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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 250
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MAF 250
This series contains files dealing with all aspects of defence and emergency planning from the following registered file series:Z Files: These contain papers dealing with wartime agricultural defence planning, including minutes of meetings of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 250
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered Files, Food Supply Defence Planning (DEF, DEF(M), and Z Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1931-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files dealing with all aspects of defence and emergency planning from the following registered file series:
Z Files: These contain papers dealing with wartime agricultural defence planning, including minutes of meetings of heads of divisions to discuss the organisation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and the supply and distribution of animal feeding stuffs. Some papers date back to 1938.
DEF/M Files: These record plans for the provision of safe storage space and a stockpile of food for use after a nuclear attack.
DEF Files: These contain papers concerned with plans for the monitoring and distribution of food in all emergency circumstances.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related records of the Scientific Advisor see MAF 291
Earlier papers concerned with defence and emergency planning are in MAF 99
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some papers from the Z file series were re-registered into the NE file series; see
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- DEF and Z file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services and Defence Division, 1964-1970
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services Division, 1960-1964
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services Division I, 1955-1960
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 332 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1983 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10650/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered Files, Food Supply Defence Planning (DEF, DEF(M), and Z Series)