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Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
This photo shows an African American student choir who toured the UK and whose performances were attended by Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister.
Series
The Falkland Islands Review Committee: The Franks Report: Files
Catalogue reference: CAB 292
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CAB 292
This series contains the report and papers of the Falkland Islands Review Committee: the Franks Report
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 292
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Falkland Islands Review Committee: The Franks Report: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1981-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the report and papers of the Falkland Islands Review Committee: the Franks Report
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Falkland Islands Review Committee, 1982-1982
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 84 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2012 Cabinet Office
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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
- Americas
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not 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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On 6 July 1982, in a Written Answer to a Parliamentary Question, (1) Official Report, House of Commons, 6 July 1982, Written Answers, Col. 51. the Prime Minister announced that, following consultation with the Leader of the Opposition and leaders of other Opposition parties, the Government had decided to appoint a committee of Privy Counsellors, under the chairmanship of Lord Franks, with the following terms of reference:
'To review the way in which the responsibilities of Government in relation to the Falkland Islands and their Dependencies were discharged in the period leading up to the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982, taking account of all such factors in previous years as are relevant; and to report'.
The Report was presented to Parliament by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 18 January 1983.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11760221/
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