Monday, May 05, 2008

Nuclear threat sparked tea worry

Cold war *thinkers* were a fucked up lot, as this story illustrates:

The threat of a nuclear attack on the UK in the 1950s caused concern over the supply of tea, top-secret documents which have now been released reveal.

Government officials planning food supplies said the tea situation would be "very serious" after a nuclear war.

"It would be wrong to consider that even 1oz per head per week could be ensured," they stated.


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