 The protest organisations published and sold large numbers of copies of the pamphlet, considering that widespread reading of the pamphlet could only discredit the government's policy.Counter-pamphlets such as "Protest and Survive" by E P Thompson and "Civil Defence, whose Defence" by the Disarmament Information Group replied to the pamphlet's arguments.The purpose of the "Protect and Survive" scheme is to provide members of the British public with instructions via print and broadcast media on how to protect themselves and survive a nuclear attack.