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Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Security Co-ordination Department (SCD): Registered Files (DC Prefix Series)
| Reference: | FCO 178 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Security Co-ordination Department (SCD): Registered Files (DC Prefix Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains annual policy files covering counter terrorism, drugs and international crime for the period 1984-1990. |
| Date: | 1984-1993 |
| Related material: |
These records complement material held by geographical departments on specific events and issues which the department covers. Some records of the Defence Department (FCO 46) will complement this series. However, the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 marked the beginning of a period of transnational terrorism for which SCD and its successor departments are the FCO lead. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | DC prefix |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Security Co-ordination Department, 1984-1994 |
| Physical description: | 2419 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2021 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Custodial history: | The records have always been the custody of FCO |
| Accumulation dates: | 1984 onwards |
| Selection and destruction information: | This material is subject to selection in line with OSP 13 ("Britain's Diplomatic relations 1973-1996") |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Security Co-ordination Department (SCD) had responsibility for international crime and transnational counter terrorism between 1984 and 1994. In 1995 Drugs, International Crime and Terrorism Department (DICTD) was established covering both subjects. In 1996 the Drugs and International Crime responsibilities split off from the department on the formation of the Counter Terrorism Policy Department and the Drugs and International Crime Department. |
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