Scope and Contents Correspondence and information papers on biological weapons, including press cuttings on tear gas and the Porton Down research establishment. Correspondents include: 12th Lord Lothian, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office [earlier Peter Kerr] on the banning of weapons which would endanger civilians; Seán MacBride [President of the International Peace Bureau] enclosing a report by the Bureau on the outlawing of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons;...

Scope and Contents Joseph Needham was appointed a member of the International Scientific Commission to assist with the investigation of alleged bacterial warfare by American forces in Korea and China. He arrived in China in June 1952. The first meeting was held on 23 Jun. 1952 and the final meeting was held on 31 Aug. 1952. The concluding 'Report of the International Scientific Commission for the Investigation of the Facts Concerning Bacterial Warfare in Korea and China' was published in Beijing in 1952....

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The negatives were found in a Rumbo Fabricas de Tabacos cigar box with Joseph Needham's inscription:'ME negs 49 China 52 negs'.

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These are public health posters relating to campaigns against pests (rats, flies, lice and mosquitos) and propaganda posters relating to accusations of the use of biological warfare (insects as disease vectors) during the Korean War.