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In - Notes In - letters In - memoranda
Catalogue reference: FO 682/2324
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FO 682/2324
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Date (When the record was created)
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1916
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In - Notes In - letters In - memoranda
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Chinese Register FO 932/35 English Register FO 231/missing at transfer Numeration of registered documents: 1-245, incl. Nos. 21A, 52A, 198A & 221A Registered documents: All missing at transfer, but see FO 228/1962-1965 Copies in FO 230 Complete - except: 184 (Notes only; No.23 missing at transfer) English versions Complete - except: FO 228/1959 Notes: Nos.117, 223 & 244 missing at transfer Memoranda: Nos.18 & 114 missing at transfer No.61 also missing at transfer Letters: selection only Documents registered in FO 932 and located elsewhere than FO 682: FO 228/1962-1965. No.61, the class of which is not stated in the Chinese register, is missing at transfer. Otherwise: Notes: Complete Memoranda: Complete Letters: No.190 missing at transfer
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Chinese
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Open Document, Open Description
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- International
- Asia
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In - Notes In - letters In - memoranda
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