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Christmas Island Base: facilities and future of base
Catalogue reference: AVIA 65/1360
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This record is about the Christmas Island Base: facilities and future of base dating from 1958-1961 in the series Ministry of Supply and successors: Registered Files. 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)
- AVIA 65/1360
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1958-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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Christmas Island Base: facilities and future of base
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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)
- DB/331/017 Pt A
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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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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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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
- Asia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C491045/
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Series information
AVIA 65
Ministry of Supply and successors: Registered Files
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the series: AVIA 65
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