Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Permanent Under Secretary's Department (PUSD): Registered and Un-registered Papers

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Reference: FCO 188
Title: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Permanent Under Secretary's Department (PUSD): Registered and Un-registered Papers
Description:

This series contains registered and unregistered papers originating in the Permanent Under-Secretary's Department, (PUSD) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office relating to liaison with the intelligence services. These records are principally concerned with intelligence related matters and with foreign and defence policy issues, where information was collected and received by covert means. Following a review of the department, PUSD was renamed Whitehall Liaison Department in 1999

Date: 1993-2007
Arrangement:

The files conformed to general FCO Registry principles, although there were marked differences, e.g. file reference numbering systems employed and to the normal practice of annual new file opening

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Permanent Under Secretary's Department, 1968-

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall Liaison Department, 1999-1999

Physical description: 4 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2021 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Custodial history: Foreign Office, Office of the Permanent Under Secretary of State, 1823-1949, Foreign Office, Permanent Under Secretary's Department, 1949-1968, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Permanent Under Secretary's Office, 1968-1998, Whitehall Liaison Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1999-2020
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Foreign Office, Office of the Permanent Under Secretary of State, 1823-1949, Foreign Office, Permanent Under Secretary's Department, 1949-1968, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Permanent Under Secretary's Office, 1968-1998, Whitehall Liaison Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1999-2020

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