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Series
Foreign Office: Atomic Energy and Disarmament Department: Registered Files (AD Series)
Catalogue reference: FCO 10
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FCO 10
This series contains records of the Foreign Office Atomic Energy and Disarmament Department, dealing with arms control generally (conventional, nuclear, biological and chemical weaponry), UK policy and bi- and multi-lateral approaches to...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Atomic Energy and Disarmament Department: Registered Files (AD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1967-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Foreign Office Atomic Energy and Disarmament Department, dealing with arms control generally (conventional, nuclear, biological and chemical weaponry), UK policy and bi- and multi-lateral approaches to disarmament questions, non-proliferation issues, treaties and safeguards, nuclear test-ban and nuclear free zone issues, as well as general European security issues including troop reductions.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By original file reference
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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)
- AD 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)
- Foreign Office, Atomic Energy and Disarmament Department, 1962-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 245 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1998 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing annually.
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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 Atomic Energy and Disarmament Department of the Foreign Office dealt with international issues concerning the military aspects of atomic energy, and the control and regulation of armaments. The department was abolished upon the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968. Responsibility for disarmament questions passed to a new Disarmament Department. An Arms Control and Disarmament Research Unit handled research into problems of arms control and disarmament, while questions relating to military uses of atomic energy passed to the Defence Policy Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7249/
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