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Home Office: Civil Defence Joint Planning Staff: Papers

Catalogue reference: HO 357

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HO 357

Minutes and papers of the Civil Defence Joint Planning Staff and its working parties on civil defence policy and planning.

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Reference

HO 357

Title
Home Office: Civil Defence Joint Planning Staff: Papers
Date

1948-1955

Description

Minutes and papers of the Civil Defence Joint Planning Staff and its working parties on civil defence policy and planning.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Civil Defence Joint Planning Staff, 1948-1955
Physical description

22 file(s)

Administrative / biographical background

The Civil Defence Joint Planning Staff was established in 1948 as an inter-departmental body, administered by the Home Office and reporting to the Cabinet Civil Defence Committee.

Its terms of reference were: "Subject to the general direction and guidance of the Civil Defence Committee,(a) to examine and report on matters of civil defence policy,(b) to co-ordinate the preparation of detailed civil defence plans."

In 1955, the CDJPS was reconstituted as the Civil Defence Planning Committee, which operated within the Cabinet Committee structure.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9221/

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