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Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Arms Control and Disarmament Research Unit: Registered Files (ACDRU Series)
| Reference: | FCO 184 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Arms Control and Disarmament Research Unit: Registered Files (ACDRU Series) |
| Description: |
The series contains studies, briefings and responses to investigations and reports into aspects of arms control and nuclear disarmament within international and specific geographical areas. Each file within the series covers a specific geographical, international or subject area regarding arms control and/or nuclear disarmament |
| Date: | 1971-1983 |
| Arrangement: |
This series of records is prefixed by either letters C or D. C stands for control and D for disarament. Within their respective letter grouping the recorsd are arranged in numerical order according to year of content. |
| Related material: |
This series relate to the Arms Control and Disarament Department of the FCO (FCO 66) which held the FCO policy on this subject |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | ACDRU prefix |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Arms Control and Disarmament Research Unit, 1965-1987 |
| Physical description: | 11 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Arms Control and Disarmament Research Unit (ACDRU) was established in 1965 by the then Labour government which sat within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The Unit undertook research into the long-term implications of disarmament. ACDRU was later re-named to the Arms Control and Disarmament Department (ACDD). The Unit was later absorbed into another department within the FCO |
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