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Series
Ministry of Overseas Development and Overseas Development Administration: Malaysia...
Catalogue reference: OD 39
What's it about?
OD 39
This series contains records of the Malaysia and Singapore Department dealing with general provision of UK capital and technical aid, and aid following the closure of the naval dockyard and the general rundown of military facilities in Singapore...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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OD 39
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development and Overseas Development Administration: Malaysia and Singapore Department and successors: Registered Files (MS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1966-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Malaysia and Singapore Department dealing with general provision of UK capital and technical aid, and aid following the closure of the naval dockyard and the general rundown of military facilities in Singapore and Malaysia. From 1970 the series also includes records relating to aid provision for Indonesia, and from 1971 for the Far East generally.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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MS file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Overseas Development, Malaysia and Singapore Department, 1967-1970
- Overseas Development Administration, Far East Department, 1971-1974
- Overseas Development Administration, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and East Asia Department, 1970-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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266 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1998 Overseas Development Administration
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Manufacturing
- Asia
- Aid and development
- Navy
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Before 1967, aid to Malaysia and Singapore was dealt with by the East Asia Department. In that year a Malaysia and Singapore Department was formed and an MS file series raised for its records. The Department was succeeded by a Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and East Asia Department in 1970. In 1971 that department was in turn absorbed into the Far East Department, which continued to use the MS file series.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11410/
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