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Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: Middle East Department and successors:...
Catalogue reference: OD 34
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OD 34
Records in the MID series relate to the work of the various departments of the overseas development ministry and administration responsible for the provision of aid and development in the Mediterranean and the near and middle-east. This was aid...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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OD 34
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: Middle East Department and successors: Registered Files (MID Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1964-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records in the MID series relate to the work of the various departments of the overseas development ministry and administration responsible for the provision of aid and development in the Mediterranean and the near and middle-east. This was aid in the form either of direct loans and technical assistance, or aid administered through multi-lateral organisations, principally the United Nations and the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO). The series includes some files relating to development in the Pacific region from 1971-1972.
Selected files in this series relate to major development and aid projects in the Mediterranean (Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta and Yugoslavia), the Near East (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey), Arabia (Bahrain, Muscat and Oman, Saudi Arabia, the Trucial States and the Yemen and Aden), the Middle East (Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan), as well as files relating to central policy on the work of the Middle East Development Division. There are also a few files on development projects in the Far East and Pacific (Fiji, Hong Kong, Tonga and Western Samoa).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the British Middle East Office and the Middle East Development Division are in FO 957
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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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MID 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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- Ministry of Overseas Development, Middle East Department, 1964-1970
- Overseas Development Administration, Middle East and Mediterranean and Caribbean Department, 1972-1973
- Overseas Development Administration, Middle East and Mediterranean Department, 1970-1972
- Overseas Development Administration, Middle East, Mediterranean and Pacific Department, 1971-1972
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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535 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 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)
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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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Development work in the Near and Middle East, the Mediterranean and Arabia was handled by a number of departments in the Ministry for Overseas Development and the Overseas Development Administration which used the MID file series. The Middle East Department (1967-1970) was followed by the Middle East and Mediterranean Department (1970-1971), the Middle East, Mediterranean and Pacific Department (1971-1972), the the Middle East, Mediterranean and Caribbean Department (1972-1974) and the Middle East and Mediterranean Department (1974 on).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11405/
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