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Catalogue description Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: South Asia Department: Registered Files (SAS Series)
| Reference: | OD 27 |
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| Title: | Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: South Asia Department: Registered Files (SAS Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains files of the South Asia Department covering technical assistance and capital aid to the countries of the area. Also included are files on the Asian Development Bank. |
| Date: | 1963-1986 |
| Related material: |
Earlier Commonwealth Office Asia Economic Department files are in FCO 11 For earlier records see CO 1022 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | SAS file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of Technical Co-operation, 1961-1964 Ministry of Overseas Development, South Asia Department, 1964-1970 |
| Physical description: | 446 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1992 Overseas Development Administration |
| Accumulation dates: | 1965 onwards |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The South Asia Department dealt with the Indian sub-continent and also such broader questions as the Asian Development Bank, established in 1966 to promote economic and social development in the region by lending funds and technical co-operation to member countries of Asia and the Pacific. Functions relating to the administration of the Colombo Plan, previously exercised by the Commonwealth Office Asia Economic Department, were passed to the South Asia Department on the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968. |
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