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Series
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Security Co-ordination Department (SCD): Registered...
Catalogue reference: FCO 178
What's it about?
FCO 178
This series contains annual policy files covering counter terrorism, drugs and international crime for the period 1984-1990.
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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FCO 178
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Security Co-ordination Department (SCD): Registered Files (DC Prefix Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1984-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains annual policy files covering counter terrorism, drugs and international crime for the period 1984-1990.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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These records complement material held by geographical departments on specific events and issues which the department covers. Some records of the Defence Department (FCO 46) will complement this series. However, the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 marked the beginning of a period of transnational terrorism for which SCD and its successor departments are the FCO lead.
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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)
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DC prefix
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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, Security Co-ordination Department, 1984-1994
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2614 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 2021 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
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The records have always been the custody of FCO
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1984 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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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This material is subject to selection 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 Security Co-ordination Department (SCD) had responsibility for international crime and transnational counter terrorism between 1984 and 1994. In 1995 Drugs, International Crime and Terrorism Department (DICTD) was established covering both subjects. In 1996 the Drugs and International Crime responsibilities split off from the department on the formation of the Counter Terrorism Policy Department and the Drugs and International Crime Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16925298/
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Security Co-ordination Department (SCD): Registered Files (DC Prefix Series)
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