Foreign Office: United Kingdom Delegation to the International Authority for the Ruhr: Records

Available are: Online catalogue (The National Archives website), detailed lists, some original registers of correspondence and annual indexes to FO correspondence for 1920 - 1951.The 1920-51 index (Kraus-Thomson Org. Public.)

Under the terms of the Public Records Acts 1958 and 1967 documents are transferred after 30 years to The National Archives and opened to the public.

134 files

This series contains a selection of the more important files of the United Kingdom Delegation to the International Commission for the Ruhr. Comprises British delegation papers on the general functions of the Commission, minutes of meetings, budget papers, papers on coal and steel production, allocation and trade, and papers leading up to the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community.

Foreign Office, United Kingdom Delegation to the International Authority for the Ruhr, 1949-1952

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