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Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Central European Department: Registered Files (EN Series)
| Reference: | FCO 175 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Central European Department: Registered Files (EN Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains the annual policy files created by the East European Department and subsequently the Central European Department and the Central and North West European Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. |
| Date: | 1992-1995 |
| Related material: |
These records complement earlier material held in FCO 28 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | EN |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Eastern European Department, 1984-1992 |
| Physical description: | 1843 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2021 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Custodial history: | The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has always had custody of these files |
| Selection and destruction information: | This material is subject to selection in line with Operational Selection Policy 13 ("Britain's Diplomatic Relations 1973-1996"). |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing annually |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
FCO has internal registers relating to these records |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The East European Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was established in 1984 when the Eastern European and Soviet Department split into two separate departments. The department covered UK political and economic relations with Eastern European countries which were not part of the Soviet Union. These countries include The Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and Slovakia. The East European Department changed its name in 1993 to the Central European Department after the lifting of the Iron Curtain. After 1995 the department took responsibility for the Baltic States. The files of the Eastern Adriatic Unit were covered by the department until 1994 when it became its own department. The department’s name changed again in 2000 to the Central and North West European Department. |
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