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Catalogue description Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Accommodation Departments: Registered Files (DSA , DSC and XA Series)
| Reference: | FCO 78 |
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| Title: | Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Accommodation Departments: Registered Files (DSA , DSC and XA Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains files of the Accommodation Departments on the provision of Diplomatic Service accommodation overseas, and UK accommodation for FCO staff. The file series began in 1967, but contains one earlier paper of 1922. |
| Date: | 1922-1980 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | DSA and XA file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Diplomatic Service Administration Office, Accommodation Department, 1967-1968 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Accommodation and Services Department, 1971-1982 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Accommodation Department, 1968-1971 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Office Services and Supply Department, 1968-1971 |
| Physical description: | 62 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accumulation dates: | 1967 onwards |
| Selection and destruction information: | Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under section 2.2.1.3 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the support of UK diplomatic activity overseas and the impact of financial constraints on prestige accommodation. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Accommodation Department handled all accommodation matters for Diplomatic Service posts abroad, and planning for the new Foreign and Commonwealth Office London building project. Home service accommodation matters were dealt with by the Office Services and Supply Department. On the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968, the Diplomatic Service Administration Office was abolished, and the functions of the Accommodation and the Office Services and Supply Departments passed directly to the new office. The work of these departments passed to an Accommodation and Services Department in 1971, and then to the Office Services and Transport Unit in 1982. |
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