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'Heddwch' is the supporter magazine for CND Cymru, the Welsh Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, published roughly quarterly from 1991 to the present day. It started as ‘Campaign Wales’ from 1985, following CND Cymru’s establishment as an independent campaigning network from 1981.
CONTENTS
Page 1.
- COVER: “50 years - and still testing”.
Page 2.
“CONTACTS” for CND Cymru.
- “Heddwch” appeal to join the CND.
- “A Plea from the Heart” advertisement for production of Heddwch.
- “CND Cymru Officers 1995-6” short piece on the CND Annual Meeting.
- “Going this way, that way, forwards and backwards, over the Irish Sea” update about the Ministry of Defence’s decision on transporting nuclear warheads through the Irish Sea.
- “Bruce Watkins” in memoriam.
- “Colin Sweet” in memoriam.
Page 3.
- “RAF Valley, Hawk Warplanes and Indonesia” appeal to join a meeting regarding the training of pilots in Ynys MÖN for Hawk operation to suppress East Timor.
- “Bye Bye Dwardy Bye Bye” article on the disestablishment of a US Naval Facility.
- “Second Welsh Delegation to Nicaragua” update.
Page 4.
- “Testing Times” information piece on nuclear weapon tests, its effects and international agreements related to the concerned topic.
- “We all have the power to STOP NUCLEAR TESTS” poster by CND Cymru against the French government’s decision to start testing nuclear weapons in the Pacific Ocean. Examples of these protest leaflets can be found on pages 12, 13 and 14.
Page 5.
- Continuation of “Testing Times” information piece and the likely future of nuclear weapons tests.
- “France’s Nuclear Tests” piece on the commitment of nuclear weapon states to ‘exercise utmost restraint’ on the issue of nuclear testing and efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons.
- “Wales’ Response to Chirac” short piece on Welsh MEPs protesting and calling upon the European Union to abandon any nuclear programmes.
Page 6.
- “Wales Alliance Against Nuclear Testing” promotion piece.
- “Boycott of French Goods and Petition to Chirac” appeal.
- “The First French Test This Autumn - Sept. 4” appeal of a demonstration in Cardiff.
- “World-wide Campaigns” short piece on world-wide solidarity in condemnation of French tests.
- “China’s Nuclear Tests” short piece on protesting by CND Cymru on two nuclear tests conducted since nuclear Non-Proliferation talks ended.
- Book Review of Dr Chris Busby’s “Wings of Death” (Green Audit Wales).
Page 7.
- “Hiroshima - Never Again!” spread on the need to ‘end’ ‘half a century of global nuclear terrorism’ on the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Includes a table of “Development of saturation bombing of civilian targets since the mid-1930s”.
Page 8.
- Continuation of “Hiroshima - Never Again!” spread.
- “The Chernobyl Children’s Project Cymru - the story so far” article.
Page 9.
- “Faslane Peace Camp - Feeling the Heat” article on peace protestors outside a Trident nuclear submarine base.
- “Voices from the Past” column of an article, “The Blue Hades”, first published in a 1982 “Ynni” Magazine.
Page 10.
- “Llanishen Women are Everywhere - But No Justice in Sight” appeal on convictions for criminal damage at Aldermaston caused by several women at Greenham Peace Camp.
- “Breaking the Vicious Circle” promotional piece for a 1996 residential conference in Lampeter in the field of nonviolent action.
- “Christmas is Coming” advertisement for CND Cymru products.
- “World Court Project” piece on the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
Page 11.
- “DIARY DATES SUMMER 1995” events by sympathetic organisations working for peace and environmental and human justice in Wales.
- “Heddwch Diary Dates” events for other socio-political issues.
- “CND Cymru” form to join and donate to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Page 12.
- “Protest Against French Nuclear Testing // Create an Uproar!” leaflet.
Page 13.
- “STOP BUYING FRENCH WINE” protest poster.
Page 14.
- “No more French Nuclear Tests! March and Rally” leaflet.

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