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Olga Gray and the Woolwich Arsenal Spy Ring
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Division
Eastern Department
Catalogue reference: Division within FCO
What's it about?
Division within FCO
The Eastern Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was formerly known as the Soviet Department but changed its name in 1992 on the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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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Division within FCO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Eastern Department
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Date (When the record was created)
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1992-2006
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Eastern Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was formerly known as the Soviet Department but changed its name in 1992 on the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1968
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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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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
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16828589/
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