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Colonial Office: Information Department: Registered Files (INF Series)

Catalogue reference: CO 1027

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CO 1027

This series contains files dealing with all aspects of the operation of the Colonial Office's Information Department, including information used to counter the threat of Communism in the colonies, film censorship, the establishment and...

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Reference
CO 1027
Title
Colonial Office: Information Department: Registered Files (INF Series)
Date
1952-1967
Description

This series contains files dealing with all aspects of the operation of the Colonial Office's Information Department, including information used to counter the threat of Communism in the colonies, film censorship, the establishment and administration of colonial information services, colonial broadcasting, the Imperial (later Commonwealth) Institute and the British Council and relations with the press and other media.

Related material

For later files on related subjects see: FCO 13 OD 15 FCO 26

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
INF file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
768 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Subjects
Topics
International
Communism
Accruals
Series is accruing
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5216/

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