This collection provides documents from the 1960s and early 1970s as a background to a book by Jörg Friedrichs on "Fighting Terrorism and Drugs: Europe and International Police Cooperation" (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). These documents Friedrichs colllected from British, German, French, Italian and international archives and have been brought together to form a collection which has been deposited in the HAEU.
In the book, the situation in the 1960s and 1970's is compared to the current situation. The analytical focus is on the policy preferences of the four largest and politically most important West European states: Britain, France, Germany and Italy.

English, French, German, Italian

The originals are held in British, German, French, Italian and international Archives

The archival material has come from various international archives.