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Catalogue description Commonwealth Office: West and General Africa Department: Registered Files, Commonwealth Africa, General African Affairs and the Organisation of African Unity (T Series)
| Reference: | FCO 38 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Commonwealth Office: West and General Africa Department: Registered Files, Commonwealth Africa, General African Affairs and the Organisation of African Unity (T Series) |
| Description: |
This series consists of the records of the West and General Africa Department of the Commonwealth Office, January 1967-October 1968, dealing with UK and Commonwealth political and economic relations with The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, Commonwealth relations with the Organisation of African Unity and with foreign states in north, west and equatorial Africa, and general topics relating to Africa which were of concern to the Commonwealth. |
| Date: | 1967-1968 |
| Arrangement: |
By former file reference |
| Related material: |
For earlier files produced by the West and General Africa Department see: |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | T file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commonwealth Office, West and General Africa Department, 1966-1968 |
| Physical description: | 322 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 1999 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The West and General Africa Department of the Commonwealth Office continued the work performed by the department of the same name in the Commonwealth Relations Office, until the creation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was formed in October 1968. Thereafter, responsibility for relations with Commonwealth West Africa passed to the West African Department, and relations with the Organisation for African Unity became the responsibility of the East African Department. |
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