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Catalogue description Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Economic General Department: Registered Files (EGD Series)
| Reference: | DO 215 |
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| Title: | Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Economic General Department: Registered Files (EGD Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains records produced by the Economic General Department concerning general business relating to economics and trade in the Commonwealth. |
| Date: | 1964-1967 |
| Related material: |
For later Commonwealth Trade Department records see FCO 22 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | EGD file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commonwealth Office, Economic General Department, 1966-1967 Commonwealth Relations Office, Economic General Department, 1964-1966 |
| Physical description: | 321 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 1999 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accumulation dates: | 1965-1966 |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Economic General Department was set up in the Commonwealth Relations Office to handle general business relating to economics and trade in the Commonwealth, including relations with international economic organisations, the sterling area and balance of payments issues, and cross-border subjects such as shipping, company registrations, double taxation agreements, international copyright and strategic controls on trade with Communist countries. These functions had previously been exercised by three different departments: Economic Policy; Commercial Policy; Finance and Development Policy Departments. The Economic General Department continued after the formation of the Commonwealth Office, and was renamed the Commonwealth Trade Department in January 1967. |
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