Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British Indian Ocean Territory: Government Gazettes

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Title: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British Indian Ocean Territory: Government Gazettes
Description:

This series contains government gazettes from British Indian Ocean Territory. The gazettes date from the creation of the Territory in 1965.
Date: 1965-1990
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 7 volume(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 1992 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Administrative / biographical background:

The British Indian Ocean Territory was created as a British dependency in 1965: initially consisting of the Chagos Islands and three other island groups previously administered by Seychelles, since 1976 it has comprised just the Chagos Islands. The Crown purchased the Islands in 1967 and the Territory is administered from London by a commissioner who is assisted by the officer in charge of the Royal Navy complement on Diego Garcia, the largest island.

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