Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: West and General Africa Department:...

DO 216

1963-1966

This series contains records of the West and General Africa Department dealing with issues relating to Commonwealth interests in the whole of Africa, particularly the conflict in the Congo and the relations of the Commonwealth with the apartheid regime in South Africa. The GA series was used for general Africa matters only, other file series were used for records of relations with the West African states.

For later records see:

For earlier records see: DO 181 FCO 65 FCO 38

GA file series

Public Record(s)

English

• Commonwealth Office, West and General Africa Department, 1966-1968
• Commonwealth Relations Office, West and General Africa Department, 1964-1966

63 file(s)

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Topics

International

Africa

Series ran from 1964 to 1966

No further accruals are expected.

The West and General Africa Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office was established in 1964 to handle Commonwealth relations with Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, and matters of general Commonwealth interest relating to Africa as a whole. General Africa questions had previously been dealt with by the UN and General Africa Department.

The department continued with unchanged responsibilities under the Commonwealth Office from August 1966, but its functions were dispersed to various departments in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from October 1968.