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East European Department
Catalogue reference: Division within FCO
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Division within FCO
The East European Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was established in 1984 when the Eastern European and Soviet Department split into two separate departments The East European Department changed its name to the Central European...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within FCO
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Title (The name of the record)
- East European Department
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1984-
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Description (What the record is about)
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The East European Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was established in 1984 when the Eastern European and Soviet Department split into two separate departments
The East European Department changed its name to the Central European Department in 1993 after the lifting of the Iron Curtain. In 2000 the department changed its name to the Central and North West European Department.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open unless otherwise stated
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- Topics
- International
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16826214/
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