21 [October]
Anti-nuclear direct action Committee of 100 launched, Euston, 1960.
22 [October]
1 million people attend CND rally against nukes, Hyde Park, 1983.
Debate about tactics was renewed in the second phase, with advocates of direct action advocating the need for more effective methods than appealing to politicians and trying to influence those in the corridors of power. The Solidarity group, members of which had participated in some of the most spectacular C100 actions (see previous posts listed below), produced a leaflet arguing for the continued relevance of their approach:
Of course the 1980s and subsequent decades were to produce their own, rather different, examples of sometimes long-sustained direct action, notably at Greenham Common and Faslane.
Were They Bothered?
Some related sources for the earlier phase, indicating multiple ways in which the Committee of 100's tactics impinged upon the authorities, can be found in the National Archives.
NB. This list was compiled several years ago. A current search might turn up more recent releases and/or re-titled items, and some of these titles may have changed.
WORK 20/327 Trafalgar
Square: meetings of the Committee of 100 1960-1961
WORK 20/336 Trafalgar Square: meeting of the Committee of 100, 17 September 1961.
Admiralty
ADM
1/30660 Project LAMACHUS: Holy Loch Anti-Nuclear Demonstration Whitsun 1962
1962
ADM 1/28966 Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Committee of 100: Admiralty guidance 1963-1965
ADM 1/28966 Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Committee of 100: Admiralty guidance 1963-1965
Director
of Public Prosecutions
DPP
2/3838 CHANDLER, Terence Norman, "Committee of 100" (London
Committee): Appeal against conviction to the Court of Criminal Appeal by
Chandler. Appeal refused 1964
DPP 2/3432 RANDLE, Michael Joseph and others ("Committee of 100"): appeal against conviction and sentence. Appeal dismissed 1962
DPP 2/3442 RANDLE, Michael Joseph and others ("Committee of 100"): appeal to the House of Lords against conviction. Appeals dismissed 1962
DPP 2/3678 MOULE, Peter and others ("Committee of 100"): conspiracy (to effect public mischief) S9 Official Secrets Acts 1911-1939. No action taken 1963 [Note: The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt].
DPP 2/4379 FARR, Kathleen: impersonation of HM The Queen at "Committee of 100" demonstration, "March of Shame", in Parliament Square, London, on 30 April 1967. Prosecution for sedition not in the public interest 1967
DPP 2/3432 RANDLE, Michael Joseph and others ("Committee of 100"): appeal against conviction and sentence. Appeal dismissed 1962
DPP 2/3442 RANDLE, Michael Joseph and others ("Committee of 100"): appeal to the House of Lords against conviction. Appeals dismissed 1962
DPP 2/3678 MOULE, Peter and others ("Committee of 100"): conspiracy (to effect public mischief) S9 Official Secrets Acts 1911-1939. No action taken 1963 [Note: The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt].
DPP 2/4379 FARR, Kathleen: impersonation of HM The Queen at "Committee of 100" demonstration, "March of Shame", in Parliament Square, London, on 30 April 1967. Prosecution for sedition not in the public interest 1967
Home
Office
HO
325/163 Committee of 100 (Direct Action Group Against Nuclear Weapons):
demonstration at Marham Royal Air Force Station, Norfolk on 11 May 1963;
arrests under Official Secrets Act 1911 following trespass on airfield.
Physical Description: With enclosure 1963 Jan 01-1963 Dec 31
Law
Officers
LO 2/365
Applications for the attorney-general's fiat in Official Secrets cases: Committee
of 100: consent 1964
Metropolitan
Police inc. Special Branch
MEPO
2/11256 'Committee of 100': Special Branch reports concerning proposed
demonstration at US Air Force Base at Ruislip at Easter 1964 1963-1964
Ministry
of Transport
MT 97/524
Road Service Licences: applications and refusals; transport of Committee of 100
to airfields 1961-1962
Prison
Commission and Home Office Prison Dept.
PCOM
9/2208 ALLEGRANZA, Helen: member of the `Committee of 100'; at Central Criminal
Court (CCC) on 30 January 1962 convicted of conspiracy to commit breach of
Official Secrets Act; sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment; died [whilst in after]
confinement 1962-1963
Prime
Minister’s Office
PREM
11/3387 Demonstration in Trafalgar Square by nuclear disarmers: Prime Minister
declined to see deputation from Committee of 100 1961
PREM 11/4284 Correspondence on activities of Committee of 100 1961-1963
PREM 11/4284 Correspondence on activities of Committee of 100 1961-1963
Treasury
T 216/970
Personnel security: position of civil servants who are members of Campaign for
Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Committee of 100 and Church of Scientology 1962 May
09 - 1964 May 01
Ministry
of Works
WORK 20/336 Trafalgar Square: meeting of the Committee of 100, 17 September 1961.
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Previously on this blog:The Committee of 100 alive and vocal in 1967: contents of 36pp magazine |
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