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Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
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Tendering and placing of competitive contracts: prevention of fraud and financial...
Catalogue reference: AO 29/213
What’s it about?
This record is about the Tendering and placing of competitive contracts: prevention of fraud and financial... dating from 1950 Jan 01 - 1989 Dec 31 in the series Exchequer and Audit Department: White Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AO 29/213
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950 Jan 01 - 1989 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Tendering and placing of competitive contracts: prevention of fraud and financial irregularities; criminal activity by contractors; selective tendering
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- See also AO 29/8
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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)
- 100/7
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Government finances
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11445466/
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Series information
AO 29
Exchequer and Audit Department: White Files
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