Law & Order 1. Control of violence is vital. You have the right to act under common law. A peacekeeping force is illegal in peacetime. If the police arrive you must place yourself at their disposal. Avoid harsh & ruthless action. When dealing with violence, weapons should be restricted to a strong staff of similar device. Use of firearms is to be avoided.

Wiltshire Emergency Planning. Guidance for community leaders in the event of a nuclear war 1981.

Law & Order 2. Punishment should be a matter of communal opinion. The most serious crime is murder. If faced with a serious case of murder the community leadership should try to contact a higher authority. If this is not possible it is a matter for the entire community to decide. Any extreme action by the leader will be upheld if: “ There was no likelihood of contacting a higher authority. The action taken was imperative and the decision was made in consultation with others.The leader acted in the best interests of the community, he acted responsibly and in good faith and that no lesser action would suffice.”

Wiltshire Emergency Planning. Guidance for community leaders in the event of a nuclear war 1981

MANCHESTER. Manchester City Council 5th November 1980

Motion made that this council in the light of it’s pre-determined policy concerning the dangers of nuclear weapons calls upon Her Majesty’s Government to refrain from the manufacture or positioning of any nuclear weapons of any kind within the boundaries of our city. We believe that it is not in the interests of our people to be either the initiators or the magnet of a nuclear holocaust and firmly believe that such unequivocal statements would clearly indicate the overwhelming desires of the people we represent and could lay the groundwork for the creation and development of a nuclear-free zone in Europe.

(For the motion, 55 against the motion 16. The motion was carried & approved)

Meat-on-the-Hoof. The flesh of cattle, poultry, sheep, pigs ect will be safe to eat provided the animals are slaughtered before they become sick with radiation sickness.

Nuclear Handbook for Staff Officers (War Office 1963)

Megatons. It is thought that in a nuclear war the UK would expect 200 megatons of nuclear weapons to be delivered against approximately 80 targets.

Central Office of Information 1980

Mobile Bakeries. The 1950’s plan for feeding the survivors of a nuclear attack called for the provision of 250 mobile bakeries. 15 were purchased, by 1970 there were still only 15 in store. 14 of these bakeries working 24 hours a day could produce 1300 tons of bread per week. The projected need for bread based on giving each of the 42 million expected survivors a three-quarter pound loaf each per week was 12250 tons.

Nuclear Terrorism (see Sellafield file).
The willingness of terrorists to sacrifice their lives to achieve their evil aims creates a new dimension in fight against terrorism. Now we are alerted to the potential of terrorists targeting nuclear facilities or using radioactive sources to incite panic, contaminate property & even cause injury & death among civilian populations.

Mohamed El Baradei (Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency)

Oppenhimer. “ If atomic bombs are to be added to the arsenals of a Warring world then the time will come when mankind will curse the name of Los Alamos & Hiroshima. The peoples of the world must unite or they will shurely perish”

J Robert Oppenheimer 16th Oct 1945.

Pigeons. The Regional Government Controllers powers under the Emergency Powers Act included:
“ The power to cull all homing pigeons”.

Pindar. Project Pindar is the Whitehall Strategic Command Centre for the Ministry of Defence. Operational in December 1982 the bunker cost £126 million of which £66 million was spent on the construction & £60 million on systems installation.

The Times 1996

Politicians. Commenting on Government statistics on the effects of nuclear incidents & war the Leeds City Council, Peace & Emergency Planning Sub-Committee said “ A politician uses statistics like a drunk uses a lamppost-for support rather than illumination”.

Potatoes. For a meal consisting of meat & vegetables about 2cwt of potatoes would need to be peeled for 400 meals. (1 ton for 4000 meals) Allowing for wastage, which varies according to the type of potato and the season, this provides about a 6oz portion per person. It is estimated that the time taken for four people to peel 1 cwt of average quality potatoes is about 1 hour.

Metropolitan District Emergency Feeding Plan 1985

Protective Measures. Suitable clothing for use in a fallout area includes: Well clothed denim overalls. Gumboots or strong leather boots. Strong plastic or fabric gloves to prevent direct ingress of radioactive material into the body. “Scarf” or sweat rags around the neck to stop radioactive dust getting in. If no respirator is available a simple lint or “smog” face mask (a handkerchief over the nose & mouth could be used in an emergency) A closely fitting helmet or hat such as a beret, which will keep radioactive dust out of the hair, since the head is more difficult to de-contaminate than the rest of the body.

Civil Defence Instructors Book HMSO 1960

Queen Elizabeth 11. “ Their awesome destructive power has preserved the world from major war for the past 35 years. So far nuclear weapons have served as a deterrent. But for the bomb to remain a threat, politicians must be seen to be prepared to use it. There are no winners in the nuclear arms race. What happened at Hiroshima should serve to remind the world of the nightmarish consequences of nuclear war. If the memory of that city’s suffering will prevent a future Armageddon, then the children of Hiroshima will have not died in vain”

Speech by Queen Elizabeth 11 1980.