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((Short description|1974–1980 UK public information campaign))
((For|the Doctor Who audio play|Protect and Survive (audio play)))
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[[File:Protect and Survive Logo.svg|thumb|right|Logo of Protect and Survive]]
'''''Protect and Survive''''' was a public information campaign on [[civil defence]]. Produced by the British government between 1974 and 1980, it intended to advise the public on how to protect themselves during a [[nuclear attack]]. The campaign comprised a pamphlet, newspaper advertisements, radio broadcasts, and [[public information film]]s. The series had originally been intended for distribution only in the event of dire national emergency, but provoked such intense public interest that the pamphlet was published, in slightly amended form, in 1980. Due to its controversial subject, and the nature of its publication, the cultural impact of ''Protect and Survive'' was greater and longer-lasting than most public information campaigns.

==Origins==
''Protect and Survive'' had its origins in civil defence leaflets dating back to 1938, titled ''The Protection of Your Home Against Air Raids''.<ref name="nigelcook">((cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/TheProtectionOfYourHomeAgainstAirRaids |title=The Protection of Your Home Against Air Raids |first=Nigel B.|last= Cook |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=1 June 2013))</ref> These advised the homeowner on what to do in the event of air attack. This evolved as the nature of warfare and [[geopolitics]] changed, with the [[pamphlet]]s updated first into ''The Hydrogen Bomb'' in 1957, and later into ''Advising the Householder on Protection against Nuclear Attack'' in 1963.<ref name="Young2019a">((cite book|last=Young|first=Taras|year=2019|title=[[Nuclear War in the UK]]|publisher=Four Corners Books|isbn=978-1-909829-16-9|pages=14–17))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.mgr.org/libro.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.mgr.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514204059/http://www.mgr.org/libro.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2014 |url-status=dead))</ref> This document, of which 500,000 copies were made, garnered considerable public and government criticism when it was first released for its lack of explanations or conveyance of the reasoning behind the advice that was given.  The Estimates Committee were similarly bemused by the advice, calling for its withdrawal.  Civil defence personnel were summoned to [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] meetings in which they responded to all the points of criticism that were raised.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1963/dec/02/civil-defence-handbook-no-10 |title=CIVIL DEFENCE (HANDBOOK No. 10) (Hansard, 2 December 1963) |date=14 May 2014 |access-date=16 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514202739/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1963/dec/02/civil-defence-handbook-no-10 |work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |archive-date=14 May 2014 ))</ref> The 1963 pamphlet was then accompanied by a series of public information films produced in 1964, called ''[[Civil Defence Information Bulletin]]s''. These films were intended to be broadcast in a [[state of emergency]]. Pamphlets similar to those prepared in 1963 briefly appeared in [[Peter Watkins]]' controversial 1965 BBC [[docudrama]] ''[[The War Game]]'', in a scene where they were distributed to people's homes. The 1964 bulletins were not depicted in the film.

The fallout radiation advice in ''Protect and Survive'' was based on 1960s fallout shelter experiments<ref>((cite journal|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7805718 |journal=The British Journal for the History of Science |publisher=Cambridge Journals Online |title=Architects of Armageddon: the Home Office Scientific Advisers' Branch and civil defence in Britain, 1945–68 |year=2010 |doi=10.1017/S0007087409990392 |access-date=1 June 2013|last1=Smith |first1=Melissa |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=149–180 |s2cid=145729137 ))</ref> summarised by Daniel T. Jones of the Home Office Scientific Advisory Branch<ref>((cite web| date= 1 August 2006 | url=http://glasstone.blogspot.com/2006/08/nuclear-weapons-1st-edition-1956-by.html| title= U.K. Home Office Scientific Advisory Branch 'Protect and Survive' civil defence research| publisher= blogspot.com| access-date=1 June 2013))</ref> in his report, ''The Protection Against Fallout Radiation Afforded by Core Shelters in a Typical British House'' which was published in ''Protective Structures for Civilian Populations'', Proceedings of the Symposium held at Washington, D.C., 19–23 April 1965, by the Subcommittee on Protective Structures, Advisory Committee on Civil Defense, US National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council.<ref name="nigelcook"/><ref>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=82IrAAAAYAAJ |title=Protective Structures for Civilian Populations|year=1965|access-date= 1 June 2013))</ref> The fallout radiation was represented by measurements of the penetration of cobalt-60 gamma radiation, which has a high mean energy of 1.25 MeV (two gamma rays, 1.17 and 1.33 MeV). This is considerably more penetrating than the mean 0.7 MeV of fallout gamma rays.<ref name= "nigelcook"/> Therefore, the actual protection given against real nuclear weapon fallout would be far greater than that afforded in the peacetime cobalt-60 shielding measurements.

