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Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Cultural Relations Departments:...
Catalogue reference: FCO 13
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FCO 13
This series consists of the records of the Commonwealth Office Cultural Relations Department (CU series files), the records of the Foreign Office and the joint Foreign Office\Commonwealth Office Cultural Relations Department (CR series files) and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 13
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Cultural Relations Departments: Registered Files (CR, CU and PC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1967-1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the records of the Commonwealth Office Cultural Relations Department (CU series files), the records of the Foreign Office and the joint Foreign Office\Commonwealth Office Cultural Relations Department (CR series files) and the records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Cultural Relations Department (PC series files), dealing with UK cultural and educational relations with overseas countries, including supervision of the activities of the British Council.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By former file reference within creating departments
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier Colonial Office files on cultural relations with the colonies see CO 1027
For earlier Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office Cultural Relations Department files see DO 163
For earlier Foreign Office Cultural Relations Department files see FO 924
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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)
- CR, CU and PC 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)
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- Commonwealth Office, Cultural Relations Department, 1966-1968
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Cultural Relations Department, 1968-1968
- Foreign Office, Cultural Relations Department, 1944-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1579 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 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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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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As part of the programme to merge the operations of the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office, the Cultural Relations departments of the two organisations were merged in April 1968, prior to the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October that year. The various cultural relations departments handled all aspects of UK cultural and educational relations with other states, including the activities of the British Council, the teaching of English, tours and visits and cultural exchange agreements.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7252/
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