Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Disarmament Department and Arms Control and Disarmament...
Catalogue reference: FCO 66
What's it about?
FCO 66
This series contains records of the Disarmament Department and its successor dealing with all questions of international significance concerning the control and elimination of nuclear and conventional weapons.
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 66
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Disarmament Department and Arms Control and Disarmament Department: Registered Files (DS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1968-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Disarmament Department and its successor dealing with all questions of international significance concerning the control and elimination of nuclear and conventional weapons.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Defence Department and successors see also FCO 46
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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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DS 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)
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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1968
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Arms Control and Disarmament Department, 1972-1994
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2037 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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
- Weapons
- Disarmament
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing annually
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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 Disarmament Department was established in October 1968 on the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to take over all policy work on nuclear and conventional arms control and disarmament, previously handled by the Atomic Energy and Disarmament Department of the Foreign Office. In 1972 the Department was renamed the Arms Control and Disarmament Department, and it oversaw an Arms Control and Disarmament Research Unit established to undertake research into the long-term implications of disarmament.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15085/
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