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Catalogue description Overseas Development Administration and Ministry for Overseas Development: Caribbean Department and successors: Registered Files (CAR Series)
| Reference: | OD 50 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Overseas Development Administration and Ministry for Overseas Development: Caribbean Department and successors: Registered Files (CAR Series) |
| Description: |
Contains registered files of the Caribbean Department and successors relating to the provision of development aid to countries in these regions. |
| Date: | 1972-1982 |
| Arrangement: |
By original file series reference within three-year file cycle. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | CAR file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ministry of Overseas Development, Caribbean Department, 1974-1979 Overseas Development Administration, Caribbean and Pacific Department, 1979-1981 Overseas Development Administration, Caribbean, Pacific and Latin America Department, 1981-1982 |
| Physical description: | 78 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1998 Department for International Development |
| Accumulation dates: | 1974- |
| Selection and destruction information: | OD 50/1-2 were selected for permanent preservation following an accelerated review process under the Open Government Initiative in the Overseas Development Administration which identified certain subjects whose records could be released early, including these files on the establishment of the British Development Division in the Pacific. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Caribbean and Pacific Department (1979-1981) was succeeded by the Caribbean, Pacific and Latin American Department (1981-1982), the Latin American, Caribbean and Pacific Department (1982-1989), the Caribbean and Atlantic Department (1989-1990) and the Latin America, Caribbean and Atlantic Department (1990-), dealing with the provision of development aid to these geographical areas. Initially the Department only dealt with non-dependent territories in the Caribbean, as aid to dependent territories continued to be provided in co-operation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office until 1984. |
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