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Series
Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: South Asia Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: OD 27
What's it about?
OD 27
This series contains files of the South Asia Department covering technical assistance and capital aid to the countries of the area. Also included are files on the Asian Development Bank.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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OD 27
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: South Asia Department: Registered Files (SAS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1963-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the South Asia Department covering technical assistance and capital aid to the countries of the area. Also included are files on the Asian Development Bank.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier records see CO 1022
Earlier Commonwealth Office Asia Economic Department files are in FCO 11
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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)
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SAS file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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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, South Asia Department, 1964-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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446 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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- Topics
- Asia
- Aid and development
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1965 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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 South Asia Department dealt with the Indian sub-continent and also such broader questions as the Asian Development Bank, established in 1966 to promote economic and social development in the region by lending funds and technical co-operation to member countries of Asia and the Pacific. Functions relating to the administration of the Colombo Plan, previously exercised by the Commonwealth Office Asia Economic Department, were passed to the South Asia Department on the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11398/
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