLAKE, George n/a British Intelligence/Soviet agent
BLANDON, Gen. Chief of Staff & Min of Def. El Salvador
BOGGAN, Tim US Table Tennis Spokesman
BOGOMOLOV, Alexander Soviet Embassy East Berlin
BOND, Niles US State Dept
BONDAREV, Anatoly Soviet Merchant Sailor
BOOTMAN, Doris Nuclear Disarmament Campaigner
BORCHERT, Hermann West Berlin Fire Service
BORGE, Tomas Ex-Minister of Ortega Government
BOROVIK, Artyom Sov Journalist in Afghanistan
BOTHA, Pik South African Ambassador to US
BOWIE, Robert US State Dept
BREYTENBACH, Jan Colonel, South African Army
BRISH, Arkadi Soviet Nuclear Physicist
BROWN, Harold Head of US Weapons Technology
BROWNELL, Herb US Attorney General
BRUGIONI, Dino Photoanalyst-Cuban Missile Crisis
BRUTENTS, Karen Communist Party Central Committee
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew US National Security Adviser
BUI VAN TUNG Col. National Liberation Front
BUJAK, Zbigniew Solidarity Activist, Poland
BULIK, Joe CIA Chief Soviet Operations
BUNDY, McGeorge Special Assistant, National Security
BURHANUDDIN, Commander Mujahedin Commander
BUSH,George US President
BUSSEY, Lt Col Charles US Army (Korea)
BUSSI DE ALLENDE, Hortensia Widow of Salvador Allende
CABIESES DONOSO, Manuel M.I.R Leader in Chile
CALERO, Adolfo Contra Leader in Nicaragua
CAPUTO, Philip US Marine (Vietnam)
CARTER, Jimmy President US
CASTRO, Fidel Cuban President
CHAMORRO, Violeta Widow of Pedro Joaquin Chanorro
CHAN Boliang Chinese soldier, Korea
CHAPLYGIN, Petr Head Sov Military Mission Ethiopia
CHEN YOU WEI Foreign Editor 'People's Daily'
CHERNIAYEV, Anatoly Chief Aide to Gorbachev
CHERNYKH, Nikolai Soviet Citizen,teenager in 1960's
CHERTOK, Boris Soviet Rocket Designer
CHERVONENKO, Stepan Sov Ambassador to Prague & Beijing
CHOI Yong-Gu South Korean Marine
CHYTILOVA, Vera Czech Film Director
CID FUENTES, Maria Cristina Nun
CLARRIDGE,Duane CIA
CLIFFORD, Clark Spl Counsel to President Truman
COGAN, Charles Afghan Specialist US State Dept
CONTE, Ramon Cuban Exile
CRONKITE, Walter CBS Anchorman
DANILEVICH, Grigory Soviet SAM Officer, Cuba
DAROUSSENKOV, Oleg Russian Ambassador to Mexico
DAVIS, Nathaniel Asst. Secy of State-USA and US Ambassador to Chile
DAVIS, Rennie Anti-war Protest Organizer
DAVYDOV, Sergei Soviet Nuclear Test officer
De TOLEDANO, Ralph Nixon Biographer
DEBOUZY, Marianne Paris Student
DELUISIN, Lev Soviet Adviser on China
DENCHY, Thomas Titan Missile Crew
DETINOV, Lt Gen Nikolai Soviet Defense Ministry
DIAZ, Berta Patricia Nicaraguan Teacher
DIEM, BUI South Vietnamese Ambassador USA
DIKHTIAR, Ada Soviet Virgin Lands Volunteer
DINESCU, Mircea Romanian dissident and poet
DINH CONG TY NLF Ho Chi Minh trail Driver
DINITZ, Simcha Israeli Ambassador to US
DOBRYNIN, Anatoly Sov. Foreign Min. / Ambassador; Soviet Foreign Ministry; Soviet Ambassador to USA; Policy Adviser to Gorbachev
DOBRYNOV, Maj. Grigori Soviet Army Tank Officer
DOERNBERG, Stefan Socialist Unity Party
DOMINGUEZ, Julio Luaces Farmer, Cuba
DONNAN, Edloe Aide to General Clay
DONOVAN, Robert White House Press Correspondent
DOUGHERTY, Gen. Russell US Strategic Air Command
DOVALOS, Fernando Ex-Cuban Militia
DRABKIN, Yakov Sov Military Administration Berlin
DRABKINA, Irina Moscow Resident
DUNBAR, Charles Co-ordinator Afghan Affairs
EBAN, Abba Israeli Foreign Minister
EBERLEIN, Werner E. German / Ulbricht's interpreter
ECKER, William Photo Reconnaissance Pilot
EDWARDS, Isabel President Allende's Sec
EHRLICHMAN, John Nixon's Domestic Counsel
EIKERMANN, Helmut East German Journalist
EISENBERG, Frances Teacher, Former Communist
EL-SHAZLY, Saad Egyptian Chief of Staff
ELLSBERG, Daniel US Defense Dept
ELSEY, George Aide to President Truman
EMIN, Mehmet Peasant Farmer Greece
ETINGER, Yakov Gulag Prisoner
FALIN, Valentin Khrushchev Adviser; Ambassador to West Germany
FEDORENKO, Nikolai Sov. Foreign min. / Stalin's interpr.
