Records of the Information Policy Department, Regional Information Department and Information Research DepartmentFO 9531947-1966Foreign Office: Information Policy Department and Regional Information Departments: Registered Files
This series contains files of the various Information Departments established in the Foreign Office after 1946 to deal with publicity abroad. They relate to individual countries and to information policy, news and information staff generally. From 1945 the series includes News Department records. From 1965 the series also contains general correspondence of the Foreign Office's Planning Staff. From 1966, Foreign Office and Commonwealth Information Departments were merged as a precursor to the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968, and records of the joint departments are in this series.