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1 item (originally enclosed in a letter from Sir William Seeds, British Ambassador...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/725
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed in a letter from Sir William Seeds, British Ambassador... dating from 1939 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MFQ 1/725
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed in a letter from Sir William Seeds, British Ambassador in Moscow, 20 December 1939) extracted from FO 371/24791. Map showing territory to be exchanged under the terms of the Mutual Assistance Pact between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the 'Finnish Democratic Republic'; also showing waterways, place names, railways; military-naval bases, and Finnish support depots and fuelling stations; (the area covered is now in Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Russian Federation). Key to exchanged territories. Partly compiled in the Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) Map Office directed by I B Suchoderev; drawn by B A Sacharov, cartographer; produced by the Chief Administration of Geodesy and Cartography, Council of People's Commissars (SNK), USSR; printed under the auspices of the Council of People's Commissars at the State Map Factory, S F Krilov, technical director, 1 December 1939; signed and published 4 December 1939. Sir William's letter notes that the map was sent for printing the day before the pact was signed.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 102 cm x 60 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1500000
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 942.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983746/
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MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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