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Commonwealth Relations Office: Planning and Research Unit: Registered Files (PLA...
Catalogue reference: DO 193
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DO 193
This series contains registered files of the Commonwealth Relations Office's Planning and Research Unit, covering such subjects as background material for speeches given by ministers, conference organisation and papers, and planning papers on the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DO 193
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office: Planning and Research Unit: Registered Files (PLA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1957-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Commonwealth Relations Office's Planning and Research Unit, covering such subjects as background material for speeches given by ministers, conference organisation and papers, and planning papers on the future of British overseas policy and of the Commonwealth.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later records see FCO 49
For earlier planning papers dating from the time that the Unit formed part of the Constitutional Department see DO 35
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PLA file series
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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)
- Commonwealth Relations Office, Planning and Research Unit, 1962-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 91 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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
- Research
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1958-1966
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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 Planning and Research Unit was set up in 1959 as a part of the Constitutional Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office, where its task was to provide planning and general research services for the rest of the Office. In 1962, the Unit was made independent of the Constitutional Department, by which time it had taken on the additional function of providing background information for, and assisting in the drafting of, speeches and addresses made by the Office's ministers and senior officials where they would be touching on Commonwealth relations policy. In 1964, the Unit became part of a new Commonwealth Policy and Planning Department in the Defence and Commonwealth Policy Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6202/
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