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Series
Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: West Indies Department and...
Catalogue reference: DO 200
What's it about?
DO 200
This series contains records of the West Indies Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Atlantic Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Commonwealth Office relating to relations with Commonwealth States and...
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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DO 200
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: West Indies Department and Atlantic Department: Registered Files, Commonwealth West Indies (WID Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1959-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the West Indies Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Atlantic Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Commonwealth Office relating to relations with Commonwealth States and interests in the West Indies.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later Commonwealth Office Atlantic Department records on the West Indies see FCO 23
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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)
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WID file series
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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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- Commonwealth Office, Atlantic Department, 1967-1968
- Commonwealth Relations Office, Atlantic Department, 1964-1966
- Commonwealth Relations Office, West Indies Department, 1962-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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335 file(s)
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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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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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- Topics
- International
- Caribbean
- Americas
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In August 1962, the West Indies Department was formed as part of the new West Indies and General Division. It dealt with the newly independent states of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and general Commonwealth interests in the region.
As more Caribbean colonies and British Guiana progressed towards independence, relations with them were also handled by the West Indies Department. In 1964 the department was abolished and its responsibilities passed to the Atlantic Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6209/
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