FEKLISOV, Aleksander KGB
FEKLISOV, Alexander KGB
FERNANDEZ, Jose VP of Cuba
FERNANDEZ, Osvaldo Cuban Armed Forces
FIGUEROA, Maria Isabel Personal Secretary to Romero
FITZPATRICK Catherine Human Rights Activist
FLORES, Antonia Palomares Resident
FLORIN, Peter Deputy Foreign Minister-E Germany
FLUNKER, Brigitte East Berliner
FOLDES, Peter Hungarian Journalist
FORD, Gerald US President
FORMAN, Milos Czechoslovak Film Director
FORTUNY, Jose Manuel Sec. of Guatemalan Communist Party
FORREST, Lt Col George US Army (Vietnam)
FRAPPOLY, Bill Undercover Police Agent
FRAZIER, Raymond 'Doc' Reagan Supporter; US Prisoner of War (Korean)
FREEDMAN, Prof. Lawrence Lecturer in Dept. of War Studies UK
GADDIS, Prof. John Lewis Lecturer in Int. Security Studies US
GALBRAITH, John K Economist US State Dept
GALING, Florence Army Officer's wife; Reagan Supporter
GARCIA RUBIO, Jose Cuban Exile
GARTHOFF, Raymond US State Dept
GE YANG Mag. Editor / exiled to countryside
GEIGER, Theodore Ec. State Dept / Marshall Plan Admin
GELB, Leslie H US Asst. Sec of State
GENSCHER, Hans-Dietrich Foreign Minister - West Germany
GIERMAN, Alexei Soviet Film Director
GINSBERG, Allen Poet & anti war activist
GIRDVAINIENE, Luicia Lithuanian Nationalist
GLENN, Senator John US Pilot (Korea)
GOLDBERG, Jackie Berkeley Student (Radical 1960s)
GOLDSTUCKER, Eduard Czech Dissident writer; Communist official Arrested 1951
GONCHAROV, Boris Soviet Rocket Forces Soldier
GOODMAN, Melvin CIA Analyst
GOODPASTER, Gen Andrew Aide to President Eisenhower
GORBACHEV, Mikhail Secretary General Communist Party
GORDEYEV, Lt Gen Alexander Red Army
GORDEYEVA, Valentina Briansk Resident
GORDIEVSKY, Oleg KGB/British Double Spy Agent
GRAYBEAL, Sidney Chief Missile & Space Division CIA
GREEN, Marshall US Asst Secretary of State
GREGORY, Dick Comedian & Civil Rights Activist
GREWE, Wilhelm West German Diplomat
GRIBKOV, Gen Anatoly Sov Rocket Forces Commander Cuba; Soviet Army High Command; Deputy Chief Warsaw Pact Forces
GRIFFITH, James US Secret Service-Roosevelt
GRIMES, Sandy CIA molehunt team for Ames
GRUMBLY, Thomas Nuclear Pollution Expert
GUADALUPE MARTINEZ, Ana FMLN Commander
GUILANI, Guilam Afghan Army Commander
GUL, Aga Afghan Peasant
GUL, Hamid Afghan Peasant
GUL, Mullah Maulv i Sahar Mullah
HAKER, Dieter West German Citizen
HAKER, Horst East German Citizen
HALL, Ted n/a Atom physicist/Soviet agent
HALPERIN, Morton National Security Council
HALPERN, Samuel CIA
HALVORSEN, Col Gail US Air Force
HAN Pyo-Wook South Korean Embassy Washington
HANIF, Mohammad Afghan Peasant
HANSCHMANN, Conny Witness to Wall Down
HANSON, Wing Cmdr. Donald RAF Dakota Pilot
HAQ, Abdul Mujahedin commander
HARRIMAN MORTIMER, Kathleen Daughter-US Ambassador Moscow
HAVEL, Vaclav Czech playwrite / Co-fder Chart. 77
HAWKINS, Col. Jack Operational Adviser-Bay Of Pigs
HEFNER, Hugh Founder of 'Playboy'
HEGEDUS, Andras Hungarian P.M.
