Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history.
Series
War Cabinet and Committee of Imperial Defence: Imperial Communications Committee,...
Catalogue reference: CAB 35
What's it about?
CAB 35
This series consists of the minutes, and memoranda of the Imperial Communications Committee (ICC) of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID), and of the minutes, reports and papers of the committees and sub-committees appointed by the ICC.The ICC...
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CAB 35
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Cabinet and Committee of Imperial Defence: Imperial Communications Committee, Minutes and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the minutes, and memoranda of the Imperial Communications Committee (ICC) of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID), and of the minutes, reports and papers of the committees and sub-committees appointed by the ICC.
The ICC was concerned with the establishment of wireless stations in Great Britain and in the colonies; with wireless transmission, international regulation, code and cyphers, and all issues concerned with cabling.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological within subject
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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)
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ICC file series
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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)
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Imperial Communications Committee, 1919-1935
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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45 volume(s)
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1919-1939
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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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 Imperial Communications Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence was established in 1919 upon a decision of the War Cabinet. Its members included representatives from the Air Ministry, War Office, Admiralty, Signals, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, India Office, Board of Trade and General Post Office.
These papers were circulated to members of the Cabinet, the CID, to members of the relevant committees or sub-committees, to representatives of the War Office and to other officials who needed to be kept informed.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3842/
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