Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered Files, Food Supply Defence Planning (DEF, DEF(M), and Z Series)
Reference: | MAF 250 |
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Title: | Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered Files, Food Supply Defence Planning (DEF, DEF(M), and Z Series) |
Description: |
This series contains files dealing with all aspects of defence and emergency planning from the following registered file series: Z Files: These contain papers dealing with wartime agricultural defence planning, including minutes of meetings of heads of divisions to discuss the organisation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and the supply and distribution of animal feeding stuffs. Some papers date back to 1938. DEF/M Files: These record plans for the provision of safe storage space and a stockpile of food for use after a nuclear attack. DEF Files: These contain papers concerned with plans for the monitoring and distribution of food in all emergency circumstances. |
Date: | 1931-1989 |
Related material: |
Earlier papers concerned with defence and emergency planning are in MAF 99 For related records of the Scientific Advisor see MAF 291 |
Separated material: |
Some papers from the Z file series were re-registered into the NE file series; see MAF 298 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | DEF and Z file series |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services and Defence Division, 1964-1970 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services Division, 1960-1964 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services Division I, 1955-1960 |
Physical description: | 332 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1983 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
Accruals: | Series is accruing |
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