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Ministry of Economic Warfare and successors: Records

Catalogue reference: FO 837

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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.

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Reference

FO 837

Title
Ministry of Economic Warfare and successors: Records
Date

1931-1951

Description

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.

Related material

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

Separated material

Files passed to the Control Office for Germany and Austria are in

FO 935

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

1338 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
International
Trade and commerce
Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8136/

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Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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