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Purchase of emergency stocks of wheat, sugar, whale oil and oilseeds: letters from...
Catalogue reference: MAF 72/680
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This record is about the Purchase of emergency stocks of wheat, sugar, whale oil and oilseeds: letters from... dating from 1938 Feb.-May in the series Board of Trade and successors: Food (Defence Plans) Department: Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MAF 72/680
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938 Feb.-May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Purchase of emergency stocks of wheat, sugar, whale oil and oilseeds: letters from Sir Thomas Inskip and minutes for submission to the Cabinet
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Used in connection with the preparation of the official History of the Ministry of Food during the Second World War.
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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)
- FD 202/1938
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- Open Document, Open Description
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MAF 72
Board of Trade and successors: Food (Defence Plans) Department: Registered Files
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