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Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: Travel...
Catalogue reference: FO 940
What's it about?
FO 940
These are records of the Travel Section of the Control Office for Germany and Austria and subsequently of the Foreign Office German Section. They include both case and policy files on the administration of travel restrictions into, out of and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 940
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Title (The name of the record)
- Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: Travel Section and Successor: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1946-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are records of the Travel Section of the Control Office for Germany and Austria and subsequently of the Foreign Office German Section. They include both case and policy files on the administration of travel restrictions into, out of and within Germany.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Much of the series is arranged under the heading of movements of fiancées and distressed relatives, compassionate visitors and displaced persons holding Ministry of Labour permits out of Germany.
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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, Travel Section, 1945-1947
- Foreign Office, German Section, Travel Department, 1947-1949
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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208 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/C8239/
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