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Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Central African Department: Registered Files (JC file series)
| Reference: | FCO 106 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Central African Department: Registered Files (JC file series) |
| Description: |
This series contains the records of Central African Department, dealing with UK relations with Angola, Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zaire and Zambia, and later Sao Tome and Principe and Zimbabwe. |
| Date: | 1979 - 1987 |
| Arrangement: |
Arrangement is by former file reference within annual file cycles. |
| Related material: |
For earlier records see FCO 45 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | JC file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Central African Department, 1979-1990 |
| Physical description: | 2678 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2010 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Selection and destruction information: | Policy documents selected under the agreed Operation Selection Policies (OSP 13 and OSP 23) |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Central African Department was formed in 1979, one of the successors to the Central and Southern Africa Department (1973-1979). At its creation, the department had responsibilities for the following: Angola, Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zaire and Zambia. In 1980 it also acquired responsibilities Sao Tome and Principe and Zimbabwe. The Central African Department ran until 1990 when it was succeeded by the Central and Southern Africa Department. |
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