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Catalogue description Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: Registered files (IRD Series): Information Officers Reports from Beirut
| Reference: | FCO 174 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department: Registered files (IRD Series): Information Officers Reports from Beirut |
| Description: |
This series contains registered files of the Information Research Department (IRD) concerning the provision of anti-Communist information via British overseas missions and posts and other outlets. The series covers the IRD role in reporting from the post in Beirut. Subjects covered in this series include British Embassy correspondence, the Arab News Agency, policy and progress reports, hostile propaganda (local and regional), counter propaganda (local and regional), staff administration and finance, current affairs, special information and journalists. |
| Date: | 1973-1975 |
| Related material: |
See also: Information Research Department: General Correspondence (PR and IR Series) FO 1110 Registered Files (IR and PR series) and Publications FCO 95 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | IRD series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Information Research Department, 1968-1977 |
| Physical description: | 35 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 2020 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Selection and destruction information: | In line with OSP 13 ('Britain's Diplomatic Relations 1973-1996) |
| Accruals: | After initial transfer, no further accruals are expected. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Information Research Department was formed in 1948 to collect information concerning Communist policy, tactics and propaganda and to provide material for anti-Communist publicity. In 1968, the department became the responsibility of the FCO |
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