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Records of the Department of State (1789-1976)

Records of the Department of State as an agency are best understood when described in the following categories:

Central Files
(RG 59)
Headquarters Decentralized Files
(RG 59)
Foreign Service Post Files
(RG 84)
Specialized Files
(RG 43)
(RG 76)
(RG 353)
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