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The 1951 Refugee Convention
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Series
Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Office...
Catalogue reference: FCO 80
What's it about?
FCO 80
This series contains Office Services and Supply Department files on Diplomatic Service general office services matters, including distributed office notices and circulars.
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 80
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Title (The name of the record)
- Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Office Services and Supply Department: Registered Files (DSG and XG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1968 - 1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Office Services and Supply Department files on Diplomatic Service general office services matters, including distributed office notices and circulars.
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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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DSG and XG 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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- Diplomatic Service Administration Office, Office Services and Supply Department, 1967-1968
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Office Services and Supply Department, 1968-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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12 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 unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 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
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series ran from 1967 to 1971
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Annual accruals
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under section 2.2.1.3 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the support of UK diplomatic activity and procedures.
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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 Office Services and Supply Department handled home accommodation, translation services, records management and registration transport, office services, and the editing and distribution of office instructions and circulars for the Diplomatic Service.
On the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968, the Diplomatic Service Administration Office was abolished, and the functions of the Office Services and Supply Department passed directly to the new office. The work of the department passed to an Accommodation and Services Department in 1971.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15622/
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Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Office Services and Supply Department: Registered Files (DSG and XG Series)
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