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Treasury and Board of Trade: Trading with the Enemy and Administration of Enemy Property...
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| Reference | BT 272 |
|---|---|
| Title | Treasury and Board of Trade: Trading with the Enemy and Administration of Enemy Property Departments: Vesting Orders |
| Date | 1939-1987 |
| Description | This series contains orders to vest the property of named individuals and companies in the Custodians (to 1950) and Administrators (from 1950) of Enemy Property; with indexes and other related papers. |
| Arrangement | Revoking Orders are kept with the original Order where possible. Those where the original Order number is not given are in BT 272/69 |
| Related material |
See also the records of the Second World War depts A list of vesting orders for China is in BT 271/823 Files of the Enemy Property Branch are in BT 15 |
| Separated material |
No vesting orders for China have survived |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Board of Trade, Administration of Enemy Property Department, 1948-1957 Board of Trade, Enemy Property Branch, 1957-1969 Board of Trade, Trading with the Enemy Department, 1942-1948 Department of Trade and Industry, Finance and Economic Appraisal Division, 1970-1974 Treasury and Board of Trade, Trading with the Enemy Branch, 1939-1942 |
| Physical description | 79 flat sheets and volumes |
| Access conditions | Open |
| Unpublished finding aids |
Indexes and registers to the Vesting Orders are in BT 272/70-78. |
| Administrative/ biographical background | The power to vest property in the Custodians of Enemy Property was granted to the Board of Trade under the Trading With the Enemy Act 1939, Section 7. The Board was later given the power to vest property in the Administrators of Enemy Property by the Distribution of German Enemy Property (No 1) Order 1950 (SI 1950 No 1642) and by various Peace Treaty Orders. |
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