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The 1951 Refugee Convention
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Series
Commonwealth Relations Office: Administration Department, Inspectorate: Registered...
Catalogue reference: DO 218
What's it about?
DO 218
This series contains policy records produced by the Inspectorate of the Commonwealth Relations Office Administration Department dealing with the establishment of the Inspectorate to monitor work carried out in High Commissions and other overseas...
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 218
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office: Administration Department, Inspectorate: Registered Files, Inspection of Overseas Posts (INSP) Series
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Date (When the record was created)
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1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains policy records produced by the Inspectorate of the Commonwealth Relations Office Administration Department dealing with the establishment of the Inspectorate to monitor work carried out in High Commissions and other overseas posts in the Commonwealth.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former file reference
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For registered files of the Inspectorate see: FCO 84
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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No Commonwealth Relations Office Inspectors' reports have been preserved.
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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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INSP 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)
- Commonwealth Relations Office, Administration Department, 1960-1965
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1964
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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 Foreign Office had long contained in its Chief Clerk's Department a number of inspectors of overseas posts whose work involved visiting posts to monitor and report on their performance, and to recommend changes in practice, workloads and staffing levels etc. This system was introduced into the Commonwealth Relations Office in 1964 as part of wider measures to standardise practices between the two Offices prior to merger. In January 1965, the administrative departments of the Commonwealth Office and the Foreign Office were merged to form the Diplomatic Service Administration Office, and both departments' inspectors became part of a single merged Inspectorate.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6227/
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