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Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Research Department: Registered Files (LR and RR Series)
| Reference: | FCO 51 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Research Department: Registered Files (LR and RR Series) |
| Description: |
This series consists of registered files of the Research Department of the joint Foreign Office/Commonwealth Office Research Department and its successor in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office after October 1968. The files relate to general research and political intelligence duties. The Department collated information into the format required by the client departments, and as such its files often contain useful historical summaries relating to particular events or locations. |
| Date: | 1967-1983 |
| Arrangement: |
By former file reference |
| Related material: |
For earlier records of the Research Department see FO 370 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | LR and RR file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commonwealth Office, Research Department, 1967-1968 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Research Department, 1968-1990 Foreign Office, Research Department, 1959-1968 |
| Physical description: | 513 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1998 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Research Department handled general research and political intelligence work for other departments in the Foreign and the Commonwealth Offices. |
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