Catalogue description Treasury: Foreign and Commonwealth Division: Registered Files (2CF Series)

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Details of T 296
Reference: T 296
Title: Treasury: Foreign and Commonwealth Division: Registered Files (2CF Series)
Description:

Files of the Commonwealth and Foreign (CF) Division. Subjects covered include overseas establishment and supply matters, relating to Foreign Office, Colonial Office, Department of Technical Co-operation and the Commonwealth Relations Office, and issues connected with HM Overseas Civil Service and the Trade Commissioner Service.

There are also files on aid and development questions including the Colonial Development Corporation, interests of British subjects overseas, international migration, support for colonial industries, overseas settlement, Commonwealth educational co-operation, colonial and foreign military matters, and refugees.

Includes files on administrative and budgetary questions relating to such international bodies as Council of Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), United Nations and agencies, Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), and the Colombo Plan.
Date: 1960-1963
Arrangement:

Arrangement is by former reference number
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: 2CF file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Division, 1960-1962
Physical description: 290 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1992 Treasury
Accumulation dates: 1960 to 1962
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Treasury's Commonwealth and Foreign (CF) Division was set up in 1960, a direct descendant of the Imperial and Foreign (IF) Division. The CF was disbanded in November 1962, when its functions were transferred to the Finance Development (2FD) Division.

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