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Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Commission of Inquiry into Rhodesian Oil Sanctions (Bingham Inquiry); Papers
| Reference: | FCO 172 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Commission of Inquiry into Rhodesian Oil Sanctions (Bingham Inquiry); Papers |
| Description: |
This series contains records of the the Bingham Inquiry, set up in 1977, to investigate alleged evasion of sanctions against Rhodesia by major oil companies. The collection includes lists of documents requested and provided to the Inquiry; correspondence files; transcripts of oral evidence; exhibits to the Inquiry; draft report; submissions; comments; documents in Portuguese from the Portuguese Government; Working Papers; non-government publications; submissions in response to Mr Bingham's letter of 27 July 1977; and chronologies. Post-publication correspondence includes a file about papers not submitted to the investigation. This series contains records which pre-date the creation of Foreign and Commonwealth Office. |
| Date: | 1964-1979 |
| Arrangement: |
Arrangement is by unregistered files and folders. |
| Related material: |
For related Rhodesia files see: FCO 36 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968- |
| Physical description: | 160 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2020 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accruals: | No further accruals are anticipated |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1977 the then Foreign Secretary David Owen appointed Lord Bingham to head an Inquiry into alleged breaches of United Nations sanctions by oil companies in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). |
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