===Wartime Broadcasting Service===
((main|Wartime Broadcasting Service))
During the early 1970s, the BBC and the Home Office produced a radio script advising the public of what to do in the event of nuclear attack. This was eventually published in October 2008 on the BBC's website,<ref name="tbuBBCwake">((cite web|title= BBC transcript to be used in wake of nuclear attack |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/03_10_08nuclearattack.pdf |publisher =BBC News |access-date=30 June 2011 ))</ref> with the full correspondence made available to the public via The National Archives.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/releases/2008/october/wartime.htm?homepage=news |title=The National Archives |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=30 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102170725/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/releases/2008/october/wartime.htm?homepage=news |archive-date=2 January 2011 ))</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7648042.stm BBC nuclear bomb script released]. Comedian [[Harry Shearer]] reads it in the style of [[Walter Cronkite]]</ref> The script used very similar language and style to the later ''Protect and Survive'' series. In particular, it emphasised the need for citizens to remain in their homes,<ref name="tbuBBCwake"/> and not to try to evacuate elsewhere.

During the exchange of correspondence between the BBC and various government departments, several letters seem to suggest that a booklet for public consumption was already being discussed. In a letter<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7960825 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20081023221637/http%3A//www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details%2Dresult.asp?Edoc_Id%3D7960825 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2008 |title=DocumentsOnline &#124; Image Details |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=30 June 2011))</ref> from the Central Office of Information, dated 12 March 1974, a request for information from The Home Office about a proposed booklet read as follows:<ref name= "ho322">[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=8324802&SearchInit=4&CATREF=HO+322/775 HO 322/775] at The National Archives</ref>

((blockquote|Meanwhile I should be grateful if you could let me have a copy of your revised advice to the householder. I will assume that this will form the text of the Official Announcement and that what Probert is discussing with your Information Division is the production of a booklet on public advice.))

This was replied to on 15 March 1974 by the Home Office, clearly stating that such a booklet was being produced, and that they were also targeting the same information at television:<ref name= "ho322"/>

((blockquote|It seems likely a basic booklet will be produced... we expect rather more attention to be paid to the dissemination of this advice through other media, in particular television.))

==Publication of the pamphlet==
[[Image:ProtectAndSurvive.jpg|thumb|right|Photo of the Protect and Survive pamphlet]]
''Protect and Survive'' was formally published in May 1980, but had come to the public's attention before that via a series of articles in ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper in January 1980.<ref name=times1>Evans, P. (1980) 'Civil defence-1: Government to give greater priority to protect millions of people' ''The Times'', 16 Jan, p. 4</ref> This wave of interest had been preceded by numerous letters to ''The Times'' in December 1979<ref name=time2>Thompson, K, Nonhebel, G. (1979) 'Reviving Civil Defence (Letters to the Editor)' The Times, 29 Nov, p. 17</ref><ref name=times3>Chambers, D. (1979) 'Reviving Civil Defence (Letters to the Editor)' ''The Times'', 1 Dec, p. 13</ref> questioning what Civil Defence arrangements were in place in the UK.

This was then followed by a ''Times'' leader on 19 January 1980 which noted that: "In Britain, a Home Office booklet "Protect and Survive" remains unavailable."<ref name=times4>The Times, (1980), A Lethal Failure of Duty, 18 Jan, p. 13</ref>  Following this unexpected publicity for ''Protect and Survive'', The Minister of State at the Home Office, [[Leon Brittan]], responding on the subject in the House of Commons on 20 February 1980 said that:<ref name=times5>''The Times'', (1980), Revision of pamphlet on UK civil defence, 22 Feb, p. 10</ref>

((blockquote|...attention has been focused on the decision of the Home Office not to publish, in advance of an imminent attack, the pamphlet entitled "Protect and Survive". It is not a secret pamphlet, and there is no mystery about it. It has been available to all local authorities and chief police and fire officers and to those who have attended courses at the Home Defence College at Easingwold. It has been shown to interested members of parliament and to journalists. It has not been published, for the simple reason that it was produced for distribution at a time of grave international crisis when war seemed imminent, and it was calculated that it would have the greatest impact if distributed then.<ref>HC Deb 20 February 1980 vol 979 cc628</ref>))

