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The Central Office of Information (COI) was until March 2012 the the main British government body dealing with official advertising and publicity. <ref> [http://coi.gov.uk/ COI], Central Office of Information website, accessed August 2012 </ref> It was established in 1946 after the demise of the wartime [[Ministry of Information]], when individual government departments resumed responsibility for information policy.<ref> [http://www.coi.gov.uk/aboutcoi.php, About COI], accessed April 2007.</ref>
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The '''Central Office of Information''' (COI) was from 1946 until 31 March 2012 the the main British government body dealing with official advertising and publicity. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415092218/http://www.coi.gov.uk/ coi.gov.uk], Central Office of Information website, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 15 April 2012 on 12 May 2018.</ref> It was established in 1946 after the demise of the wartime [[Ministry of Information]], when individual government departments resumed responsibility for information policy.<ref> [http://www.coi.gov.uk/aboutcoi.php, About COI], accessed April 2007.</ref>
  
 
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==External links==
 
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CoI website http://www.coi.gov.uk/ http://www.coi.gov.uk/
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*CoI website [http://www.coi.gov.uk/ coi.gov.uk/]
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*Internet archive holdings of [https://web.archive.org/web/*/coi.gov.uk coi.gov.uk] 1998-2013.
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==Publications==
 
==Publications==
 
*Central Office of Information (1988) ''Northern Ireland, A Central Office of Information reference pamphlet'', 127/88, November, London: COI.
 
*Central Office of Information (1988) ''Northern Ireland, A Central Office of Information reference pamphlet'', 127/88, November, London: COI.
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 12 May 2018

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The Central Office of Information (COI) was from 1946 until 31 March 2012 the the main British government body dealing with official advertising and publicity. [1] It was established in 1946 after the demise of the wartime Ministry of Information, when individual government departments resumed responsibility for information policy.[2]

Propaganda agencies


External links

Publications

  • Central Office of Information (1988) Northern Ireland, A Central Office of Information reference pamphlet, 127/88, November, London: COI.
  • Central Office of Information (1988) Northern Ireland: A Brief Survey, London: HMSO.
  • Central Office of Information (1989) Annual Report and Accounts, 1988-9, London: COI.
  • Central Office of Information (1990) Annual Report and Accounts, 1989- 90, October.
  • Central Office of Information (1990) COI Directory January, London: COI.

Notes

  1. coi.gov.uk, Central Office of Information website, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 15 April 2012 on 12 May 2018.
  2. About COI, accessed April 2007.