Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
War Office: Directorate of Military Operations and Plans, later Directorate of Military...
Catalogue reference: WO 193
What's it about?
WO 193
The files in this series, maintained in the Office of the Director of Military Operations, give general information on a world-wide basis of military planning, operations, intelligence, statistics, etc.
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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WO 193
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Directorate of Military Operations and Plans, later Directorate of Military Operations: Files concerning Military Planning, Intelligence and Statistics (Collation Files)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1934-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series, maintained in the Office of the Director of Military Operations, give general information on a world-wide basis of military planning, operations, intelligence, statistics, etc.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Files are arranged in their original subject order.
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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)
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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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- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations, 1943-1964
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, 1922-1939
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations and Plans, 1939-1943
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1008 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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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- An index to the subject arrangement can be found in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14400/
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