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Series
Colonial Office: Aden: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 725
What's it about?
CO 725
This series contains original correspondence relating to Aden. Prior to 1937 they deal mainly with the Aden Protectorate.
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 725
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Aden: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Aden. Prior to 1937 they deal mainly with the Aden Protectorate.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later records see CO 1015
For further records see CO 952
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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)
- 106 volume(s)
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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
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)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 773
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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 administration of British Aden passed from the Government of India to the Colonial Office in 1937, but responsibility for relations with the Aden Protectorate (made up of the territories adjoining the British possessions of Little Aden and Perim Island) had already passed from the Foreign Office to the Colonial Office in 1921.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4914/
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