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Catalogue description Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department; Registered Files (O, RJ and V Prefix)
| Reference: | FCO 168 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Information Research Department; Registered Files (O, RJ and V Prefix) |
| Description: |
The collection contains policy files of the Information Research Department in different series documenting the policy and workings of the IRD in different areas of the world. It also contains general admin files on the day to day running of the department. |
| Date: | 1951-2012 |
| Arrangement: |
This series is arranged by file prefix order. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | O, RJ and V prefix |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968- 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: | 8305 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2018 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Selection and destruction information: | Selected under Records Collection Policy |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Foreign Office Information Research Department (IRD) was formed in 1948 to combat Soviet propaganda and communist influence worldwide. It became the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Information Research Department in 1968 until 1977. Initially operating mainly in Western Europe and South East Asia, it later expanded to South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean/Latin America and also operated within the UK creating different series of policy and general administration files on the workings of the IRD in different areas of the world. |
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