Catalogue description Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Economic General Department: Registered Files (EGD Series)

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Title: Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Economic General Department: Registered Files (EGD Series)
Description:

This series contains records produced by the Economic General Department concerning general business relating to economics and trade in the Commonwealth.
Date: 1964-1967
Related material:

For later Commonwealth Trade Department records see FCO 22
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: EGD file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Commonwealth Office, Economic General Department, 1966-1967

Commonwealth Relations Office, Economic General Department, 1964-1966
Physical description: 321 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 1999 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Accumulation dates: 1965-1966
Accruals: No future accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

The Economic General Department was set up in the Commonwealth Relations Office to handle general business relating to economics and trade in the Commonwealth, including relations with international economic organisations, the sterling area and balance of payments issues, and cross-border subjects such as shipping, company registrations, double taxation agreements, international copyright and strategic controls on trade with Communist countries.

These functions had previously been exercised by three different departments: Economic Policy; Commercial Policy; Finance and Development Policy Departments. The Economic General Department continued after the formation of the Commonwealth Office, and was renamed the Commonwealth Trade Department in January 1967.

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