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Cabinet Office: Chief Scientific Adviser, Solly Zuckerman: Registered Files (Z Series)
Catalogue reference: CAB 168
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CAB 168
This series consists of files raised in the Chief Scientific Adviser's office on international and UK bilateral issues and on all aspects of UK government and industry research and development including: nuclear research; atomic power and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 168
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cabinet Office: Chief Scientific Adviser, Solly Zuckerman: Registered Files (Z Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1964-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files raised in the Chief Scientific Adviser's office on international and UK bilateral issues and on all aspects of UK government and industry research and development including: nuclear research; atomic power and weapons, including proliferation; technological co-operation in Europe, including the Soviet Union; reports and papers of the Central Advisory Council on Science and Technology; space policy; land and air transport; computers; chemical and biological weapons, including CS gas; papers of the International Centre for Systematic Analysis of Advanced Societies; the 'brain drain'; the Torrey Canyon oil tanker spillage; papers on the Communications-Electronic and Space Committee.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former reference order in a single sequence
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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)
- 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)
- Cabinet Office, Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser, 1964-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 292 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Cabinet Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Routine review, including advice from Zuckerman himself
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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 Science and Technology Group in the Cabinet Office had its genesis in 1964 when Sir Solly Zuckerman, then Chief Scientific Adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence, was named Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government and Head of the Scientific Civil Service. In 1966 he moved full time to the Cabinet Office. From then until his retirement in 1971, Sir Solly's responsibilities in the Cabinet Office for all scientific and technological matters of national concern included responsibility for advice on and coordination of all matters relating to nuclear policy. 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/C3975/
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