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Series
Commonwealth Office: Western Economic Department: Registered Files (UW and WE Series)
Catalogue reference: FCO 62
What's it about?
FCO 62
This series consists of registered files produced by the Western Economic Department of the Commonwealth Office between January 1967 and October 1968. The subject matter is Commonwealth/UK economic relations with Australia, New Zealand, Canada,...
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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FCO 62
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Office: Western Economic Department: Registered Files (UW and WE Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1966-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files produced by the Western Economic Department of the Commonwealth Office between January 1967 and October 1968. The subject matter is Commonwealth/UK economic relations with Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and Cyprus.
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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
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Department's predecessors see DO 189
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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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UW and WE 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)
- Commonwealth Office Western Economic Department, 1966-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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94 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
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 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)
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No further accruals 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 Western Economic Department of the Commonwealth Office handled the United Kingdom's economic relations with Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and Cyprus, particularly in respect of trade in wool, meat, grain and dairy produce. The Department had responsibility for managing trade relations with these states in respect of Britain's relations with the European Economic Community, the European Free Trade Association and the North Atlantic Free Trade Area.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14958/
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Within the department: FCO
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Commonwealth Office: Western Economic Department: Registered Files (UW and WE Series)
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