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'j \ lie* y° pv. 1&& A <36606385300015 <36606385300015 Bayer. Staatsbibliothek British Foreign Office United States: Correspondence 1930-1937 GUIDE to The Scholarly Resources microfilm edition of the Public Record Office Collection TextF.O. 371 Scholarly Resources Inc. SRJ104 - Greenhill Avenue • Wilmington, Delaware 1980S tf A British Foreign Office United States: Correspondence 1930-1937 GUIDE to The Scholarly Resources microfilm edition of the Public Record Office Collection Text: F.O. 371 Scholarly Resources Inc. SR!104- Greenhtll Avenue • Wilmington, Delaware 1980S MJOSfo © 1981 by Scholarly Resources Inc. All rights reserved First published 1981 Printed in the United States of America SCHOLARLY RESOURCES INC. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, Delaware 19805 Bayerische Staatsbibliottiek dunohen 0 P\ TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Content and Organization of the Foreign Office Records v Format of the Scholarly Resources Guide v Document Retrieval vi Sample Docket vii SUBJECT GUIDE 1 111 INTRODUCTION Content and Organization of the Foreign Office Records The British Foreign Office Records of General Political Corres­ pondence for the United States of America, 1930-1937, in F.O. 371, is a collection of documents describing British foreign affairs concern­ ing the United States. These documents provide a wealth of information on governmental, political, military, and economic affairs in the United States as well as policies and events in Anglo-American relations. The correspondence in this collection consists primarily of communications between the Foreign Office and various British embassies and consulates in the United States. These records are the London files, containing material received from abroad or from London departments, and drafts of material originating in and sent out of London. In addition, the collection includes public proclamations by various national leaders, governments, and organizations, communications with foreign governments, pertinent publications, personal requests made of the Foreign Office by private citizens and groups, and records of questions asked by members of Parliament directed to the Foreign Office. Many miscellaneous des­ patches and papers round out the body of the annual correspondence. Each document arriving at the Foreign Office was processed by the Opening Branch, which identified the origin and sender and the country to which an incoming paper pertained. The document was then sent to the appropriate division of the Archives Branch according to geographical region. Each division of the Archives Branch assigned its documents registry numbers from its own annual series. The United States Corres­ pondence was sent to the American and African Department, which identi­ fied itself by preceding its registry numbers with the letter "A." After a document had been assigned a registry number, it was assigned a "kept with" or file number. The file number was usually the same as the registry number of the first document in the file. Files ran in length from one document (i.e. "kept with" itself) to many documents totaling hundreds of pages. After filing, the document was indexed according to the country that it concerned. The index number for the United States is 45. At the end of every year the files were bound to­ gether into volumes. Page numbers were assigned at this stage, with stamped pagination beginning at page 1 for each volume. Scholarly Resources has published the bound volumes of the United States Correspondence, 1930-1937, on 129 reels of microfilm. Reels are numbered consecutively with each year beginning at reel 1. Format of the Scholarly Resources Guide to United States Correspondence, 1930-1937, F.O. 371 The Subject Guide to the Scholarly Resources edition of the British Foreign Office United States Correspondence, 1930-1937, F.O. 371 lists each file in the order in which it appears in the volumes of correspon­ dence, followed by a condensed description of the documents it contains. The Subject Guide has a new heading for every change in year, micro­ film reel, or volume. The secondary heading identifies the columns for the reference registry number of the first document in each subject v description group (DOCUMENT), the number of each file (FILE), a subject description of the documents (SUBJECT), and the page number of the first document in each subject group (PAGE). Document subjects have been arbitrarily divided into subject groups that are a maximum of two typed lines long. Semicolons separate differ­ ent document subjects within a subject group. The document number given for each subject group refers only to the first subject in the group; subsequent subjects' document numbers are not listed but follow that of the first subject. Similarly, the page number given for each subject group refers only to the location of the first subject in the group. Subsequent subjects in the group appear on pages after that of the first subject and before that of the next subject group. To illustrate: "U.S. Naval Construction programme; Japan and the London Naval Treaty" is a subject group. It is found in File 21. Docu­ ment number 1952 refers to a document on the subject of "U.S. Naval Con­ struction programme." "Japan and the London Naval Treaty" will have a document number higher than 1952 but lower than 2042, since document 2042 is also in File 21 and document numbers run in ascending order within the files. "U.S. Naval Construction programme" starts on page 100; "Japan and the London Naval Treaty" appears after page 100 but before page 163. It is important for the researcher to note that within subject groups a subject is listed only the first time it appears. Thus there may be several documents on the same subject within a subject group, with only the first one mentioned. Researchers should scan all pages included in a subject group to determine whether more than one document on their desired subject occurs there. Document Retrieval To locate a document on a desired subject using the Subject Guide, check the page number of the subject group in which the desired subject occurs. The document will follow this page number and precede the next page number listed. The heading then supplies the proper year, micro­ film reel, and volume in which to find the document. For example: If the researcher wants to retrieve a document deal­ ing with "Naval negotiations with France and Italy," he or she proceeds to page 174 of volume 15117 on reel 2 of 1931. 16 BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE REEL: 2 VOLUME: 15n7 DOUUMEVI SUBJECT 1694 21 Franco-Italian Naval Agreement; Naval strength of the Dominions; London Naval Treaty (Cont.) Act, 19J0 1 1712 Naval strength of the five signatory Powers of the London Naval Treaty in 1936; Naval programmes of U.S. and Japan for 1930 57 1738 Franco-Italian Naval Agreement; Meeting of drafting Committee; Bringing into operation Section 1 of the London Naval Treaty Act 4] 1952 U.S. Naval Construction programme; Japan and the London Naval Treaty inn 2042 Replacement of destroyer tonnage allowed by the Treaty of London; Estimated total tonnage of British destroyers and leaders in 1932 163 2046 Proposal that no warship