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Series
Ministry of Information and Foreign Office: Foreign Publicity Files
Catalogue reference: FO 930
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FO 930
This series contains files of Ministry of Information (otherwise in INF, general records division) relating to overseas publicity during the Second World War. Also contains, from April 1946, files of the Information Policy Department of the...
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FO 930
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Information and Foreign Office: Foreign Publicity Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1938-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of Ministry of Information (otherwise in INF, general records division) relating to overseas publicity during the Second World War. Also contains, from April 1946, files of the Information Policy Department of the Foreign Office dealing with postwar publicity overseas. Subjects covered include organisation, policy, co-operation and staffing matters.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Information Policy Department, 1946-1965
- Ministry of Information, 1939-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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529 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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 Ministry of Information was abolished on 31 March 1946 and responsibility for overseas publicity was divided between the Foreign, Colonial and Dominions Offices.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8229/
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