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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Drugs and International Crime Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: FCO 198
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FCO 198
This series contains records regarding the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)'s policy on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), international drugs and international crime.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FCO 198
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Drugs and International Crime Department: Registered files (DD prefix)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1994-2009
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records regarding the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)'s policy on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), international drugs and international crime.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged by prefix, all are prefixed DD, then the third letter of the prefix indicates the subject matter of the file: DDA = AIDS, DDD = Drugs, DDE = Crime, DDM = Management.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For FCO's policy on drugs and AIDS between 1987-1993 see FCO 183
For FCO's policy on international crime between 1984-1993 and 1995 see FCO 178
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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DD
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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, Drugs and International Crime Department, 1994-2010
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Records not yet transferred
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Drugs and International Crime Department was established in 1994, following the closure of the Narcotics Control and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Department. The Narcotics Control and AIDS Unit was established in 1987 in response to the global AIDS crisis. The Unit changed its name in 1988 to the Narcotics Control and Acquired Immune Deficiency (AIDS) Department. Prior to the establishment of the Drugs and International Crime Department, FCO policy on international crime had been the responsibility of the Security Co-ordination Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17860925/
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