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Catalogue description Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: West Africa Department: Registered Files (WAD Series)
| Reference: | OD 65 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: West Africa Department: Registered Files (WAD Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains registered files (WAD series) showing the provision of British development aid to The Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Dahomey and Cameroon. |
| Date: | 1975-1979 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | WAD series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ministry of Overseas Development, West Africa Department, 1975-1976 |
| Physical description: | 53 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2005 Department for International Development |
| Accumulation dates: | File series began in 1975 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Selected under Acquisition Policy criteria 2.2.1.3, 2.2.1.5 and 2.2.2.2, documenting the delivery of British development assistance to states in West Africa. |
| Accruals: | One further accession 3 years after the first accession can be expected. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The West Africa Department was created in 1975 when the work of the West and North Africa Department of the Overseas Development Administration was split. The department was reformed to become the West and Central Africa Department in 1976. |
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