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Early BSSRS papers, including background documents, position papers, statements, memos and correspondence. Includes BSSRS comments on the Green Paper <i>A Framework for Government Research and Development</i>, published in 1971, and papers on the BSSRS intervention at the BA conference in Durham (see SA/BSR/A/11). Topics covered include education, the environment, industry, social factors in disease, and the use of CS gas in crowd control in Northern Ireland.

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