HEIMLICH, Col William RIAS Director
HENZE, Paul NSC African Expert
HERBIG, Werner East German Worker
HERNANDEZ GATORNO, Rene Cuban Minister of Interior
HERRBERGER, Hildegard Berlin Resident
HERRMANN, Frank-Joachim Personal Secretary to Eric Honecker
HERSEY, Ray Titan Missile Crew
HEYM, Stefan East German Writer
HILSMAN, Roger Asst Sec of State, US State Dept
HIXENBAUGH, Paula Student-Anti-Vietnam
HOANG, Nha Duc S. Vietnam Information Minister
HOFER, Ella Red Cross Worker-E Berlin
HOLLITZER, Tobias Opposition Party - East Germany
HOLMES NORTON, Eleanor Civil Rights Activist
HOMUTH, Heinz East Berlin construction worker
HOSSEINI, Margit West Berlin Resident
HROSOVA, Eszebet Hungarian Fighter
HUNT, E. Howard Chief CIA agent Mexico City
HUSEYIN, Deli Peasant Farmer Greece
IM, Gui-Dong Seoul Resident
ISRAELYAN, Victor Soviet Foreign Ministry
JAKES, Miklos General Secretary of Czechoslovakia
JALILI, Abdul Rashid Afghan Minister
JAMBA, Jaka UNITA leadership
JAMESON, Donald 'Jamie' CIA Soviet Operations
JARUZELSKI, General Wojciech Polish Army, President Poland
JO, Wong-Dong South Korean PoW
JORDAN, Siegfried East German Citizen
KALASHNIKOV, Alexei Soviet Rocket Forces
KALLENBACH, Gisela East German Opposition Party
KALUGIN, Oleg Chief Counter-intelligence KGB
KAMSHILOV, Valeri White House Defender - Coup '91
KANE, Jim First US patrol to meet Soviets
KARLOW, S Peter CIA
KARSTENS, Marga East Berlin Resident
KATZ, Elliott Convair Missile Engineer
KATZ, Leone Housewife, California in 1960s
KAUFMANN, William Adviser to McNamara
KENNAN, George F US Embassy Moscow
KEYWORTH, George II Scientific Advisor to Reagan
KHALDEI, Yevgeni Red Army Photographer
KHAN, Nazim Afghan Peasant
KHAN, Shahar yar Pakistani Foreign secy.
KHO KAN SAN Dep. Min./Interior-N Korea
KHRUSHCHEV, Sergei Son of Nikita Khrushchev
KHRUSHCHEV, Yevgeni Soviet officer in Afghanistan
KIM NGOC QUANG NLF Ho Chi Minh Trail Driver
KIM, Oei-Hwan South Korean Army
KIM, Ren Ok North Korean Nurse
KING, Mary Carter campaign Worker
KINOY, Arthur Constitutional Lawyer
KIRALY, Col Bela Hungarian National Guard
KIRKLAND, Lane Trades Union Leader AFL-CIO
KIRKPATRICK, Jeane Political Scientist
KIRPICHENKO, Vadim KGB, Resident in Egypt
KISKACHI, Avgusta Defense plant worker / CP leader
KISSINGER, Henry Nat Sec Adviser/Spl Asst President
KNUTSON, Martin U-2 pilot
KOCH, Hagen STASI Agent
KOCHEMASSOV, Vyascheslav Soviet Ambassador to Berlin
KOHOUT, Pavel Czech Writer
KONSHIN, Victor Soviet Defense Plant Worker
KOPELEV, Lev Red Army officer/political prisoner
KORIAGIN, Anatoly Soviet Psychiatrist/dissident
KOVACS, Istvany Hungarian Army
KOVACS, Maria Asst. Soviet Ambassador in Berlin
KOVAL, Konstantin Soviet Military Admin. Berlin
KOVALIOV, Anatoly Soviet Embassy-E Berlin
KOVSHURA, Maria Mother of Soviet soldier
KOZINCHENKO, Luibov Red Army Volunteer
KRAKOWSKI, Dr Elie Afghan Adviser - State Dept
KRASILNIKOVA, Alevtina Sverdlovsk resident
