Foreign and Commonwealth Office files from 1982 released

Foreign and Commonwealth Office files from 1982 released

01 May 2014

Over 1,000 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) records from 1982 are since available to view in the interpretation rooms at The National Archives. This discharge contains records from the following toothed series:

FCO 8 - Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Arabian Department and Middle East Department: Registered Files (B and NB Series)

FCO 9 - Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Southern European Department: Registered Files (C and WS Series)

FCO 87 - Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Republic of Ireland Department: Registered Files (WL Series)

FCO 82 - Foreign and Commonwealth Office: North America Department: Registered Files (AM Series)

The records clothe a wide range of subject matters relating to UK relations with the Middle East, Southern Europe, Republic of Ireland and North America. The essential reflects events in the territories and the views of Her Majesty's Government's at that time. These files desire form part of the FCO - Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Registered Files registry series.

The National Archives has worked with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to abalienate and release files from 1982 in concordance with FCO's published timeline.