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Catalogue description Foreign Office: Information Policy Department and Regional Information Departments: Registered Files
| Reference: | FO 953 |
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| Title: | Foreign Office: Information Policy Department and Regional Information Departments: Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series contains files of the various Information Departments established in the Foreign Office after 1946 to deal with publicity abroad. They relate to individual countries and to information policy, news and information staff generally. From 1945 the series includes News Department records. From 1965 the series also contains general correspondence of the Foreign Office's Planning Staff. From 1966, Foreign Office and Commonwealth Information Departments were merged as a precursor to the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968, and records of the joint departments are in this series. |
| Date: | 1947-1966 |
| Arrangement: |
From the beginning of 1950 a revised filing system was adopted by the Foreign Office. This system was based on:
A separate series of code numbers by countries was used together with file numbers for papers filed in the Claims, Consular and Information Policy Departments. This modification does not affect the basic filing principle, thus KG 1021/7 stands for paper 7 on file 1 of the Consular Department's Argentina series. Departmental index letters:
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| Related material: |
For later files of the Joint Foreign Office/Commonwealth Office Information Departments see FCO 26 For pre 1939 records of the News Department see: FO 395 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign Office and Commonwealth Office, Joint Information Administration Department, 1966-1968 Foreign Office and Commonwealth Office, Joint Information Policy and Guidance Department, 1966-1968 Foreign Office and Commonwealth Office, Joint Information Services Department, 1966-1968 Foreign Office and Commonwealth Office, News Department, 1966-1968 Foreign Office, American Information Department, 1946-1949 Foreign Office, Eastern European Information Department, 1946-1949 Foreign Office, Far Eastern Information Department, 1946-1949 Foreign Office, German Information Department, 1948-1957 Foreign Office, Information Executive Department, 1957-1965 Foreign Office, Information Policy Department, 1946-1965 Foreign Office, Information Services Department, 1947-1954 Foreign Office, Latin American Information Department, 1946-1949 Foreign Office, Middle Eastern Information Department, 1946-1949 Foreign Office, News Department, 1945-1965 Foreign Office, Planning Staff (Information Departments), 1965-1968 Foreign Office, Western European Information Department, 1946-1949 |
| Physical description: | 2518 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
The papers up to 1951 are indexed in FO 409 A list of countries with their code number for this series is available. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location. |
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