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Despatches. Offices: Admiralty, Air Ministry, Colonial, Council, Overseas Trade.
Catalogue reference: CO 708/26
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This record is about the Despatches. Offices: Admiralty, Air Ministry, Colonial, Council, Overseas Trade. dating from 1925 July - Sept. in the series Colonial Office: Dominions Register of Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 708/26
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1925 July - Sept.
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Description (What the record is about)
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Despatches. Offices: Admiralty, Air Ministry, Colonial, Council, Overseas Trade.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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CO 708
Colonial Office: Dominions Register of Correspondence
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