Catalogue description Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: International and General Department and predecessors: Original Correspondence

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Reference: CO 936
Title: Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: International and General Department and predecessors: Original Correspondence
Description:

This series contains files of the International Relations, the International Relations and General and the International and General Departments, which dealt with international aspects of colonial policy and handled relations with the United Nations and other international organizations. Subjects covered include trustee territories, human rights, territorial waters, the International Children's Fund, economic development in Africa, and UN intervention in the affairs of UK colonies.

Date: 1944-1967
Related material:

Later records can also be found in OD 9

For later records see FCO 60

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Colonial Office, International and General Department, 1966-1966

Colonial Office, International Relations and General Department, 1961-1966

Colonial Office, International Relations Department, 1944-1961

Commonwealth Office, International and General Department, 1966-1968

Physical description: 979 boxes and files
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1967 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Accruals: Series is accruing

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