Catalogue description Treasury: Finance Overseas and Co-ordination Division: Registered Files (2F Series)

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Reference: T 312
Title: Treasury: Finance Overseas and Co-ordination Division: Registered Files (2F Series)
Description:

Registered files (2F series) of the Finance Overseas and Co-ordination Division and the Finance (General) and Finance (Exports/Imports) Divisions of the Finance (Home and General) Division of the Treasury.

The files cover a wide variety of subjects relating to day-to-day overseas financial matters, including:

  • negotiations on UK entry to the European Economic Community
  • the European Monetary Agreement,
  • economic relations with international organisations and foreign countries
  • international payments
  • gold
  • commercial policy
  • export credit guarantees policy
  • oil
Date: 1954-1978
Arrangement:

The files are being transferred in more than one batch. They are arranged chronologically within the original subject classification.
Related material:

For registered files in the Overseas Finance (Exchange Control) Division FEC series see T 295
Separated material:

Pieces T 312/2953 to 3080 [ 2 F(IM) series] were accidentally transferred into this series, instead of

T 354
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: 2F series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, Finance Overseas and Co-ordination Division, 1962-1973
Physical description: 3423 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1997 Treasury
Accumulation dates: 1962 to 1978
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Finance (Overseas and Co-ordination) (F) was set up as part of the Treasury re-organisation in June 1962. The former Home Finance (HF), Overseas Finance Division (OF) and Overseas Co-ordination Division were brought together under the newly-formed Finance Group. The Finance Group contained three divisions

  • Finance (Home and General)
  • Finance: Overseas and Co-ordination
  • Finance: Overseas Development
  • The Finance groups with differing responsibilities were F(E), F(G), F(WE), F(LRO) and F(C).

In January 1973 a further re-organisation of the Treasury took place. The work of Finance (Home and General) Division was transferred to the National Economy Group, while the Finance Group became known as the Overseas Finance Group incorporating the functions of Finance (Overseas and Co-ordination) Division and Finance (Overseas Development) Division. Their work was re-organised and re-grouped into the divisions listed below and gradually papers ceased to be filed in the 2F series:

  • EC European Co-ordination
  • F(BP) Finance (Balance of Payments)
  • FD Finance (Development
  • F(EC) Finance (Exchange Control)
  • F(E) Finance (Exports)
  • F(IM) Finance (International Monetary)
  • F(RMSA) Finance (Reserve Management and Sterling Areas)
  • F(WE) Finance (Western Europe)

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