Division
Records of the International Relations Department
Catalogue reference: Division within CO
What's it about?
Division within CO
Records of the International Relations Department and successor relating to International aspects of colonial policy.Correspondence of the department is in CO 936, with registers in CO 989
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within CO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the International Relations Department
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the International Relations Department and successor relating to International aspects of colonial policy.
Correspondence of the department is in CO 936, with registers in CO 989
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Colonial Office, International Relations and General Department, 1961-1966
- Colonial Office, International Relations Department, 1944-1961
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 series
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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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In 1944 a separate International Relations Department was set up to deal with the International aspects of colonial policy. Subsequently it was given responsibility for dealing with the United Nations Organisation and its specialist agencies on colonial matters. In 1962 it merged with the General Department to become the International Relations and General Department. The department became the International and General Department in the Commonwealth Office in 1966.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C448/
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Records of the International Relations Department