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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FCO 106
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Title
(The name of the record)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Central African Department: Registered Files (JC file series)
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1979 - 1987
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Description
(What the record is about)
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This series contains the records of Central African Department, dealing with UK relations with Angola, Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zaire and Zambia, and later Sao Tome and Principe and Zimbabwe.
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Arrangement
(Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
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 records see
FCO 45
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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JC file 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)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Central African Department, 1979-1990
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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2678 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 2010 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
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International
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Africa
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Accruals
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Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information
(Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Policy documents selected under the agreed Operation Selection Policies (OSP 13 and OSP 23)
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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 Central African Department was formed in 1979, one of the successors to the Central and Southern Africa Department (1973-1979). At its creation, the department had responsibilities for the following: Angola, Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zaire and Zambia. In 1980 it also acquired responsibilities Sao Tome and Principe and Zimbabwe.
The Central African Department ran until 1990 when it was succeeded by the Central and Southern Africa Department.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16647/