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Central African Office and Commonwealth Relations Office: Central Africa: Registered...

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DO 183

This series contains records of the Central African Office and later transferred to the Commonwealth Relations Office, and also some files produced in the Commonwealth Relations Office's Central Africa Division. The records relate to British...

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DO 183
Title
Central African Office and Commonwealth Relations Office: Central Africa: Registered Files (CAO and 2-CA Series)
Date
1960-1966
Description

This series contains records of the Central African Office and later transferred to the Commonwealth Relations Office, and also some files produced in the Commonwealth Relations Office's Central Africa Division. The records relate to British relations with the Federation of Central Africa.

Related material

For earlier files dealing with Britain's relations with colonial central Africa see: CO 952 CO 1015

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
CAO and 2-CA file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Central African Office, 1962-1964
  • Commonwealth Relations Office, Central Africa Division, 1964-1966
Physical description
935 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Subjects
Topics
International
Africa
Administrative / biographical background

Between March 1962 and April 1964, control of Britain's relations with the Federation of Central Africa (Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland) was exercised by the Central African Office (CAO). With the ending of the Federation, these functions were passed to the Central Africa Division of the Commonwealth Relations Office.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6192/

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