Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history.
Series
Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency and predecessors: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: HN 1
What's it about?
HN 1
This series contains selected files inherited or created by the Central Computer Agency (CCA) and the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA). Earlier files originated in the Civil Service Department (BA) or the Treasury, and some...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HN 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency and predecessors: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1956-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains selected files inherited or created by the Central Computer Agency (CCA) and the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA). Earlier files originated in the Civil Service Department (BA) or the Treasury, and some have been re-registered into the numbered series used by the CCA.
The files contain information relating to the setting up of CCA, including its aims and objectives; development of the use of computers in government departments; the introduction of a networked telephone system for Whitehall departments; discussions on privacy aspects of the holding of personal details on computer and details of CCTA's relationships and correspondence with interested organisations in both the private and public sectors.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are made up of a single series, and are arranged in the order of the first numerical element of the reference (the alphabetical prefixes denoting a very broad topic).
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 85 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency , from 1994
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Computing
- Communications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8862/
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