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Commonwealth Office: West Indian Department 'B' and Foreign and Commonwealth Office,...
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| Reference | FCO 44 |
|---|---|
| Title | Commonwealth Office: West Indian Department 'B' and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, West Indian Department: Registered Files, Smaller Commonwealth West Indian Territories (WB and HW Series) |
| Date | 1967-2000 |
| Description | This series consists of records of the West Indian 'B' Department relating to responsibilities for UK and Commonwealth relations with the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands, and its successor in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the West Indian Department. From May 1972 the records are those of the West Indian and Atlantic Department, relating to the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the Falkland Islands and dependencies, the British Antarctic Territory, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha. |
| Arrangement | By former file reference |
| Related material |
Earlier records on the Falkland Islands, Antarctic territories, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha are in |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | WB and HW file series |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Commonwealth Office, West Indian Department B, 1966-1968 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, West Indian and Atlantic Department, 1972-1998 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, West Indian Department, 1968-1972 |
| Physical description | 4956 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 1999 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accruals | Series is accruing |
| Administrative/ biographical background | The West Indian Department 'B' was abolished in October 1968, when responsibility for relations with the territories for which the department was formerly responsible passed to a new West Indian Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (which also handled relations with British Honduras, St Vincent and Montserrat). This department was replaced in May 1972 by the West Indian and Atlantic Department, with responsibility for Bermuda and the Bahamas passing to the Caribbean Department, and responsibility for the Falkland Islands and dependencies, the British Antarctic Territories, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha being added. |
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