Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: General...
Catalogue reference: FO 945
What's it about?
FO 945
This series reflects the broad scope of the General Department which dealt with most matters arising from control in Germany and Austria except for the purely economic and financial. A large section relates to displaced persons. There is also a...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 945
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Title (The name of the record)
- Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: General Department
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Date (When the record was created)
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1943-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series reflects the broad scope of the General Department which dealt with most matters arising from control in Germany and Austria except for the purely economic and financial. A large section relates to displaced persons. There is also a quantity of former War Office files which the Control Office re-registered, and these include a series of 'U.S. post-defeat directives'.
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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, General Department, 1945-1947
- Foreign Office, Control Office for Germany and Austria, General Department, 1945-1945
- Foreign Office, German Section, General Department, 1947-1948
- War Office, Control Office for Germany and Austria, General Department, 1944-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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960 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1978 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8244/
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Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: General Department
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