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Series
Ministry of Overseas Development and Overseas Development Administration: Central...
Catalogue reference: OD 38
What's it about?
OD 38
Records of the Central Africa, Mediterranean and Pacific Department to April 1970, and its successors the Caribbean, Pacific and Central African Department (April to May 1970), and the Caribbean and Pacific Department (May 1970 to December 1971).
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 38
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development and Overseas Development Administration: Central Africa, Mediterranean and Pacific Department: Registered Files (AMP Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1963-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Central Africa, Mediterranean and Pacific Department to April 1970, and its successors the Caribbean, Pacific and Central African Department (April to May 1970), and the Caribbean and Pacific Department (May 1970 to December 1971).
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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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AMP 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, Central Africa, Mediterranean and Pacific Department, 1966-1970
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Central and Southern Africa Department, 1964-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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165 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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
- Caribbean
- Aid and development
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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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In April 1970 the Central Africa, Mediterranean and Pacific Department was re-named the Caribbean, Pacific and Central Department and was re-named again in May 1970 the Caribbean and Pacific Department. The department was disbanded in December 1971, work on Caribbean and Pacific dependent territories passing to a new joint Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Overseas Development Administration Dependent Territories Department, and remaining work passing to either the Latin America Department or the Middle-East, Mediterranean and Pacific Department dealing with United Kingdom capital and technical aid to countries in these regions.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11409/
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