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Catalogue description Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: Registered Files (IR and PR series) and Publications Produced by Successor Bodies
| Reference: | FCO 95 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: Registered Files (IR and PR series) and Publications Produced by Successor Bodies |
| Description: |
This series covers the period from 1966 to 1991 and includes registered files (IR and PR series) of the Information Research Department (IRD - closed in 1977) concerning the provision of anti-communist information via British overseas missions and posts and other outlets. The series covers the relationship between IRD and other government departments such as the Ministry of Defence and the Central Office of Information, as well as the BBC, and IRD's relations with Western European governments including the United States. This series also contains later publications produced by FCO departments which succeeded IRD. |
| Date: | 1948-1998 |
| Related material: |
For earlier IRD files, see FO 1110 See also FCO 168 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | IR and PR series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Information Department, 1980-2002 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Information Research Department, 1968-1977 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Overseas Information Department, 1977-1980 Foreign Office, Information Research Department, 1948-1968 |
| Physical description: | 2505 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2006 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accumulation dates: | 1967 to 1977 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Selected under acquisition policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting the use of covert propaganda in furthering British foreign policy objectives |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
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