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Procedure for claims under the Foreign Compensation Bill: Foreign Compensation Bill...
Catalogue reference: HO 294/119
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This record is about the Procedure for claims under the Foreign Compensation Bill: Foreign Compensation Bill... dating from 1949-1952 in the series Czechoslovak Refugee Trust: Records. 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)
- HO 294/119
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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Procedure for claims under the Foreign Compensation Bill: Foreign Compensation Bill 1950 memorandum and drafts of two orders in Council to be made under clauses 2 and 7 of the Bill (Cmd. 7942, 1950); Agreement regarding Compensation for British Property,Rights and Interests affected by Czechoslovak measures of Nationalisation, Expropriation and Dispossession (Cmd. 7797, 1949)
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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)
- 2839
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Refugees
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2158770/
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Series information
HO 294
Czechoslovak Refugee Trust: Records
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