| | South Africa’s chemical and biological warfare programme 1981 |
| | 2,71 | | MB | – 1995 |
| | 350 | | stron |
| | 6287 | | ID | Rhodes University |
| | 2006 | | rok |
| | Table of Contents |
| | CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION |
| | Aim of the thesis 3 |
| | Assessment of sources 5 |
| | Review of Literature 8 |
| | CHAPTER 2: THE BACKGROUND TO AND CONTEXT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CBW |
| | PROGRAMME |
| | Chemical weapons in South African prior to Project Coast 20 |
| | South Africa and the Region 28 |
| | The Rhodesian CBW experience 34 |
| | The assimilation model analysis of the motivation for Project Coast 42 |
| | The Botha Regime and Total Strategy 47 |
| | CHAPTER 3: PROJECT COAST |
| | Overview of Project Coast: Motivations and Intentions 58 |
| | The initiation of Project Coast and the Role of Wouter Basson 64 |
| | Assessing the Threat 68 |
| | Structure and Management of Project Coast 76 |
| | The Phases of Project Coast’s Development 94 |
| | CHAPTER 4: THE OPERATION OF PROJECT COAST |
| | Introduction 100 |
| | Getting Down to Business 102 |
| | Chemical and Biological Agents for Covert Use 136 |
| | Scaling-up and Closing Down 148 |
| | The Nature and Effect of Secrecy at RRL and Delta G Scientific 153 |
| | The Private Companies 158 |
| | The Cost of Project Coast 170 |
| | The Relationship between the CBW Programme and the Police and Operational Units of the Military |
| | 172 |
| | CHAPTER 5: INTERNATIONAL LINKS 185 |
| | Initial Information Gathering 189 |
| | The Mid-1980s: Building the International Web of Deceit 192 |
| | Larry Ford 193 |
| | The Croatian Deal: Out Running the CWC 197 |
| | Germany and Israel 202 |
| | Libya and the International “CBW Mafia” 204 |
| | Breaking the Silence: US and UK Concerns Come to the Fore 205 |
| | Coming Clean? South Africa’s Response to its BTWC Obligations 213 |
| | CHAPTER 6: THE FINAL YEARS (1989 – 1993) |
| | Project Coast and Political Change 218 |
| | Closing Down 237 |
| | Allegations of Fraud 251 |
| | Proliferation Threats 262 |
| | CHAPTER 7: BASSON’S ARREST AND THE TRC HEARING 269 |
| | The Criminal Trial of Wouter Basson 276 |
| | CHAPTER 8: LESSONS FOR DISARMAMENT 288 |
| | APPENDIX 1: TRC FINDINGS ON THE CBW PROGRAMME 299 |
| | BIBLIOGRAPHY 302 |