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John McCarthy, UK national, held hostage in Lebanon
Catalogue reference: FCO 178/932
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This record is about the John McCarthy, UK national, held hostage in Lebanon dating from 1988 Jan 1 - 1988 Dec 31 in the series Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Security Co-ordination Department (SCD): Registered.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 178/932
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1988 Jan 1 - 1988 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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John McCarthy, UK national, held hostage in Lebanon
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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)
- DC 051/23 PART B
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Middle East
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17969619/
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FCO 178
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