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Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Non-proliferation and Defence Department: Registered Files (NP Series)
| Reference: | FCO 177 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Non-proliferation and Defence Department: Registered Files (NP Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains annual policy files on counter proliferation |
| Date: | 1991-1994 |
| Related material: |
These records complement earlier material held in FCO 46 and material held in FCO 66. FCO 46 will no longer accrue and FCO 66 will accrue until 1994 when the Arms Control and Disarmament Department ceased to exist |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign Office, Non-Proliferation and Defence Department, 1990-1995 |
| Physical description: | 2001 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2020 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Custodial history: | The records have always been in the custody of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Selection and destruction information: | This material will be subject to selection in line with OSP 13 ("Britain's Diplomatic Relations 1973-1996") |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
FCO has internal registers relating to these files which will eventually be subject to a Series Level Appraisal Questionnaire |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Non Proliferation and Defence Department (NPDD) was established in 1990 on the closure of the Defence Department. In 1995 the department changed its name to the Non-Proliferation Department. In 2003 the department name changed to the Counter-Proliferation Department. In 2015 the responsibility for counter-proliferation and arms control moved to a new joint FCO and MOD unit called the Counter-Proliferation and Arms Control Centre (CPACC). Foreign and Commonwelath Office (FCO) IT systems were used by these departments from 1995 onwards and this series will therefore be a hybrid of both digital and paper records. |
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