KRASKINA, Khionia Soviet Rocket Technician; Soviet Defense Worker
KRENZ, Egon East German Politburo Leader
KRUICHKOV, Vladimir Soviet Foreign Ministry; KGB Head of Counter Intelligence; Head of KGB
KUBASOV, Valeri Soviet Cosmonaut
KUBISOVA, Marta Czechoslovakian Singer
KUDRIAVTSEV, Gennady Soviet Rocket Forces Officer
KURDIN, Igor Soviet Submarine Captain
KUZMIN, Ivan KGB in Berlin
KVITSINSKY, Yuli Soviet Embassy-W.Berlin
LAESSIG, Jochen East German Opposition
LAIRD, Melvin US Sec of Defense
LAKER, Sir Freddie Civilian Charter Pilot
LANGENHAN, Monika East Berlin resident
LARA, Lucio Deputy President, MPLA, Angola
LARDNER, Jnr, Ring Screenwriter
LARIONOV, Valentin Soviet Military Strategist
LECHUGA, Carlos Cuban Ambassador to UN
LEE, Gen Jae-Jeon South Korean Army
LEE, William US Defense Analyst
LEGCHILIN, Ivan Briansk Resident
LEONHARD, Wolfgang East Berlin Communist 1945
LEONOV, Nikolai KGB Chief Analyst; KGB Latin America Specialist
LEWIS, Flora US Journalist
LIBBY, Ralph Lockheed Corporation
LIEBMAN, Marvin US Communist Party Member
LINDSAY, Franklin CIA Office of Policy Co-ordination
LIU BINYAN Journalist 'People's Daily'
LOCHNER, Robert US Military Government
LORD, Winston US Ambassador to China; Aide to Kissinger
LUKIANIN, Valentin Editor Literary Journal Sverdlovsk
LUNGHI, Hugh British Delegation Yalta
MABEY, John FBI Counter-intelligence
MACIS, Terry Hughes Corporation Worker
MAINARDI, Lina Fiancee of Italian Communist
MAINARDI,Giuseppe Italian Communist
MAJNOON Afghan Peasant
MAPOTHER, John CIA
MAROOF, Gulrang Afghan Peasant
MASSIE, Suzanne Writer Russia, Cultural Adv Reagan
MASSUD, Ahmad Shah Mujahedin Leader
MAUTNER, Karl US Liaison officer, Berlin
MAUTNER, Martha US State Department Intelligence
MAUTNER, Martha US Embassy Moscow
MAXIMYCHEV, Igor Asst. Soviet Ambassador to Berlin
McCARTHY, Senator Eugene Senator, Minnesota
McDONALD, Joe Country Joe & the Fish'
McFARLANE, Robert Nat Security Adviser to Reagan
McGHEE, George US State Dept
McKONE, John Navigator, US Air Force
McNAMARA, Robert US Secretary of Defense
MEJSTRIK, Martin Czech Student in 1989
MEMEDZHANOVA, A & F (two sisters) Crimea Residents/Partisans
MENA SANDOVAL, Francisco Salvadoran Army officer
MERZLIKINA, Yelena Sverdlovsk Resident
MIGLIACCIO, Padre Lucio Church Civic Committees
MIKHAILENKO, Anna Soviet Dissident
MIKHAILOV, Lt Gen Georgi Soviet Air Defense
MIKHALEVSKY, Capt Nicholas Captain of 'Joseph P Kennedy'
MIKOYAN, Sergo Sov Latin American Specialist
MISCHENKO, Lev Red Army POW
MISHINA, Galina Baker
MOCHULSKI, Fedor Sov Dep Ambassador to China
MODIN, Yuri Soviet Intelligence
MODZELEWSKI, Karel Solidarity' Activist
MOKRINSKI, Gen Mikhail Soviet Bomber Pilot
MORAN, Ed Titan Missile Crew
MORAWSKI, Jerzy Polish CP Central Committee
MOREL DE LETELIER, Isabel Widow of Orlando Letelier
MOROZOV, Col Alexander Dep Head of KGB in Afghanistan
MORRIS, Roger National Security Council
