Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.62.8.24
Object Name
Letter
Title
The Anti-Trident Campaign (Formerly S.C.A.T)
Place
Scotland
People
Scottish Campaign Against Trident (SCAT); Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND); Scottish CND
Events
Trident UK nuclear programme
Date
1981
Description
Photocopied handwritten letter on headed paper "The Anti-Trident Campaign (Formerly S.C.A.T)" with an image of a submarine's tower through the surface of water in the bottom right of the page. The letter explains the Scottish Campaign Against Trident (SCAT) renaming to the Anti-Trident Campaign. It invites other anti-nuclear groups to associate with it and to attend the Convention of Anti-Trident Delegates in Glasgow and a die-in protest organised by Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).
Trident is the UKâs nuclear weapons programme with the stated purpose of a deterrent, according to the Ministry of Defence. It was established in 1980 and now operates out of a Royal navy base in Clyde on the west coast of Scotland. Anti-nuclear and peace activists have continually protested against Trident since its inception.
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