CRO

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department of the Government of the United Kingdom former government department

The Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO) was a former department of the British government responsible for managing political and diplomatic relations with the countries of the Commonwealth.

Aliases (1)

Commonwealth Relations Office ×47

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of the Government of the United Kingdom → former government department →
appliesToJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Nations →
archivesAt	The National Archives → surface form: "The National Archives (United Kingdom)"
coordinatesWith	Colonial Office → Foreign and Commonwealth Office → surface form: "Foreign Office"
country	United Kingdom →
dissolved	1966 →
employerOf	British diplomats → Commonwealth relations civil servants →
field	Commonwealth affairs → diplomacy → foreign relations →
followedBy	Commonwealth Relations Office → surface form: "Commonwealth Office" Foreign and Commonwealth Office →
formedByMergerOf	Dominions Office → India Office in London → surface form: "India Office (residual functions)"
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United Kingdom →
hasAbbreviation	CRO →
hasMinisterialHead	Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations →
hasRole	managing diplomatic relations with Commonwealth countries → managing political relations with Commonwealth countries →
headquartersLocation	London, England → surface form: "London"
historicalPeriod	decolonisation of the British Empire → post-World War II era →
inception	1947 →
jurisdiction	UK government → surface form: "United Kingdom government"
languageOfWork	English →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	England →
mergedInto	Foreign and Commonwealth Office →
notableWork	administration of UK–Commonwealth diplomatic links →
parentOrganization	UK government →
partOf	UK government → surface form: "Government of the United Kingdom"
reorganizedAs	Commonwealth Relations Office → surface form: "Commonwealth Office"
replaced	Dominions Office → India Office in London → surface form: "India Office (for certain functions)"
responsibleFor	relations with Commonwealth dependent territories (in certain periods) → relations with Commonwealth realms → relations with Commonwealth republics →
shortName	CRO →
subjectHasRole	Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations → surface form: "Commonwealth Secretary"
subjectOf	British constitutional history → studies of Commonwealth diplomacy →
supervises	British High Commissions in Commonwealth countries →
typeOfDepartment	ministerial department →
usedFor	coordination of Commonwealth conferences → negotiation of treaties with Commonwealth states →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CRO → hasAbbreviation → CRO →

subject surface form: "Commonwealth Relations Office"

Commonwealth Relations Office → shortName → CRO →

CRO → shortName → CRO →

subject surface form: "Commonwealth Relations Office"