Spies for Peace

Spies for Peace was a British group of anti-war activists associated with the Committee of 100 who publicised government preparations for rule after a nuclear war.

The RSGs were to include representatives of all the central government departments, to maintain law and order, communicate with the surviving population and control remaining resources.

The public were virtually unaware what the government was planning for the aftermath of a nuclear war until it was revealed by Spies for Peace.

Spies for Peace asserted that the exercise demonstrated the incapacity of the public services to cope with the consequences of nuclear attack and that the RSG system would not work.

The authors objected strongly to the fact that the RSG network had not been publicly debated, that its staff were unelected and that they would have military powers.