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Catalogue description Admiralty: Office Memoranda
| Reference: | ADM 211 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Admiralty: Office Memoranda |
| Description: |
A collection of bound volumes of office and secret office circulars known as office 'memoranda' and 'aquaints'. From 1965 the series includes office memoranda in the Ministry of Defence general series. |
| Date: | 1940-1972 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 66 files and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1972 Ministry of Defence |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Information of general interest to Admiralty headquarters was circulated by means of office 'acquaints' for instructions of a transitory nature, and by office memoranda for instructions of a permanent or semi-permanent nature. Office acquaints were abolished in 1944 when all such information was circulated by office memoranda. |
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