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Catalogue description Commonwealth Relations Office: Southern Africa Department: Registered Files (SA Series)
| Reference: | DO 180 |
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| Title: | Commonwealth Relations Office: Southern Africa Department: Registered Files (SA Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains records of the Southern Africa Department relating to British relations with South Africa. |
| Date: | 1960-1961 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | SA file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commonwealth Relations Office, Southern Africa Department, 1959-1961 |
| Physical description: | 14 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Southern Africa Department was part of the Africa and General (1959-1960) and the Africa (1960-1961) Divisions of the Commonwealth Relations Office. It handled all aspects of the UK's relations with South Africa while it was part of the Commonwealth, and continued to do so after the Republic of South Africa left the Commonwealth in May 1961. Responsibility was passed to the Foreign Office in December 1961, at which time the Department was abolished. |
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