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Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Economic General Department:...
Catalogue reference: DO 215
What's it about?
DO 215
This series contains records produced by the Economic General Department concerning general business relating to economics and trade in the Commonwealth.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DO 215
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Economic General Department: Registered Files (EGD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1964-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records produced by the Economic General Department concerning general business relating to economics and trade in the Commonwealth.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later Commonwealth Trade Department records see FCO 22
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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)
- EGD 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)
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- Commonwealth Office, Economic General Department, 1966-1967
- Commonwealth Relations Office, Economic General Department, 1964-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 321 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1999 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
- Trade and commerce
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1965-1966
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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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 Economic General Department was set up in the Commonwealth Relations Office to handle general business relating to economics and trade in the Commonwealth, including relations with international economic organisations, the sterling area and balance of payments issues, and cross-border subjects such as shipping, company registrations, double taxation agreements, international copyright and strategic controls on trade with Communist countries.
These functions had previously been exercised by three different departments: Economic Policy; Commercial Policy; Finance and Development Policy Departments. The Economic General Department continued after the formation of the Commonwealth Office, and was renamed the Commonwealth Trade Department in January 1967.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6224/
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