Catalogue description Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: East Africa Department: Registered Files (EAD Series)

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Reference: OD 26
Title: Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: East Africa Department: Registered Files (EAD Series)
Description:

This series contains files on financial and technical assistance to countries in East and North East Africa and the East African Community and files on the promotion of economic and social development within the area.

Date: 1964-1975
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: EAD file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Technical Co-operation, 1961-1964

Ministry of Overseas Development, East Africa Department, 1964-1970

Overseas Development Administration, East Africa Department, 1970-1974

Physical description: 322 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1992 Overseas Development Administration

Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The East Africa Department was established in the Ministry of Overseas Development upon its creation to deal with the provision of aid to the East African Community and to states in East Africa and the Horn of Africa, as well as the smaller Indian Ocean island states (aid to Madagascar being dealt with by the West and North Africa Department), and Libya, Egypt and the Sudan.

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