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Series
Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: International and General Department and...
Catalogue reference: CO 936
What's it about?
CO 936
This series contains files of the International Relations, the International Relations and General and the International and General Departments, which dealt with international aspects of colonial policy and handled relations with the United...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 936
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: International and General Department and predecessors: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the International Relations, the International Relations and General and the International and General Departments, which dealt with international aspects of colonial policy and handled relations with the United Nations and other international organizations. Subjects covered include trustee territories, human rights, territorial waters, the International Children's Fund, economic development in Africa, and UN intervention in the affairs of UK colonies.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later records see FCO 60
Later records can also be found in OD 9
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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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- Colonial Office, International and General Department, 1966-1966
- Colonial Office, International Relations and General Department, 1961-1966
- Colonial Office, International Relations Department, 1944-1961
- Commonwealth Office, International and General Department, 1966-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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979 boxes and files
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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 unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1967 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5125/
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