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in the process of extending our coverage for TOWN TALK by arranging for C.D.O.s to attend at the end of certain routine staff meetings in other departments to find out what matters of general interest have been picked up during ordinary work.
92.
The discipline of this routine requires
staff to think about a wide variety of subjects and gradually to acquire a feel for public reactions. This in turn should give us an increasing capacity to produce a more soundly based judgement of probable public reaction to proposals, and it should bring new currents of public opinion to light at an early
stage.
93.
Occasional items of intelligence interest have come to our notice and have been
passed on.
94.
This department has no specific role in the security organisation in times of civil disturbance and natural disaster. We did however find that C.D.O.s could be useful after rainstorm damage last summer. Meetings were held after last summer's rain with the Police, Fire Services, Public Works and Social welfare Departments and it seemed that C.D.O.s had a potential local co-ordinating role.
95.
Emergency organisations have been put to the test on a number of occasions in recent years and have developed a high degree of efficiency and speed of response. So far as these organisations are concerned we cannot suggest any amendment to existing routines, nor any specific role for the C.D.O.s to play. C.D.O.S have however been instructed to assess the signi- ficance of any energency and always to go to the
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