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Catalogue description Commonwealth Office: Defence Department: Registered Files (DD Series)
| Reference: | FCO 16 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Commonwealth Office: Defence Department: Registered Files (DD Series) |
| Description: |
The records in this series are of the Commonwealth Office's Defence Department and deal with general defence questions relating to the Commonwealth generally, and to particular territories and regions. |
| Date: | 1967-1968 |
| Arrangement: |
By former file reference |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | DD file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commonwealth Office, Defence Department, 1966-1968 |
| Physical description: | 253 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1999 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accruals: | No further accruals expected. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Defence Department was established to handle defence questions for the Commonwealth and remaining dependent territories when the Commonwealth Office was established in 1966. The department was abolished upon the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in October 1968, when responsibility for Commonwealth defence passed to two new FCO departments: the Defence Policy Department and the Defence Training and Supply Department. |
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