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Ministry of Overseas Development: Eastern and Southern Africa Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: OD 67
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OD 67
This series consists of registered files (ESA series) of the Eastern and Southern Africa Department of the Ministry of Overseas Development dealing with the provision of UK development aid to central and southern Africa, the Malagasy Republic,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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OD 67
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development: Eastern and Southern Africa Department: Registered Files (ESA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1974-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files (ESA series) of the Eastern and Southern Africa Department of the Ministry of Overseas Development dealing with the provision of UK development aid to central and southern Africa, the Malagasy Republic, Mauritius and the Seychelles, and relations on aid matters with the East African Community.
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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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ESA 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)
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Eastern and Southern Africa Department, 1975-1979
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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81 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 2005 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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series ran from 1975 to 1979
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Accruals at 3-yearly intervals can be expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Records selected under Acquisition Policy criteria 2.2.1.3, 2.2.1.5 and 2.2.2.2, showing the provision of UK development aid to states in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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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 Eastern and Southern Africa Department of the Ministry of Overseas Development was created in 1975 as part of general reorganisation of the departments dealing with aid provision in Africa. Its responsibilities were split in 1979 in a further general reorganisation between the Eastern and General Africa Department and the Central and Southern Africa Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15752/
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