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Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Communications...
Catalogue reference: FCO 19
What's it about?
FCO 19
This series contains records of the Communications Department of the Diplomatic Service Administration Office and its successor in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office dealing with security of communications (Queen's messengers, diplomatic bags,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Communications Department and successors: Registered Files (DSY, XY and Y 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 contains records of the Communications Department of the Diplomatic Service Administration Office and its successor in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office dealing with security of communications (Queen's messengers, diplomatic bags, the diplomatic wireless service, telecommunications and cyphers) between London and Britain's overseas diplomatic posts and representatives in the Dependent Territories.
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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 each accession
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier records see FO 850
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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)
- DSY, XY and Y 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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- Diplomatic Service Administration Office, Communications Department, 1965-1968
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Communications Department, 1968-1973
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Communications Operations Department, 1973-1990
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Communications Planning Staff, 1973-1990
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 569 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 2000 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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The records of the Diplomatic Service Administration Office passed to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office when it was established in October 1968.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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 specialist function of maintaining and securing communications between London and overseas posts of the Commonwealth and Foreign Offices had been the function of the Communications Department of the Diplomatic Service Administration Office from its establishment in January 1965. This department was absorbed unchanged into the unified Foreign and Commonwealth Office on its creation in October 1968.
In 1973 the Communications Department was split into various functional units: the Communications Administration Department; the Communications Engineering Department; the Communications Operations Department; the Communications Planning Staff and the Communications Technical Services Department. Each of these units continued using a common file registry series, though the registry code was changed from 'XY' to 'Y', and selected files continue in this series.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7258/
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