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Office of the Minister for Science and Ministry of Technology, Engineering Materials...
Catalogue reference: HF 3
What's it about?
HF 3
The files belong to the CM prefix, which was used by the Office of the Minister for Science (otherwise in CAB 124) and by the Ministry of Technology (Mintech). They deal with a variety of materials and their properties, including conductivity (ie...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HF 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of the Minister for Science and Ministry of Technology, Engineering Materials Group and successors: Registered Files (CM Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1962-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files belong to the CM prefix, which was used by the Office of the Minister for Science (otherwise in CAB 124) and by the Ministry of Technology (Mintech). They deal with a variety of materials and their properties, including conductivity (ie superconductivity project) and lubrication (tribology). Other topics include European Atomic Energy Commission (EURATOM) negotiations, and negotiations with France regarding the supply of rare engineering materials.
Some papers have been re-registered from the EM file series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files of the office relating to atomic energy matters are in EG 1
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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)
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CM file series
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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13 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
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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
- Europe and Russia
- Nuclear energy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8678/
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Office of the Minister for Science and Ministry of Technology, Engineering Materials Group and successors: Registered Files (CM Series)
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