Download or read book The Records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968 written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by Public Record Office Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition is expanded to include the period 1939-1968, the crucial years of the Second World War and its aftermath, up to the end of a separate Foreign Office (FO) in 1968. It describes the changes within the FO brought on by the stresses of war and to its record-keeping systems after 1939, and incorporates information on the records of other war-time and post-war bodies linked to the FO. It examines the FO's role in the reconstruction of Western Europe, the diminution of Britain's international role and the shrinking of the Empire.