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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British Embassy, Jedda: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: FCO 102
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FCO 102
This series contains files created by the British Embassy, Jedda, Saudi Arabia.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 102
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Title (The name of the record)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British Embassy, Jedda: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files created by the British Embassy, Jedda, Saudi Arabia.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy, Saudi Arabia, 1968-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2007 Foreign and Commonwealth 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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- Topics
- International
- Middle East
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Occasional accruals can be expected
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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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The British Embassy was established in Jedda in February 1948 until 11 November 1956 when UK diplomatic relations were broken off with Saudi Arabia. In 1963 UK diplomatic relations were re-established with Saudi Arabia and the Embassy in Jedda was re-opened. In 1985 the British Embassy was moved to Riyadh.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16496/
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