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Ammunition: consideration of use of CS gas in prison during incidents of extreme...
Catalogue reference: HO 391/357
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This record is about the Ammunition: consideration of use of CS gas in prison during incidents of extreme... dating from 1969 Jan 01-1972 Dec 31 in the series Home Office: Prison Department: General (PDG Symbol Series) Files. It is held at Creating government department or its successor.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 391/357
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1969 Jan 01-1972 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ammunition: consideration of use of CS gas in prison during incidents of extreme conflict; reference to riot at HM Prison Parkhurst in October 1969; group discussions chaired by Police Department; minutes of meetings
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Creating government department or its successor
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PDG 69 0401/0003/001
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- file(s)
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- Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Public disorder
- Oil and gas
- Weapons
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11014241/
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HO 391
Home Office: Prison Department: General (PDG Symbol Series) Files
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