Series
Treasury: Foreign and Commonwealth Division: Registered Files (2CF Series)
Catalogue reference: T 296
What's it about?
T 296
Files of the Commonwealth and Foreign (CF) Division. Subjects covered include overseas establishment and supply matters, relating to Foreign Office, Colonial Office, Department of Technical Co-operation and the Commonwealth Relations Office, and...
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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T 296
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Foreign and Commonwealth Division: Registered Files (2CF Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1960-1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Commonwealth and Foreign (CF) Division. Subjects covered include overseas establishment and supply matters, relating to Foreign Office, Colonial Office, Department of Technical Co-operation and the Commonwealth Relations Office, and issues connected with HM Overseas Civil Service and the Trade Commissioner Service.
There are also files on aid and development questions including the Colonial Development Corporation, interests of British subjects overseas, international migration, support for colonial industries, overseas settlement, Commonwealth educational co-operation, colonial and foreign military matters, and refugees.
Includes files on administrative and budgetary questions relating to such international bodies as Council of Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), United Nations and agencies, Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), and the Colombo Plan.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arrangement is by former reference number
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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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2CF 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)
- Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Division, 1960-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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290 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 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 Treasury
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1960 to 1962
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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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The Treasury's Commonwealth and Foreign (CF) Division was set up in 1960, a direct descendant of the Imperial and Foreign (IF) Division. The CF was disbanded in November 1962, when its functions were transferred to the Finance Development (2FD) Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14033/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
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Treasury: Foreign and Commonwealth Division: Registered Files (2CF Series)