Focus on
The Huey Fong: Hong Kong's 1979 refugee crisis
In December 1978, Vietnamese refugees seeking asylum aboard the Huey Fong were refused entry to Hong Kong. Records we hold document the 34-day standoff.
Series
Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Establishments: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: OD 18
What's it about?
OD 18
This series contains material concerning the organisation and responsibilities of the Department of Technical Co-operation and its successors, and includes files dealing with conditions of service, personnel and other domestic matters, and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Establishments: Registered Files (EO Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1960-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains material concerning the organisation and responsibilities of the Department of Technical Co-operation and its successors, and includes files dealing with conditions of service, personnel and other domestic matters, and relations with other departments.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Records arranged by former reference.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier, ie pre-1961, files on establishments matters are in: CO 866 CO 878
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- EO, EOA, EOC, EOD, EOJ, EOK, EOP, EOQ, EOR and EOV file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for International Development, 1997-1997
- Department of Technical Co-operation, 1961-1964
- Ministry of Overseas Development, 1964-1970
- Ministry of Overseas Development, 1974-1979
- Overseas Development Administration, 1970-1974
- Overseas Development Administration, 1979-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 540 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2020 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
From 1990 Overseas Development Administration
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Aid and development
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- OD 18/407-419 were selected for permanent preservation following an accelerated review process under the Open Government Initiative in the Overseas Development Administration which identified certain subjects whose records could be released early, including these on the relocation of the Tropical Development Research Institute and the proposals for new development divisions in Southern and Eastern Africa, and South East Asia.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11389/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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