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Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Economists Department: Registered Files (MM Series)
| Reference: | FCO 74 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Economists Department: Registered Files (MM Series) |
| Description: |
This series comprises records of the Economists Department. They cover any area of international economic affairs, but especially UK relations with other states, where the economists were asked to provide detailed advice and guidance to other departments in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. |
| Date: | 1970-1972 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | MM file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Economists Department, 1968-1974 |
| Physical description: | 9 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accumulation dates: | Series ran 1968-1974 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under section 2.2.1.2 and 2.2.1.3 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the conduct of the UK's external economic relations. No records were selected from the 1968-1969 file cycle. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The various economic advisers in the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office were grouped into an Economists Department when the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was formed in October 1968. Their role was to provide specialist advice to all departments on economic matters. |
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