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Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: Legal:...
Catalogue reference: FO 937
What's it about?
FO 937
This series contains files from the legal sections of the Control Commission and Control Office and Foreign Office German Department, many from the office of Sir Alfred Brown, legal adviser in succession to these three. As well as the provision...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 937
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Title (The name of the record)
- Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: Legal: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files from the legal sections of the Control Commission and Control Office and Foreign Office German Department, many from the office of Sir Alfred Brown, legal adviser in succession to these three. As well as the provision and administration of civil and military legal services in occupied territory for both residents and occupation personnel, they deal with the reform of the German legal and administrative system. The series includes an incomplete set of minutes and papers of the Allied Control Authority Legal Directorate.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the official and semi-official papers of Sir Frederick Leith-Ross during the period 1921 to 1946, mainly cobcerned with international economic affairs, see T 188
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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, Legal Advisor, 1945-1947
- Foreign Office, German Section, Legal Advisor, 1947-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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186 file(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8236/
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