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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and successors: Directors Private Office papers...
Catalogue reference: ES 13
What's it about?
ES 13
Registered files created by the Director's Private Office and successors. It contains reports, discussion documents, correspondence and policy papers.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ES 13
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and successors: Directors Private Office papers and successors: Registered Files (D, PDD and CE Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1955-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files created by the Director's Private Office and successors. It contains reports, discussion documents, correspondence and policy papers.
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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)
- D, PDD and CE 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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- Ministry of Defence, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Chief Executives Office, 1992-1992
- Ministry of Defence, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Directors Office, 1987-1992
- Ministry of Defence, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Directors Office, 1973-1987
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Directors Office, 1954-1973
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 251 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 2000 Atomic Weapons Establishment
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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)
- 1954-
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Policy papers are always selected for permanent preservation.
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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 Director's Private Office was established within the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) in 1954 to administer and co-ordinate the work carried within Aldermaston and the AWRE outstations at Foulness, Orfordness and Woolwich. Between 1980-82, in addition to the Director, the Office was manned by a Principal Deputy Director who was responsible for liaison with Ministry of Defence Procurement Executive. In 1992, the post of Director was replaced by the position of Chief Executive.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15541/
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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and successors: Directors Private Office papers and successors: Registered Files (D, PDD and CE Series)
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