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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Security Policy Department: Registered Files (DZ...
Catalogue reference: FCO 179
What's it about?
FCO 179
This series contains annual policy files covering the UK's international security objectives
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 179
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Security Policy Department: Registered Files (DZ Prefix Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1991-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains annual policy files covering the UK's international security objectives
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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These records complement earlier material held in FCO 46, which will no longer accrue. FCO 46
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1968
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Security Policy Department, 1988-2022
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2160 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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)
- These records have always been in the custody of FCO.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- This series is accruing annually
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- These records will be 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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In 1988 the Security Policy Department (SECPOL) was established to lead on international security objectives and to act as the interface between Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16925299/
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