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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Permanent Under Secretary's Department (PUSD): Registered...
Catalogue reference: FCO 188
What's it about?
FCO 188
This series contains registered and unregistered papers originating in the Permanent Under-Secretary's Department, (PUSD) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office relating to liaison with the intelligence services. These records are principally...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FCO 188
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Permanent Under Secretary's Department (PUSD): Registered and Un-registered Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1993-2007
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered and unregistered papers originating in the Permanent Under-Secretary's Department, (PUSD) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office relating to liaison with the intelligence services. These records are principally concerned with intelligence related matters and with foreign and defence policy issues, where information was collected and received by covert means. Following a review of the department, PUSD was renamed Whitehall Liaison Department in 1999
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The files conformed to general FCO Registry principles, although there were marked differences, e.g. file reference numbering systems employed and to the normal practice of annual new file opening
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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)
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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Permanent Under Secretary's Department, 1968-1968
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall Liaison Department, 1999-1999
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4 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, Commonwealth and Development 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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Foreign Office, Office of the Permanent Under Secretary of State, 1823-1949, Foreign Office, Permanent Under Secretary's Department, 1949-1968, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Permanent Under Secretary's Office, 1968-1998, Whitehall Liaison Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1999-2020
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Foreign Office, Office of the Permanent Under Secretary of State, 1823-1949, Foreign Office, Permanent Under Secretary's Department, 1949-1968, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Permanent Under Secretary's Office, 1968-1998, Whitehall Liaison Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1999-2020
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17356082/
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Permanent Under Secretary's Department (PUSD): Registered and Un-registered Papers
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