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Series
Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Claims Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: FCO 64
What's it about?
FCO 64
This series consists of registered files produced by the Claims Department of the Foreign Office (January 1967 to October 1968, the KL series) and its successor in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (from October 1968, the GC series). The files...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 64
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Claims Department: Registered Files (KL and GC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1918; 1939-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files produced by the Claims Department of the Foreign Office (January 1967 to October 1968, the KL series) and its successor in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (from October 1968, the GC series). The files concern claims made by the British Government or citizens against Foreign States.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Piece numbers 1040-1046 have been transferred in advance in response to a request. Pieces 478-1039 will be transferred at a later date.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Records are arranged by former file reference. The file series code used by the Department until December 1966 (H Series) was discontinued when a common Foreign Office/Commonwealth Office registry system was introduced at the start of 1967, and the replacement KL series code was changed again on the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier records of the Foreign Office Claims Department, see H series in FO 950
For records of the Foreign Compensation Commission see FO 1004
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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)
- GC and KL 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)
- Foreign Office, Claims Department, 1960-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 484 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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- Topics
- International
- Nationality
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1967 to 1970
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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 Claims Department in both the Foreign Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office dealt with all matters relating to claims against foreign states for loss or damage suffered by the United Kingdom government or British citizens, and with similar claims against the United Kingdom government by foreign governments or nationals. It also exercised policy control of the Foreign Compensation Commission, which administered certain claim funds and allocated awards to claimants from them.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14982/
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