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Series
Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office: Control Commission for...
Catalogue reference: FO 1056
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FO 1056
This series contains records of the Public Relations and Information Services Division of the Control Commission for Germany (British Element) and the Information Services Division of the U.K. High Commission relating to broadcasting, the press,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 1056
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Title (The name of the record)
- Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office: Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Public Relations and Information Services Division, and U.K. High Commission, Information Services Division: Registered Files (PR, ISC, ISD and other Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Public Relations and Information Services Division of the Control Commission for Germany (British Element) and the Information Services Division of the U.K. High Commission relating to broadcasting, the press, cinema, publicity, public relations, public opinion research etc.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ISD file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- 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), Public Relations and Information Services Division, 1945-1947
- Foreign Office, Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Information Services Division, 1949-1953
- Foreign Office, Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Public Relations and Information Services Division, 1947-1948
- Foreign Office, High Commissioner for West Germany, Information Services Division, 1954-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 567 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/C8355/
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