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Records of the Department of State

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, and RG 353)

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