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Internal political situation in Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Catalogue reference: FCO 65/5515
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This record is about the Internal political situation in Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) dating from 1991 Jan 1 - 1991 Dec 31 in the series Foreign and Commonwealth Office: West African Department: Registered Files (JW Series). It is held at Creating government department or its successor.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FCO 65/5515
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Date (When the record was created)
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1991 Jan 1 - 1991 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Internal political situation in Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Creating government department or its successor
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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JWO 014/1 PART D
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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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Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
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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
- Democracy
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17984842/
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Series information
FCO 65
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: West African Department: Registered Files (JW Series)
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