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Control Commission for Germany (British Element): Various Private Office Papers and...
Catalogue reference: FO 1030
What's it about?
FO 1030
This series contains private office files of the Commander-in-Chief and Military Governor, of the Deputy Military Governor, of the U.K. High Commissioner, Wahnreheide, and of the Military Government 30 Corps District HQ. They relate to Allied...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 1030
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Title (The name of the record)
- Control Commission for Germany (British Element): Various Private Office Papers and Administration and Local Government Branch Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains private office files of the Commander-in-Chief and Military Governor, of the Deputy Military Governor, of the U.K. High Commissioner, Wahnreheide, and of the Military Government 30 Corps District HQ. They relate to Allied control of Germany and to administration and local government in the British zone.
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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, Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Commander in Chief and Military Governor, 1945-1947
- Control Office for Germany and Austria, Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Deputy Military Governor, 1945-1947
- Foreign Office, Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Commander in Chief and Military Governor, 1947-1949
- Foreign Office, Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Deputy Military Governor, 1947-1949
- Foreign Office, High Commissioner for West Germany, 1949-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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431 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8329/
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