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Ministry of Economic Warfare, and Foreign Office, Economic Warfare Department: Files...

Catalogue reference: FO 935

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FO 935

This series contains files mainly of the Ministry of Economic Warfare and the Economic Warfare Department of the Foreign Office relating to the work of the Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee and the British Intelligence Objectives...

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FO 935

Title
Ministry of Economic Warfare, and Foreign Office, Economic Warfare Department: Files concerning Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee
Date

1933-1946

Description

This series contains files mainly of the Ministry of Economic Warfare and the Economic Warfare Department of the Foreign Office relating to the work of the Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee and the British Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee in obtaining technical and political intelligence of urgent military importance, and compiling and disseminating reports thereon. The earlier Ministry of Economic Warfare papers include assessments of the effects of economic warfare; subsequently the emphasis is on intelligence and information pertinent to the exploitation of occupied territory. All files were subsequently re-registered in the German Department of the Foreign Office.

Some files have been re-registered from FO 837.

Related material

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Foreign Office, Economic Warfare Department, 1945-1950
  • Ministry of Economic Warfare, 1939-1945
Physical description

192 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
International
Trade and commerce
Conflict
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Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8234/

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