A paper emphasising the responsibility of community physicians for planning of health services including disaster planning.
J Stuart HornerA paper originally presented in preliminary format at a Symposium on the Medical Aspects of Nuclear War in September 1985,
Daugherty, WilliamPresscuttings relating to Civil Defence and Nuclear War
International Herald Tribune, The Times, The Washington Post, New Statesman, Nature, The Plain Truth, New Scientist, Independent, Farmers Weekly, Newsletter of the Union of Concerned ScientistsComprises presscuttings, scientific articles and government papers on civil defence, emergency planning and local and global effects of nuclear war or attacks.
The records were compiled as research material for the GLAWARS.
A paper comparing the questions sent by the London Borough of Camden to the answers sent in reply by the Home Office in relation to civil defence planning assumptions.
London Borough of CamdenA paper outlining the objectives and terms of reference for a study of civil defence planning assumptions to be carried out on behalf of the Greater London Council.
Greater London Council Home Defence Scientific AdvisersPapers related to a discussion regarding contracts who work at nuclear military installations.
Policy Co-ordinating Committee, Greater London CouncilExtracts from GLC report P1001 (20.12.83)
Greater London CouncilReport containing a summary of the new Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) Regulations and recommendations for the Public Services and Fire Brigade Committee Staff Committee of the Greater London Council.
Public Services and Fire Brigade Committee Staff Committee, Greater London CouncilA paper outlining the objective and terms of reference for a study or studies of civil defence planning assumptions to be carried out on behalf of the Greater London Council. The purpose of the studies is to provide the GLC with planning assumption and other information for civil defence planning purposes.
Public Services and Fire Brigade Committee, Greater London CouncilPresscuttings, correspondence and Hansard notes on Exercise 'Brave Defender', which was a 'home defence' exercise that took place from 2-13 September 1985 to give training to the new Home Service Force 9HSF), a volunteer soldier body (likened to 'Dad's Army') whose function would have been to guard 'key points' against the Soviet 'Spetsnaz'.
Greater London CouncilContains a foreword by Ken Livingstone, two postcards, a map of possible targets in and around London, 2 photomontage posters on Civil Defence, and the following publications;
'Why the GLC Disagrees with the Government',
'London and the Defence Industry'
'London as a Nuclear Free Zone'
'What Would it be Like After Nuclear Attack? A View from Inside the Civil Defence Establishment'
'Blackout to Whitewash: Civil Defence Since 1937, A GLC Exhibition'
'Doctors and the Bomb; An Article from the British Medical Journal'
Greater London CouncilPart III, Sections 1 to 4 of the War Emergency Plan covering: Works (General); Works (Buildings and Roads); Works (Public Hygiene Services); Works (Liaison Services). Also includes information on organisations involved in Home Defence, the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisations, advice to the public on protection against nuclear attack and a bibliography.
Emergency Planning Division, Greater London Council and the London Borough of EnfieldCorrespondence regarding the GLAWARS including an internal appraisal report of GLAWARS Task 1.
Greater London CouncilPaper prepared for the National Steering Committee setting out the Conference of Nuclear Free Local Authorities' belief in the futility of Conventional War planning in a nuclear weapons state.
Nuclear Policy Unit, Greater London CouncilPaper setting out the GLC's policy on civil defence and the civil defence exercise INTEX 85.
Nuclear Policy Group, Greater London CouncilJoint report for the Public Services and Fire Brigade Committee, the Planning Committee and the Transport Committee of the Greater London Committee following an initiative of Manchester City Council to call on the Government to refrain from manufacturing or positioning nuclear weapons within the Greater London area.
Public Services and Fire Brigade Committee, the Planning Committee and the Transport Committee, Greater London Council