Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history.
Series
Home Office: Directorate of Telecommunications (DT Symbol) Series: Files
Catalogue reference: HO 523
What's it about?
HO 523
This series contains files of the Home Office Directorate of Telecommunications (DT Symbol).
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 523
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Directorate of Telecommunications (DT Symbol) Series: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1980-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Home Office Directorate of Telecommunications (DT Symbol).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also HO 341
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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)
- DT Symbol
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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)
- Home Office, Directorate of Telecommunications, 1969-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 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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From 2014 Home 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
- Communications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Records on use of frequencies for civil emergencies, war planning and policy and principle records on privatisation will be selected. General allocation of frequencies, staff side records and transactional records of the privatisation will not be selected for permanent preservation. Selection decisions on many of these files can be made at a thematic level. However, some themes give insufficient information for a decision to be made and will be reviewed file by file.
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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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Directorate of Telecommunications was responsible for the planning, development, procurement, installation and maintenance of communications systems for the emergency services. Responsibility passed to the Police Information Technology Organisation in 1998 and then in 2007 to the National Police Improvement Agency. In 2012 all its functions were transferred to the Home Office, Serious Organised Crime Agency and the College of Policing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13431863/
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