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 at that time available to view in the version rooms at The National Archives. This remit 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 shrubbery a wide range of subject matters respecting UK relations with the Middle East, Southern Europe, Republic of Ireland and North America. The physical reflects events in the territories and the views of Her Majesty's Government's at that time. These files direction form part of the FCO - Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Registered Files register series.

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