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Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: Establishments:...
Catalogue reference: FO 936
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FO 936
This series contains files of the Establishment Department of the Control Office for Germany and Austria, later transferred to that of the German Section of the Foreign Office. They relate to a broad range of administration of the machinery of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 936
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Title (The name of the record)
- Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: Establishments: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1940-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Establishment Department of the Control Office for Germany and Austria, later transferred to that of the German Section of the Foreign Office. They relate to a broad range of administration of the machinery of control, including problems of stores, supplies and accommodation for British officials in Germany, travel arrangements, questions affecting relations with Germans and a wide variety of questions arising out of financial administration.
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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)
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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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- Control Office for Germany and Austria, Establishment and Organization Department, 1945-1947
- Foreign Office, German Section, Establishment and Organisation Department, 1955-1956
- Foreign Office, German Section, Establishment Department, 1947-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1430 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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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
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8235/
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Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: Establishments: Files
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