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Civil Aviation Authority and predecessors: Telecommunications Directorate and predecessors:...

Catalogue reference: DR 39

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DR 39

This series contains registered files of the Telecommunications Directorate of the Ministry of Aviation and its successors relating to the regulation and licensing of private aeronautical (ground) radio stations and facilities.It also contains...

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Reference

DR 39

Title
Civil Aviation Authority and predecessors: Telecommunications Directorate and predecessors: Registered Files (TELS and FD Series)
Date

1920-1972

Description

This series contains registered files of the Telecommunications Directorate of the Ministry of Aviation and its successors relating to the regulation and licensing of private aeronautical (ground) radio stations and facilities.

It also contains files re-registered from the CN file series: AVIA 109

Arrangement
Arrangement

Arranged in previous reference order by transfer

Related material

For records of the Telecommunications Directorate Air Traffic Control Services see BT 370

Further TELS series files are in pieces 210-491 in BT 252

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

TELS and FD file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Trade, Telecommunications Directorate, 1966-1970
  • Department of Trade and Industry, Telecommunications Directorate, 1970-1972
  • Ministry of Aviation, Telecommunications Directorate, 1959-1966
Physical description

17 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1997 Civil Aviation Authority

Subjects
Topics
Radio and television
Air transport
Communications
Custodial history

Transferred to the Civil Aviation Authority in 1972

Accumulation dates

1950-1972

Accruals

Series is accruing

Selection and destruction information

Policy and precedent files.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6276/

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

8,163 records

Within the department: DR

Records created or inherited by the Civil Aviation Authority

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Civil Aviation Authority and predecessors: Telecommunications Directorate and predecessors: Registered Files (TELS and FD Series)

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