Focus on
Forgotten front: Britain, Bolshevism, and Chinese auxiliaries in northern Russia
At the end of the First World War, the British Army enlisted the service of Chinese labourers working in the Arctic.
Series
Cabinet Office, Defence Secretariat (M Series) Files
Catalogue reference: CAB 196
What's it about?
CAB 196
Files reflecting the Cabinet Secretariat's support of the Cabinet and Cabinet committees in their consideration of defence and overseas policy matters.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 196
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cabinet Office, Defence Secretariat (M Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1964-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files reflecting the Cabinet Secretariat's support of the Cabinet and Cabinet committees in their consideration of defence and overseas policy matters.
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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)
- M series files
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 177 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2004 Cabinet Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16073/
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