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The 1951 Refugee Convention
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Information Research Department: investigation by Sir George Sinclair, consultant...
Catalogue reference: FCO 168/282
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This record is about the Information Research Department: investigation by Sir George Sinclair, consultant... dating from 1961 Jan 1 - 1962 Dec 31 in the series Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department;.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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FCO 168/282
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1961 Jan 1 - 1962 Dec 31
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Information Research Department: investigation by Sir George Sinclair, consultant to Shell, into communist efforts to disrupt operations of major oil companies; draft conclusions and recommendations
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- The National Archives, Kew
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RJ 5074
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Open Document, Open Description
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FCO 168
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