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Series
Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: East Africa Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: OD 26
What's it about?
OD 26
This series contains files on financial and technical assistance to countries in East and North East Africa and the East African Community and files on the promotion of economic and social development within the area.
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 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: East Africa Department: Registered Files (EAD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1964-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files on financial and technical assistance to countries in East and North East Africa and the East African Community and files on the promotion of economic and social development within the area.
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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)
- EAD 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 of Technical Co-operation, 1961-1964
- Ministry of Overseas Development, East Africa Department, 1964-1970
- Overseas Development Administration, East Africa Department, 1970-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 322 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1992 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The East Africa Department was established in the Ministry of Overseas Development upon its creation to deal with the provision of aid to the East African Community and to states in East Africa and the Horn of Africa, as well as the smaller Indian Ocean island states (aid to Madagascar being dealt with by the West and North Africa Department), and Libya, Egypt and the Sudan.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11397/
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