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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Marine and Transport Department: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: FCO 76
What's it about?
FCO 76
The records in this series cover the business of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Marine and Transport Department relating to the proposed Channel Tunnel, shipping, the law of the sea and marine pollution, territorial waters and the...
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 76
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Marine and Transport Department: Registered Files (MR Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series cover the business of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Marine and Transport Department relating to the proposed Channel Tunnel, shipping, the law of the sea and marine pollution, territorial waters and the continental shelf, fisheries, the sea bed, inland transport, international rivers and the International Maritime Organisation. From 1973 the records also cover subjects relating to international air transport, including hijacking
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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)
- MR 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)
- Miscellaneous
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Aviation, Marine and Telecommunications Department, 1968-1971
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Marine and Transport Department, 1970-1977
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Maritime, Aviation and Environmental Department, 1978-1990
- Foreign Office, General Department, 1940-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4057 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 2021 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
- Shipping
- International
- Railways
- Fishing
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1970 to 1977
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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)
- Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under sections 2.2.1.3 and 2.2.2.2 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the history of the conduct of the UK's external relations relating to transport and shipping, including marine pollution.
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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 Marine and Transport Department was formed in 1970 when the functions previously exercised by the Aviation, Marine and Telecommunications Department were split, and separate Aviation and Communications and Marine and Transport Departments were formed. From 1973, the aviation work was returned to the Marine and Transport Department, which dealt with international air transport matters including hijacking from that year.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15615/
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