History Notes

A series produced by the FCO Historians covering a wide range of subjects from Nazi gold to slavery.

Britain in NATO: The First Six Decades
July 1, 2013
by FCDO Historians
IRD: Origins and Establishment of the Foreign Office Information Research Department, 1946-48
April 15, 2013
by FCDO Historians
Slavery in Diplomacy: The Foreign Office and the Suppression of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
April 15, 2013
by FCDO Historians
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State: A Brief History of the Office and its Holders
April 1, 2002
by FCDO Historians
Locarno 1925: The Treaty, the Spirit and the Suite
August 1, 2000
by FCDO Historians
The FCO: Policy, People and Places, 1782-1995
September 1, 1999
by FCDO Historians
Women in Diplomacy: The FCO, 1782-1999
May 1, 1999
by FCDO Historians
“A most extraordinary and mysterious business”: The Zinoviev Letter of 1924
February 1, 1999
by FCDO Historians
British Policy towards enemy property during and after the Second World War
April 1, 1998
by FCDO Historians
Nazi Gold: Information from the British Archives: Part II
May 1, 1997
by FCDO Historians
Nazi Gold: Information from the British Archives
January 1, 1997
by FCDO Historians
The Katyn Massacre: An SOE Perspective
February 1, 1996
by FCDO Historians
FCO Library & Records, 1782-1995
June 1, 1995
by FCDO Historians
Korea: Britain and the Korean War, 1950-51
January 1, 1995
by FCDO Historians
The Foreign Office and the Secret Vote, 1782-1909
September 1, 1994
by FCDO Historians
FCO Records: Policy, Practice and Posterity, 1782-1993
November 1, 1993
by FCDO Historians
FCO Library: Print, Paper and Publications, 1782-1993
March 1, 1993
by FCDO Historians