Catalogue description Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Western and Middle East Department and successors: Registered Files, Canada, Ireland and International Western Organisations (WES Series)

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Reference: DO 182
Title: Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Western and Middle East Department and successors: Registered Files, Canada, Ireland and International Western Organisations (WES Series)
Description:

This series contains files of the Western and Middle East Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office' Foreign Affairs Division. The department dealt with the various western organisations and handled matters of general concern such as human rights, disarmament and the control of the spread of nuclear technology. The files also deal with the United Kingdom's relations with Canada and Ireland in the period covered.

Date: 1960-1966
Related material:

See also the Records of American and Atlantic Departments of the Commonwealth Relations Office:

Division within DO

For further records of the Western and Middle East Department relating to Middle Eastern affairs see DO 174

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: WES file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Commonwealth Office, Middle East, Western and United Nations Department, 1966-1968

Commonwealth Relations Office, United Nations, Western and Middle East Department, 1964-1966

Commonwealth Relations Office, Western and Middle East Department, 1964-1966

Physical description: 185 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

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