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Series
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Mexico and Caribbean Department: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: FCO 99
What's it about?
FCO 99
This series consists of registered files produced by the Mexico and Caribbean Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The files relate to relations with Mexico and the Caribbean Countries.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 99
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Mexico and Caribbean Department: Registered Files (AC file series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1977-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files produced by the Mexico and Caribbean Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The files relate to relations with Mexico and the Caribbean Countries.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement is by former file reference within annual file cycles.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier material on British relations with Caribbean countries see FCO 63
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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)
- AC file series
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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 and Spanish
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3416 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office , from 2008
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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)
- Series began in 1977
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Records selected by the FCO under TNA supervision under section 2.2.2.3 of the TNA acquisition policy, dealing with the history of the conduct of the UK's external relations
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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 Mexico and Caribbean Department was formed in 1977 in succession to the Caribbean Department (1970-1977). At its creation, the department had responsibilities for the following: Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatamala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Surinam. It later also acquired responsibilities for the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, St Lucia and St Vincent.
The Mexico and Caribbean Department ran until 1982 when it was succeeded by the Mexican and Central American Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16493/
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