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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department:...
Catalogue reference: FCO 162
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FCO 162
This series includes files of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Information Research Department regarding political and economic intelligence. This includes files concerning political figures and leaders between 1944-1950, Gestapo...
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 162
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: Registered Files (DA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1878-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series includes files of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Information Research Department regarding political and economic intelligence. This includes files concerning political figures and leaders between 1944-1950, Gestapo collaborators, resistance sabotage operations and copies of town street plans within Belgium, France, Greece and Italy. Other subjects covered include economic resources, propaganda, communist factions, espionage, reconnaissance, resistance groups, sabotage, troop numbers (German and Italian) and BBC radio broadcast audiences and reactions
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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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DA 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, French and Greek
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Information Research Department, 1948-1968
- Foreign Office, Research Department, 1943-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1164 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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In 2020 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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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These files were originally Foreign Office papers but were subsequently maintained by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (and latterly the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) in its non-departmental file series. Where they could not be added to an accruing CO, DO or FO series, files of this type have been treated as FCO records on transfer to The National Archives.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are expected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16318213/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: FCO
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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: Registered Files (DA Series)
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