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Overseas and Emergency Publicity Expenditure Committee (OEPEC): papers 1-100 (incomplete)....
Catalogue reference: INF 1/991
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This record is about the Overseas and Emergency Publicity Expenditure Committee (OEPEC): papers 1-100 (incomplete).... dating from 1939 Jun 29 - 1939 Oct 12 in the series Ministry of Information: Files of Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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INF 1/991
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939 Jun 29 - 1939 Oct 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Overseas and Emergency Publicity Expenditure Committee (OEPEC): papers 1-100 (incomplete). It includes minutes, discussion papers and planning papers regarding appointments and payment of staff in a variety of countries in Europe, North and South America and Africa. The missing papers are listed at the beginning.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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This catalogue description was enhanced in 2018 as a result of a project led by Professor Simon Eliot (University of London) and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project was entitled 'Make Do and Mend: A Publishing History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-1946'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
- Americas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11259712/
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INF 1
Ministry of Information: Files of Correspondence
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