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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department:...
Catalogue reference: FCO 174
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FCO 174
This series contains registered files of the Information Research Department (IRD) concerning the provision of anti-Communist information via British overseas missions and posts and other outlets. The series covers the IRD role in reporting from...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 174
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: Registered files (IRD Series): Information Officers Reports from Beirut
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1973-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Information Research Department (IRD) concerning the provision of anti-Communist information via British overseas missions and posts and other outlets.
The series covers the IRD role in reporting from the post in Beirut. Subjects covered in this series include British Embassy correspondence, the Arab News Agency, policy and progress reports, hostile propaganda (local and regional), counter propaganda (local and regional), staff administration and finance, current affairs, special information and journalists.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also:
Registered Files (IR and PR series) and Publications FCO 95
Information Research Department: General Correspondence (PR and IR Series) FO 1110
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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)
- IRD 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
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Information Research Department, 1968-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 35 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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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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- Topics
- International
- Research
- Communism
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- After initial transfer, no further accruals are expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- In line with OSP 13 ('Britain's Diplomatic Relations 1973-1996)
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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 Information Research Department was formed in 1948 to collect information concerning Communist policy, tactics and propaganda and to provide material for anti-Communist publicity. In 1968, the department became the responsibility of the FCO
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16541192/
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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: Registered files (IRD Series): Information Officers Reports from Beirut
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