The Minister then went on to say the Home Office had received over 200 letters from the public on civil defence. Following the press and parliamentary focus on ''Protect and Survive'', as well as an episode of the BBC's ''Newsnight'' programme which focused on the campaign, the government chose to publish the ''Protect and Survive'' booklet in May 1980.<ref name="Young2019">((cite book|last=Young|first=Taras|year=2019|title=[[Nuclear War in the UK]]|publisher=Four Corners Books|isbn=978-1-909829-16-9|pages=25–28))</ref>

==Political reaction==
Organizations such as the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] protested that the pamphlet, by popularising the idea that a nuclear war could be survived, made such a war more likely. The protest organisations published and sold large numbers of copies of the pamphlet, considering that widespread reading of the pamphlet could only discredit the government's policy. Counter-pamphlets such as "Protest and Survive" by [[E P Thompson]] and "Civil Defence, whose Defence"<ref>http://www.jcmullen.fr/CDWD.pdf ((Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022))</ref> by the Disarmament Information Group replied to the pamphlet's arguments.

==Media==
The purpose of the ''Protect and Survive'' scheme was to provide members of the British public with instructions, primarily via broadcast media, on how to protect themselves and survive a [[nuclear attack]]. The broadcasts were to be supplemented by a booklet, which was to act as an ''[[Aide-mémoire|aide-memoire]]'' for householders; despite the booklet's later prominence in British culture, the campaign was originally conceived as being broadcast-led, with the booklet confirmed later.<ref name="Young2019" /> The scheme was not intended to be made public during peacetime, and would only have been broadcast if a nuclear attack was deemed likely by the Government during an international crisis. The information detailed a series of steps recommended to be undertaken by British civilians to improve their chances of survival in the event of a nuclear strike on the United Kingdom.

===Print===
The ''Protect and Survive'' booklet was prepared in 1976, and some 2,000 copies were printed and secretly issued to chief executives of local authorities and senior police officers. Its existence having been brought to public attention by the ''Times'', a slightly revised edition of the booklet was printed in 1980, and made available through [[Office of Public Sector Information|Stationery Office]] bookshops.<ref name="Young2019" /> During peacetime, the booklet was priced at 50 pence, but would be widely distributed freely to all households in the United Kingdom if the threat of a [[nuclear attack]] increased.<ref>((cite web|url=http://scyfilove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Nuclear-War-Survival-Guide-British-Government.pdf|title=Protect and Survive|access-date=30 August 2011|archive-date=17 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317010919/http://scyfilove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Nuclear-War-Survival-Guide-British-Government.pdf|url-status=dead))</ref> This was complemented in 1981 by two booklets regarding the construction of [[fallout shelters]]: ''Domestic Nuclear Shelters'', with techniques for building a home shelter, and ''Domestic Nuclear Shelters – Technical Guidance'', for the design and construction of long-term and permanent shelters, some of which involved elaborate designs.<ref>((cite web|url=http://survivalprimer.com/Domestic%20Nuclear%20Shelters.htm|title=Protect and Survive: Domestic Nuclear Shelters|access-date=30 August 2011))</ref>

The contents of the booklets would also be printed in national newspapers if the risk of nuclear attack increased.

In response to extensive criticism of ''Protect and Survive'', ''Civil Defence: Why We Need It'' was also printed in November 1981 by the Home Office, which attempted to defend the reasons for [[civil defence]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.atomica.co.uk/cdwhy.htm|title=Protect and Survive: Civil Defence: Why We Need It|access-date=7 January 2010))</ref>

===Television===
[[Image:Protect And Survive logo.png|right|thumb|150px|The ''Protect and Survive'' end credit seen at the end of each film accompanied by a circle animation and electronic musical phrase composed by [[Roger Limb]]]] ''Protect and Survive'' was adapted for television as a series of twenty short [[public information film]]s. The films were [[classified information|classified]], intended for transmission on all television channels if the government determined that nuclear attack was likely within 72 hours. However, recordings leaked to [[CND]] and the [[BBC]], who broadcast excerpts from them on ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' on 10 March 1980, shortly after the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]].<ref name="panorama">((cite episode | title=If the Bomb Drops | series=Panorama | network=British Broadcasting Corporation | airdate=10 March 1980))</ref>

