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Protocols and Ratifications of Treaties (mostly from 2001) 8. Private and private office papers 1962 onwards Private and private office papers relating to foreign affairs held at The National Archives fall under three main categories: 9. Archives of commissions and conferences FCO 85 Categories Series Private papers of diplomats and politicians involved in foreign affairs directly gifted to, or deposited with, the Public Record Office (later the National Archives) Unregistered papers of mostly (though not entirely) 19th century politicians, diplomats and officials taken away on retirement but subsequently returned to government. Anthony Eden’s papers (FO 954) are available online Private office papers of mostly 20th century politicians, diplomats and officials surrendered to government on retirement Private papers are found in PRO 30/1-99. You can also search the National Register of Archives by name/place name/subject. Search our catalogue by surname, restricting by year range and by department code FO Search our catalogue by surname and record series FO 800 and FO 73. RA Butler’s private office papers are in FO 1109. Also a small selection of papers (1904-1942) in FO 794 The Foreign Office records contain the archives of a large number of bilateral or multilateral international commissions, from 1790-1967. Subjects range from the slave trade to American fisheries. Search by keyword within FO to find more information. The records of British delegations to international conferences from 1814-1976 can be found in FO and CAB (records of the Cabinet Office). See our catalogue series divisions for FO and CAB for further details. 10. Allied Administration of Germany and Austria after the Second World War The Foreign Office inherited the records of a number of the organisations through which the Allies administered what are now Germany and Austria after the Second World War. Researchers should note the distinctions between the Control Offices, which were based in London, the Control Commissions, which were based in Germany and Austria, and the Civil High Commission, which instigated de facto self-government in West Germany from 1948 until 1955 (when normal diplomatic relations were resumed). A catalogue of most of these records, produced in German and English, was published in the 1990s. Researchers are advised to consult it: Akten der britischen Militärregierung in Deutschland: Sachinventar 1945-1955 (11 Volumes, Published by KG Saur 1993). For a breakdown of the records relating to the Allied Administration, please see the Series Division within FO If you are interested in a particular subject, you could also use a key word search on our catalogue. For example, search for the word or phrase ‘Censorship AND Control Commission
for Germany’, year range 1945 to 1950, within series FO The records of the Allied Kommandatura, the four power body that administered Berlin until the end of the Cold War, are in FO 1112 11. Other record categories Please see below for other relevant series: Categories Series Chief Clerk’s Department PRO 57/2805 Wartime departments and missions (First World War) Wartime departments and missions (Second World War) 12. Further reading Some or all of the publications below may be available to buy from The National Archives' bookshop. Alternatively, search The National Archives' library catalogue to see what is available to consult at Kew. Published copies of records: British Documents on the Origins of the War, Documents on British Foreign Policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas (13, 68 and 18 Volumes respectively, HMSO and Routledge, 1926 onwards). Selections of documents (mostly general correspondence) covering the build up to the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War respectively. British Documents on Foreign Affairs (over 200 volumes, University Publications of America, 1983 onwards). Selection of Confidential Prints from mid-19th to mid-20th century. British and Foreign State Papers (168 Volumes, HMSO 19th c. to 1977). Published copies of major treaties from 1812 to 1967. Secondary material: Michael Roper, The Records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968 (Public Record Office, 2002) Louise Atherton, Never Complain, Never Explain: Records of the Foreign Office and the State Paper Office 1500-c.1960 (Public Record Office, 1994), includes well-explained guidance on how to use the registers and indexes to Foreign Office correspondence. Guide reference: Overseas information 14 Downloaded from: See Series Division FO 660 (Ministers Resident), FO 837 and FO 935 (Ministry of Economic Warfare), FO 892 (French National Committee), FO 898 (Political Warfare Executive), FO 916 (Consular (War)), FO 921 (Minister of State, Cairo), FO 957 (British Middle East Office, Cairo) Passport Office See Series Division; also FO 971 (special files) Permanent Undersecretary of State’s Department FO 1093 (unregistered papers covering intelligence matters; includes papers on Rudolf Hess and on the Duke of Windsor)
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