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Series
Ministry of Economic Warfare and successors: Records
Catalogue reference: FO 837
What's it about?
FO 837
This series contains files of the Ministry of Economic Warfare, and its successor departments in the Foreign Office, mostly for the period 1939 to 1945.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 837
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Economic Warfare and successors: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1931-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Ministry of Economic Warfare, and its successor departments in the Foreign Office, mostly for the period 1939 to 1945.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also:
Unregistered files of Dr W O Hassall, librarian for the Ministry of Economic Warfare and the Control Office for Germany and Austria between 1941 and 1946, are in PRO 30/95 HW 29 HW 30 HW 31 HW 32
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Files passed to the Control Office for Germany and Austria are in
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1338 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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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
- Trade and commerce
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8136/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
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Ministry of Economic Warfare and successors: Records
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