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Series
Crown Agents for the Colonies and predecessor: Relations with Principals Files
Catalogue reference: CAOG 14
What's it about?
CAOG 14
Files of the External Relations Divisions of the Crown Agents relating to negotiations resulting from local and international competition with the Agents for the supply of goods and services, the role of the Agents in the period before and after...
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CAOG 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Crown Agents for the Colonies and predecessor: Relations with Principals Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1880-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the External Relations Divisions of the Crown Agents relating to negotiations resulting from local and international competition with the Agents for the supply of goods and services, the role of the Agents in the period before and after the granting of independence to colonial territories, and advice on the operation and finance of particular projects such as railways. There are also papers on negotiations for and the running of mineral and other concessions.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
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- Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, External Relations Division, 1954-1997
- Crown Agents for the Colonies, External Relations Division, 1900-1954
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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182 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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
- Railways
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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 function of the External Relations Division since 1900 has been the cultivation of good relations with Principals, the reception of overseas visitors, the arrangement of overseas visits, the appointment of overseas representatives, the dissemination of information about the Crown Agents' organisation and its services, the issue of press releases in the UK and the publication of the Crown Agents Bulletin and the Crown Agents Review.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3993/
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