A LITTLE bit of plutonium goes a long way. Fifty millionths of a gram is probably enough to cause lung cancer and death; 8kg. could make a bomb big enough to demolish the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and half of Whitehall.
Fast breeder reactors generate a potential 'terrorist" threat, and the establishment of the atomic police writes STATE RESEARCH, a group of journalists looking into the operations of the State.
The construction of fast breeder reactors nas Drooga Ine arane pole state, now officially sanctioned by the BELSIT DECUM OES LUNIS the new Windscale nuclear reprocessing The protectors of the plutonium Authority (AEA) Constabulary: THEEEI ready 400 strong, they recruit fron the police and occasionally from the armed Their sweeping powers, laid down by an Act of Parament in 1976, include carryine arms at all times, engaging in of thieves or attempied ment of nuclea power would not be reason to believe that cheir activities WELG SUOCESESC VLOICOE CE AIRCE WESE unlawful.' The Deparment's definition of "subversive was based on a speech by Lord Harris, Minister of Scale al the Home Ofsce: "Subversion is delincd as activities threatening the safety or wellundermine or overthrow parliamentary democracy by political, industrial on wuCH DICA CATCH-ALL The Special Branch and MI5, who collect infuratioo an flie basis of chis catch-al denaion. are not accountable to Partiament: questions abour them are also oot in the public interest"
The Windscale Report deliberately excluded discussion of existing physioal seung Preet od specifie refers to (unspecified) "people with evil purpose' who want to sweep away the system of governmen and the rule of law, and concluded:
The problem is casy to scale, bui there is no easy solution. . Indeed, 1 can se no silation ut ull. I the sort or activities under consideration (terror ism] are to be checked, innocent people are certain to be subject to surveillance il osly to tibd our whetber they are SIMPLE conducted the inquiry and Paillamen Lord Parker, look al it, there is no option co an alontic police state, domicated by the activities of unacoountable police and secret serviees.
of course, an clegantly simple solution. Theatomic police state can berelegared to the realms of science fiction - bur only by preventing the building of the plutonium economy State Research, 9 Poland Street, London WI. Bulletin No. 5, oul now contains information about the atomi police. Price 35p. Subscriptions: B3 p.a. [individuals] ;£6 p.a. [instilutions).
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