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Records of the Electronics, Telecommunications and Instruments Division and successors
Catalogue reference: Division within HF
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Division within HF
Records of the Electronics, Telecommunications and Instrumentation Division of the Ministry of Technology are germane to all aspects of electronic communication, scientific instruments and related industries.They include registered files of the...
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- Division within HF
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Electronics, Telecommunications and Instruments Division and successors
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1964-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Electronics, Telecommunications and Instrumentation Division of the Ministry of Technology are germane to all aspects of electronic communication, scientific instruments and related industries.
They include registered files of the division and its successors in HF 9, and registered files of the Electronics and Instrumentation Division and of the Electronics and Computers Divisions, in HF 10 and HF 11
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 series
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- Topics
- Computing
- Communications
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The Electronics, Telecommunications and Instrumentation Division of the Ministry of Technology (MINTECH), was succeeded by the Electronics and Instrumentation Division, and then in 1969 by the Electronics and Computers Division.
The Electronics, Telecommunications and Instrumentation Division, and its immediate successor, were responsible for the electronics industry, for telecommunications and for scientific instruments. In May 1969, the Electronics and Instrumentation Division acquired responsibility for the computer industry
The division also had sponsorship responsibility for the electronics industry, including telecommunications, television, scientific instruments and instrumentation for industrial process control.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1127/
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