Series
War Cabinet and Cabinet: Bacteriological Warfare Committee: Minutes and Papers
Catalogue reference: CAB 136
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CAB 136
This series contains the secretary's files dealing with various subjects including provision of effective counter-measures against bacteriological attack.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 136
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Cabinet and Cabinet: Bacteriological Warfare Committee: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the secretary's files dealing with various subjects including provision of effective counter-measures against bacteriological attack.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological
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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)
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- Cabinet, Bacteriological Warfare Committee, 1941-1944
- War Cabinet, Bacteriological Warfare Committee, 1942-1942
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 14 file(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1976 Cabinet Office
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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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Following a meeting of the Defence Committee on 2 January 1942 which agreed to proposals put forward by Lord Hankey (the Paymaster General) to proceed with a project to manufacture and store infected cattle cakes, a structure for the Bacteriological Warfare Committee was set-up.
Its terms of reference were: (1) The primary object of research and experimentation was to provide effective protective measures.(2) That, subject to (1) above, Lord Hankey was authorised to take such measures as he might from time to time deem appropriate to enable the United Kingdom without undue delay in the event that the enemy use bacteria offensively.
There were a few caveats to (2) above, which are listed in CAB 136/1
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3943/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CAB
Records of the Cabinet Office
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War Cabinet and Cabinet: Bacteriological Warfare Committee: Minutes and Papers