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Series
Colonial Office: Federated Malay States: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 717
What's it about?
CO 717
This series contains original correspondence relating to the Federated Malay States. Before 1947 includes correspondence relating to Brunei.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 717
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Federated Malay States: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1920-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to the Federated Malay States. Before 1947 includes correspondence relating to Brunei.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later records see CO 1022
For later records relating to Brunei see CO 943
For earlier records relating to the Straits Settlements see CO 273
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 210 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Asia
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers to this correspondence see CO 786 For the 1926 register to this correspondence see CO 426/28 For the 1946 register to this correspondence see CO 991/1
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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 Federated Malay States were formed in 1885 and was part of the British colony, the Straits Settlements. The Malay States were under Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 and British military occupation, 1945-1946. After the occupations, a new Union of Malaya was formed.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4906/
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