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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: North America Department: Registered Files (AM Series)

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Reference	FCO 82
Title	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: North America Department: Registered Files (AM Series)
Date	1971-1994
Description	Records in this series concern UK relations with Canada, the United States of America, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and other overseas territories administered by the United States, and Arctic affairs.
Arrangement	The records are arranged by original file reference within annual cycles of registered files.
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department	AM file series
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Creator	Foreign and Commonwealth Office, North America Department, 1971
Physical description	2709 file(s)
Access conditions	Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition	From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Accumulation dates	1971
Accruals	Series is accruing
Selection and destruction information	Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under section 2.2.2.3 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the history of the conduct of the UK's external relations
Administrative/ biographical background	In 1971 the America Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was split, and separate Latin America and North America Departments created in its place. The North America Department handled UK relations with Canada and the United States of America, and overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea administered by the United States, as well as UK interests in affairs in the Arctic region.

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