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Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: North America Department: Registered Papers and Digital Files (AM Series)
| Reference: | FCO 82 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office: North America Department: Registered Papers and Digital Files (AM Series) |
| Description: |
Records in this series concern UK relations with Canada, the United States of America, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and other overseas territories administered by the United States, and Arctic affairs. |
| Date: | 1971-1994 |
| Arrangement: |
The records are arranged by original file reference within annual cycles of registered files. References for born-digital records are automatically generated and display a 'Z' after a forward slash, which distinguish them from traditional references allocated to paper and digitised records. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | AM file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, North America Department, 1971- |
| Physical description: | 3585 paper files and digital records |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accumulation dates: | Series began in 1971 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under section 2.2.2.3 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the history of the conduct of the UK's external relations |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1971 the America Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was split, and separate Latin America and North America Departments created in its place. The North America Department handled UK relations with Canada and the United States of America, and overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea administered by the United States, as well as UK interests in affairs in the Arctic region. |
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