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    Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from...

    This series contains records of the Prisoners of War and Aliens Department, and is one of the series of Foreign Office records arising from, and employing, the FO central registry system for correspondence for the period from 1906. The records in FO …

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1915-1919
    Reference
    FO 383
  • Catalogue level
    Department

    Records of the Inquiry into Exports of Defence Equipment and Dual-Use Goods to Iraq...

    The papers of the Inquiry into Exports of Defence Equipment and Dual-Use Goods to Iraq and Related Prosecutions (Scott Inquiry) set up to investigate arms sales to Iraq. Evidence, papers and a copy of the final report are in KF 1

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1996
    Reference
    KF
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    Series

    Southern Department and Foreign Office: Embassy, Ottoman Empire: Letter Books

    This series contains letter books compiled during the embassy of Sir Robert Ainslie to the Ottoman empire.

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1776-1794
    Reference
    FO 261
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    Series

    Loraine Papers

    This series contains both personal and official papers, including photograph albums, of the diplomat Sir Percy Loraine (1880-1961). It includes correspondence of 1916 to 1949 with Loraine's friend and fellow diplomat Sir Lancelot Oliphant (1881-1965)…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1836-1973
    Reference
    FO 1011
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    Series

    War Office: Geographical Section General Staff: War of 1914-1918: Gallipoli Campaign,...

    Topographical, reconnaissance and operations (trench) maps and diagrams; Admiralty charts and naval operations diagrams (at 1:24 000 and 1:26 000); air photographs; sketches and panoramas of Turkey in Europe, Turkey in Asia, and the Dardanelles Strai…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1905-1929
    Reference
    WO 301
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    Series

    Ministry of Transport, Accounts Division: Registered Files

    This series contains the files of the Accounts Division of the Ministry of Transport concerning the payment of claims for compensation. Papers include those concerning the Goeland Transport and Trading Company, and the Jewish Agency for Palestine.

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1949-1975
    Reference
    MT 90
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    Series

    Ministry of Civil Aviation and successors: Safety and General Group: Papers

    Files of the Safety and General Group of the Civil Aviation Department relating to all aspects of air safety pertaining to aeroplanes, helicopters and hovercraft with the exception of medical matters.The subject matter of the files includes: United K…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1927-1979
    Reference
    BT 248
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    Series

    Cabinet Office: Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister: Records

    This series consists primarily of economic advice and briefings provided by Dr Thomas (later Lord) Balogh to the Prime Minister and other ministers in his capacity as economic adviser. The material covers a diverse range of aspects affecting the econ…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1964-1969
    Reference
    CAB 147
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    Series

    Foreign Office: West and Central African Department: Registered Files (J Series)

    This series contains the records of the West and Central Africa department of the Foreign Office between January 1967 and October 1968, dealing with UK relations with the following states in the region: Senegal, Guinea, Congo (Kinshasa), Congo (Brazz…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1967-1968
    Reference
    FCO 25
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    Series

    Commonwealth Office: Middle East, Western and United Nations Department and Mediterranean...

    This series contains the records of the Middle East, Western and United Nations Department of the Commonwealth Office and its successor, the Mediterranean Department. The records concern Commonwealth relations with the United Nations until that respo…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1964-1968
    Reference
    FCO 27
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Arabian Department and Middle...

    This series contains records of the Arabian Department, of the Foreign Office to October 1968, and thereafter of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, dealing with UK relations with Aden and the Yemen, Bahrain, Muscat and Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Ar…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1966-1997
    Reference
    FCO 8
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Near East and North Africa Department: Registered...

    This series contains selected records relating to UK relations with Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, the Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania (from 1990), Morocco, the Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and with the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The …

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1972-1995
    Reference
    FCO 93
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    Series

    Foreign Office, Eastern Department and successors: Registered Files (E and NE Series)

    This series contains records of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office to October 1968 dealing with UK relations with the Middle East generally, especially following the Arab-Israeli war of 1967, and with Afghanistan, the Palestine question, Jo…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1966-1973
    Reference
    FCO 17
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    Series

    Shipping Control and Operation: Correspondence and Papers

    This series consists of papers of the Ministry of Shipping, the Ministry of War Transport and the post-war transport ministries. The wartime files are mostly concerned with the centralised direction of shipping during the emergency conditions of the …

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1919-1998
    Reference
    MT 59
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    Series

    War Office: General Sir George Scovell, Intelligence Branch of Quartermaster General...

    These papers consist largely of intercepted despatches, reports and maps, captured during the Peninsular War by General Sir George Scovell, then of the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster General in Spain, later Wellington's chief cipher officer…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1762-1922
    Reference
    WO 37
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: Middle East Department and successors:...

    Records in the MID series relate to the work of the various departments of the overseas development ministry and administration responsible for the provision of aid and development in the Mediterranean and the near and middle-east. This was aid in th…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1964-1986
    Reference
    OD 34
  • Catalogue level
    Department

    Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office

    The vast majority of these records are those of the Foreign Office, which from 1782 to 1968 was responsible for correspondence and negotiations with other states and the conduct of British foreign policy. Also contained are some records of the Foreig…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1567-2004
    Reference
    FO
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    William White Papers

    This series contains original correspondence and draft letters, memoranda, foreign newspaper cuttings, etc, of Sir William White, consul general in Serbia, minister at Bucharest and ambassador at Constantinople. They relate chiefly to affairs in Turk…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1857-1891
    Reference
    FO 364
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    Series

    Jordan Papers

    This series contains an incomplete collection of the private correspondence, mainly with the Foreign Office, together with two registers of correspondence, of Sir John Newell Jordan as minister resident in Korea, 1901 to 1906, and envoy to China, 190…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1901-1919
    Reference
    FO 350
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    Series

    War Office: Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill: Papers

    Official and personal correspondence of Field Marshal Sir John Dill as GOC Palestine (1936 to 1937), GOC Aldershot Command (1937 to 1939) with the BEF in France to April 1940, and as vice and then chief of the Imperial General Staff.

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1936-1941
    Reference
    WO 282

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