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Australian Royal Commission into United Kingdom Nuclear Weapons Testing in Australia:...
Catalogue reference: FCO 1
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FCO 1
This series comprises photocopies of documents made available by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the Australian Royal Commission into United Kingdom Nuclear Weapons Testing in Australia and relating to the health effects on personnel of...
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FCO 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Australian Royal Commission into United Kingdom Nuclear Weapons Testing in Australia: photocopies of documents made available to the Commission by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Date (When the record was created)
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1950-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises photocopies of documents made available by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the Australian Royal Commission into United Kingdom Nuclear Weapons Testing in Australia and relating to the health effects on personnel of involvement in various nuclear tests in the 1950s.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also ES 18
For copies of documents provided for the commission by the Ministry of Defence, the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and proceedings of the commission itself see DEFE 16
For records of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) see: ES
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Foreign Office, 1782-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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21 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 1985 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A list of abbreviations used in the list for this series is available at theNational Archives. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7240/
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