Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history.
Series
Department of Industry: Posts and Telecommunications Division: Registered Files (POR...
Catalogue reference: PV 2
What's it about?
PV 2
The files in this series relate to the work of the Post Office Review Committee (The Carter Committee) including its establishment, deliberations and the Department's consideration of its recommendations.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PV 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Industry: Posts and Telecommunications Division: Registered Files (POR Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1975-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series relate to the work of the Post Office Review Committee (The Carter Committee) including its establishment, deliberations and the Department's consideration of its recommendations.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The files are arranged in numerical order by former reference.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files relating to external communications FV 4
Development of Post Office services FV 66
Reviews of telecommunications strategy FV 87
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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)
- POR
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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)
- Department of Industry, Posts and Telecommunications Division, 1974-1983
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 91 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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 2003 Department of Trade and Industry
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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
- Communications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under collection theme 2.2.1.2 Management of the economy.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15938/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: PV
Records created or inherited by the Department of Industry, 1974-1983, and successors
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Department of Industry: Posts and Telecommunications Division: Registered Files (POR Series)
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