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Series
Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Scientific Relations Department...
Catalogue reference: FCO 55
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FCO 55
This series consists of registered files of the Scientific Relations Department of the Foreign Office, and later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (from December 1968 the Science and Technology Department) relating to general matters of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 55
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Scientific Relations Department and Science and Technology Department: Registered Files (SR and SM Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1966-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files of the Scientific Relations Department of the Foreign Office, and later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (from December 1968 the Science and Technology Department) relating to general matters of international science.
Subjects covered include general scientific relations between the UK, international organisations and other states; the use of the sea bed; research and activity in outer space including satellite communications; civil uses of atomic energy; the civil aviation industry; and international environmental questions.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By former file reference within annual file cycles.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further files relating to atomic energy see FCO 22
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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)
- SM and SR file series
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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)
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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Science and Technology Department, 1968-1977
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Scientific Relations Department, 1968-1968
- Foreign Office, Scientific Relations Department, 1965-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1473 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 1999 Foreign and Commonwealth 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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 Scientific Relations Department dealt with general matters of international science in which the Foreign Office and later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) were interested, including the use of outer space for research purposes, the peaceful uses of atomic energy, and desalination of sea water. The department continued for a short period after the formation of the FCO in 1968, but was replaced in December 1968 by the Science and Technology Department, which was also interested in developments in civil aviation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14936/
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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Scientific Relations Department and Science and Technology Department: Registered Files (SR and SM Series)
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