MULCAHY, Edward US ASSt Sec of State for Africa
MURPHY, David CIA Station Chief in Berlin
MURTAGH, Arthur FBI Agent Atlanta
MYLNAR, Zdenek Czech Reform Communist
NAME Withheld Soviet Soldier
NEDOBOYEVA, Alexandra Teacher, Party Worker Sverdlovsk
NEGROPONTE, John Aide to Dr. Kissinger; US Ambassador to Honduras
NEIZVESTNY, Ernst Sculptor
NEMETH, Miklos Prime Minister of Hungary - '89
NGUYEN VAN ICH NLF surgeon
NITZE, Paul US State Dept
NOVOA VASQUEZ, Laura Chilean Lawyer
NOWAK, Jan Radio Free Europe, Polish Section
OGNIETOV, Igor Soviet Adviser on Vietnam
OREKHOV, Victor KGB agent, Later dissident
ORTEGA, Daniel Ex President of Nicaragua
ORTENBERG, David Red Army volunteer
OSIPOVICH, Gennadi Soviet Pilot, shot down KAL 007
PAIK, Gen Sun Yup South Korean Army
PARK, So-Boon South Korean refugee
PATON DAVIES, John US State Dept
PAVLOV, Andrei Soviet student
PAVLOV, Yuri Russian Foreign Service
PAYNE, Calvin Titan Missile Crew
PECHURO, Susanna Soviet Student. Arrested 1951
PELCHEN, Maria East Berliner
PEPELIAYEV, Yevgeni Soviet Pilot, North Korea
PEREZ, Marta Cuban civilian
PERLE, Richard US Asst Sec of Defense
PEVZNER, Yakov Soviet Economist
PIENKOWSKA, Alina Polish Opposition
PLANCK, Mary Sue San Francisco Hippie
POKROVSKY, Boris Artistic Director Bolshoi Theater
POLIAKOV, Vasili Soviet Fighter Pilot
PONGRACZ, Gergely Hungarian Fighter
POPPE, Ulrike East German Opposition
POPPEK, Elfriede Dortmund Resident
POSZGAY, Imre Hungarian Leader
POTUCKOVA, Jarmila Communist, arrested with Slansky
POWELL, Sir Charles Foreign Policy Adviser
PREUCIL, Frantisek Chman Czech. Commercial Trades U.
PRIKHOZHAN, Tatiana White House Defender - Coup '91
PROKHOROVA, Larisa Soviet Student
PUGNALE, Ovidio B-52 Pilot
PUTILIN, Boris Soviet Embassy, Angola
QENAWI, Abdel Moneim Soldier, Egyptian Third Army
RAMOS, Zonia Cuban Political Commissar/Angola
RASKIN, Yakov Jewish Refusnik
REGAN, Donald President Reagan's Chief of Staff
REUTER, Edzard Son of Ernst Reuter
RICE, Condoleezza NSC Soviet Expert
RIDGWAY, Rozanne US Assist Sec of State 85-88
RISQUET, Jorge Central Committee/Communist Party/Cuba
ROBERTO, Holden President FNLA Angola
ROBERTS, Sir Frank Brit. Embassy Moscow / Bevin / FO
ROBESON, Jnr, Paul Son of Paul Robeson
ROSTOW, Walt Presidential Aide
ROSTROPOVICH, Mstislaw Cello Player
ROTBLAT, Joseph Scientist
RUAN MING Chinese Information Ministry
RUBINGER, David Israeli Photographer
RUTSKOI, Alexander Yeltsin Aide in Coup '91
SAFRONCHUK, Vasily Sov Foreign Min. Adv Afghanistan
SAGDEEV,Roald Soviet Space scientist
SALINGER, Pierre Kennedy Press Scretary
SAN DINH TEN Sr Adviser to North Korea
SANCHEZ, Adela Irma Cuban Militia
SANDOVAL, Francisco Mena El Salvadorean Army Officer
SARDARA, Bibi Afghan Woman
SAUNDERS, Harold Asst. Sec. State Near Eastern Affairs
SAUSERO YERO, Armando Cuban military Adviser/Angola
SCHABOWSKI, Gunter East German Politburo
SCHADE, Wolfgang East German Soldier