The films were produced by Richard Taylor Cartoons,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1964to1979/filmpage_warnings.htm |title=The National Archives has further details |publisher=Nationalarchives.gov.uk |access-date=30 June 2011))</ref> who also produced the ''[[Charley Says]]'' child safety films and children's animation ''[[Crystal Tipps and Alistair]]''.<ref name="Young2019" /> They are similar in content to the booklets, detailing the same instructions using voice-over narration, sound effects, and a combination of simple [[Stop-motion animation|stop-motion]] and [[Traditional animation|illustrated]] animation. [[Patrick Allen (actor)|Patrick Allen]] was chosen to narrate. His voiceover would later be described as "the calm, clipped vowels of a male announcer, advising how to build shelters, avoid fallout, and wrap up your dead loved ones in [[polythene]], bury them, and tag their bodies."<ref name="newstatesman2018" /> He would later parody the recordings for [[Frankie Goes To Hollywood]]'s song "[[Two Tribes]]", announcing "Mine is the last voice you will ever hear. Do not be alarmed".<ref name="newstatesman2018">((cite news | last=Rogers | first=Jude | date=2018-03-17 | title=Here come the bombs: the making of Threads, the nuclear war film that shocked a generation | url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2018/03/here-come-bombs-making-threads-nuclear-war-film-shocked-generation | work=[[New Statesman]] | location=London | access-date=2019-10-12))</ref>

Each episode concluded with a distinctive electronic musical phrase composed by the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]]'s [[Roger Limb]]. It featured two high- and low-pitched melodies coming together "like people". So great was the secrecy around production that Limb handed over his tapes to producer Bruce Allen in an alley.<ref name="newstatesman2018"/>

{|class="wikitable"
|+List of ''Protect and Survive'' films<ref name="iwm-list">((cite web|last3=Allen|first3=Patrick|author1=Home Office|author2=Central Office of Information|title=Protect and Survive [Main Title]|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022098|website=Imperial War Museums|access-date=18 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018032643/https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022098|archive-date=18 October 2023|location=London|language=en-gb|date=1980))</ref>
|-
! ((abbr|No.|Number))
! Title
! Length
! Notes
|-
|  1.
| "Nuclear Explosions Explained"
| 1:35
| Effects of atomic weapons
|-
|  2.
| "The Warnings"
| 2:53
| Attack, fall-out and all-clear warnings
|-
|  3.
| "What to Do When the Warnings Sound"
| 2:28
| "Immediate action" drill
|-
|  4.
| "Stay at Home"
| 1:40
| Techniques for sheltering in place
|-
|  5.
| "Choosing a Fall-out Room"
| 2:06
| Choosing a safe room
|-
|  6.
| "Refuges"
| 3:54
| Building an "inner refuge"
|-
|  7.
| "Materials to Use for Your Fall-out Room and Refuge"
| 1:55
| Radiation shielding materials
|-
|  8.
| "Make Your Fall-out Room and Refuge Now"
| 4:42
| Preparing for an attack
|-
|  9.
| "What to Put in Your Fall-out Room"
| 3:03
| Essential supplies
|-
| 10.
| "Action After Warnings"
| 4:13
| Detailed "immediate action" drill
|-
| 11.
| "Water and Food"
| 2:41
| Provisions for 14 days
|-
| 12.
| "Sanitation"
| 1:33
| Makeshift toilet arrangements
|-
| 13.
| "Fire Precautions"
| 2:02
| Expedient firefighting techniques
|-
| 14.
| "The Importance of Your Radio"
| 1:20
| Portable radio as a vital aid
|-
| 15.
| "Life Under Fall-out Conditions"
| 2:51
| Survival during an attack
|-
| 16.
| "What to Do After an Attack"
| 2:29
| Post-attack actions
|-
| 17.
| "Sanitation Care"
| 2:40
| Essential hygiene
|-
| 18.
| "Water Consumption"
| 1:28
| Safeguarding and rationing water
|-
| 19.
| "Food Consumption"
| 1:40
| Rationing food
|-
| 20.
| "Casualties"
| 1:27
| Advice on casualty care and mortuary actions
|}

===Radio===
A collection of recordings for radio transmission were produced as part of the programme. These differ slightly from the films in that the voice was provided not by Patrick Allen, but by both male and female voices.<ref>[[Imperial War Museum]] Collection Search [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80020615 sound recording 22202 (Central Office of Information)]. Retrieved 1 July 2012</ref> In addition, certain portions of the instructional copy are changed slightly. While it has been speculated that a small portion of these recordings is heard in ''[[Threads (1984 film)|Threads]]'', during the scene where the character of Bill Kemp is discussing removing internal doors to use for their shelter, this is in fact re-recorded by an actor.

