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Series
Colonial Office: Eastern Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 825
What's it about?
CO 825
These files relate in general to the Far Eastern colonies and to foreign relations in the Far East, with particular reference to Burma, Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore. They relate especially to the control of opium trafficking, and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 825
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Eastern Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1926-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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These files relate in general to the Far Eastern colonies and to foreign relations in the Far East, with particular reference to Burma, Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore. They relate especially to the control of opium trafficking, and mui tsai (child slavery), rubber production and military administration after the Second World War.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For registers of this correspondence see CO 872
For records on post Second World War reconstruction planning for this area see CO 865
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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)
- 90 file(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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5014/
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Colonial Office: Eastern Original Correspondence
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