Division
Records of the Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
Catalogue reference: Division within CAB
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Division within CAB
Records of the Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser including:records of Sir Solly Zuckerman's office in CAB 168records of Dr Press's office in CAB 178 The CAB 155 series was raised for the records of Sir Alan Cottrell's office, 1971-1974, but...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within CAB
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1958- 1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser including:
The CAB 155 series was raised for the records of Sir Alan Cottrell's office, 1971-1974, but these were subsequently destroyed.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Cabinet Office, Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser, 1964-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The post of Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government and Head of the Scientific Civil Service was created by the incoming Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1964. The first incumbent was Sir Solly Zuckerman, up to that time Chief Scientific Adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence. In 1966 he moved full time to the Cabinet Office.
Robert Press was transferred from the Ministry of Defence, as a nuclear specialist, with Sir Solly, and on the latter's retirement became responsible for nuclear advisory and coordination work reporting directly to the Secretary of the Cabinet.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1376/
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Records of the Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser