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Catalogue description Commonwealth Office: Economic General Department and Commonwealth Trade Department: Registered Files, Commonwealth Economic Policy (EG Series)
| Reference: | FCO 22 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Commonwealth Office: Economic General Department and Commonwealth Trade Department: Registered Files, Commonwealth Economic Policy (EG Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains records of the Economic General Department of the Commonwealth Office and its successor, the Commonwealth Trade Department, dealing with general questions of Commonwealth trade and economics, including the sterling area, the balance of payments, Commonwealth relations with international economic organisations, shipping, petroleum and gas, copyright matters, double taxation agreements, East-West trade and strategic trade controls and the peaceful uses of atomic energy. |
| Date: | 1967-1968 |
| Arrangement: |
By former file reference |
| Related material: |
For earlier Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office Economic General Department files see DO 215 For later Foreign and Commonwealth Office files dealing with shipping matters see FCO 14 For later Foreign and Commonwealth Office files dealing with atomic energy see FCO 55 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | EG file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commonwealth Office, Commonwealth Trade Department, 1967-1968 Commonwealth Office, Economic General Department, 1966-1967 |
| Physical description: | 31 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In1999 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accruals: | No further accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Economic General Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office was formed in 1965 to handle general trade and economic questions affecting the whole Commonwealth and Commonwealth relations with international economic organisations. The Department was renamed the Commonwealth Trade Department in January 1967, though its basic functions did not alter. Upon the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968, the Department was abolished and its functions distributed among various departments of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. |
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