==Cultural impact==
The programme created a substantial impact upon the popular culture of the UK of the early 1980s, most notably in music. Rock band [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] recorded a song called "Protect and Survive" on their 1980 album ''[[A (Jethro Tull album)|A]]'', while the [[hardcore punk]]/[[D-beat]] band [[Discharge (band)|Discharge]] recorded the track "Protest and Survive", named after [[E. P. Thompson]]'s anti-nuclear manifesto, for their 1982 album ''[[Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing]]''. The actor [[Patrick Allen]], who narrated the associated public information films, recreated this narration for the 1984 [[UK Singles Chart|number one single]], "[[Two Tribes]]", by [[Frankie Goes To Hollywood]]. Irish folk band [[The Dubliners]] recorded a song called “Protect and Survive” on their 1987 record, ''[[25 Years Celebration]]''. Heavy metal band [[Wolfsbane (band)|Wolfsbane]]'s [[Wolfsbane (album)|self-titled 1994 album]] contains a song called "Protect and Survive". More recently, the campaign's logo can be seen turned sideways on the cover of the 1997 "[[Karma Police]]" single by [[Radiohead]]. And London post-rock band [[Public Service Broadcasting (band)|Public Service Broadcasting]] recorded a track "Protect and Survive" using samples from the [[Roger Limb]] score set over a drum heavy track with live performances incorporating visual elements taken from the government information film.

In print, [[Raymond Briggs]]' [[graphic novel]] ''[[When the Wind Blows (graphic novel)|When the Wind Blows]]'' (later adapted as [[When the Wind Blows (1986 film)|an animated film]], radio and stage play) obliquely mentions various aspects of the ''Protect and Survive'' programme, and the [[BBC]] play ''[[Threads (1984 film)|Threads]]'' featured four of the series' films: ''Stay at Home'', ''Make Your Fall-out Room and Refuge Now'', ''Action After Warnings'' and ''Casualties''. The leaflet series became the subject of detailed and scholarly criticism from anti-nuclear authors (such as [[E. P. Thompson]]), who produced a counterargument entitled ''Protest and Survive.'' Louise Lawrence's children's novel ''[[Children of the Dust (novel)|Children of the Dust]]'' refers to one of the inner refuge designs mentioned in the leaflets, and to the public information films and radio tapes.

On television, ''Protect and Survive'' was thoroughly lampooned in the television series ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'' episode "[[Bomb (Young Ones episode)|Bomb]]." The ''Protect and Survive'' booklet appears on-screen during the episode, as characters hide ineffectively under clothed tables and paint themselves white to deflect the blast; parodying its instructions on creating an "inner refuge" and whitewashing one's windows, respectively. Also, in the ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'' episode "[[Nuclear Strike (Spooks)|Nuclear Strike]]", the character [[Malcolm Wynn-Jones|Malcolm]] is seen viewing one of the information videos.

In a [[Channel 4]] poll of the 100 scariest moments, ''Protect and Survive'' came 89th, just above [[Tod Browning]]'s 1931 ''[[Dracula (1931 English-language film)|Dracula]]''. The explanation for this, as explained by some celebrities on the show, was because of the films' grim instructions, unsettling music and the fact that "a nuclear war was one of the most disastrous things that could happen".((citation needed|date=January 2020))

The full version of ''Protect and Survive'' is shown on a loop underground at the [[Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.hackgreen.co.uk/ |title=Hack Green Official Website))</ref> in Cheshire, and the [[Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker]]<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.secretnuclearbunker.com/ |title=Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker Official Website))</ref> in Essex. Other copies are shown on loops at the [[Imperial War Museum]]s in London and [[Imperial War Museum North|Manchester]].

==See also==
*[[Transition to war]]
*''[[Fallout Protection]]''
*[[Preparing for Emergencies]]
*[[Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom]]
*''[[Survival Under Atomic Attack]]''
*[[Duck and Cover (film)|''Duck and Cover'' (film)]]
*''[[The War Game]]'' (film)
*''[[Threads (1984 film)|Threads]]'' (film)
*[[List of books about nuclear issues]]
*[[List of films about nuclear issues]]
*''[[Protect and Survive (Doctor Who audio)|Protect and Survive]]'' (''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio drama)
*''[[Om kriget kommer]]''

==References==
((Reflist|2))

==External links==
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022098 ''Protect and Survive''] at the [[Imperial War Museum]]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1964to1979/filmpage_warnings.htm ''Protect and Survive – Action After Warnings''. Video from the National Archive]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1964to1979/filmpage_casualties.htm ''Protect and Survive – Casualties''. Video from the National Archive]
*[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/711680/index.html ''Advising The Householder'': a series of Public Information Films that were a precursor to ''Protect and Survive'' ]
*''[http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/110193 Protect and Survive]'' 1980 pamphlet

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