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Overseas Development Administration: Overseas Manpower Division, Overseas Manpower...
Catalogue reference: OD 136
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OD 136
This series contains policy records on recruitment, staffing levels and terms of service of all staff overseas on bilateral aid/technical cooperation terms.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 136
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Title (The name of the record)
- Overseas Development Administration: Overseas Manpower Division, Overseas Manpower Services Department: Registered files (PPG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1985-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains policy records on recruitment, staffing levels and terms of service of all staff overseas on bilateral aid/technical cooperation terms.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged in file reference order.
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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)
- PPG
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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)
- Overseas Development Administration, 1979-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2015 Department for International Development
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1985 to 1986
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected.
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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 Overseas Manpower Services Department was responsible for policy on recruitment, staffing levels and terms of service of all staff overseas on bilateral aid/technical cooperation terms.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14584764/
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