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Series
Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office: Control Commission for...
Catalogue reference: FO 1062
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FO 1062
This series contains registered files of the Control Commission for Germany (British Element)' Disarmament Branch. Comprises records concerning the liquidation of German war potential, the level of industrial production and capacity available for...
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FO 1062
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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), Disarmament Branch: Registered Files (DB and other Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1942-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Control Commission for Germany (British Element)' Disarmament Branch. Comprises records concerning the liquidation of German war potential, the level of industrial production and capacity available for reparations, relating especially to aircraft, armaments and machine tools. There are both policy and case files on companies and industries.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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DB file series
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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)
- Foreign Office, Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Disarmament Branch, 1949-1951
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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520 file(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8361/
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