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The 1951 Refugee Convention
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Series
Colonial Office: Committee on Palestine Public Service (Supplementary Grants) Trust:...
Catalogue reference: CO 1064
What's it about?
CO 1064
This series contains the original minute book of the committee, which covers the period from its creation in 1949 to 1960. The fate of later records of the committee's work is not known.
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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CO 1064
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Committee on Palestine Public Service (Supplementary Grants) Trust: Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
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1949-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the original minute book of the committee, which covers the period from its creation in 1949 to 1960. The fate of later records of the committee's work is not known.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Some records on the administration of the Palestine Public Service Grants Trust can be found in OD 16
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Colonial Office, Palestine Public Service (Supplementary Grants) Trust Committee, 1949-1960
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 volume(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
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2001 Department for International Development
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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
- Middle East
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The committee's records passed from the Colonial Office to the Department for Technical Co-operation when it assumed responsibility for payment of pensions of overseas civil servants, and remained in the custody of its successor departments until transfer to the PRO.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series ran from 1949 to 1960
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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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Following the ending of the UK-run mandate in Palestine in 1948, a UK trust fund was established to provide for the dependents of those killed or wounded by terrorist action in Palestine. It was administered by this committee, which was run by the Colonial Office.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15674/
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