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Series
Colonial Office: Mediterranean Department, predecessor and successors: Registered...
Catalogue reference: CO 926
What's it about?
CO 926
This series contains registered files of the Pacific and Mediterranean Department and its successors relating to the colonial administration in Cyprus, Gibraltar and Malta. A very few of the earliest files pre-date the start of the MED series in...
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 926
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Mediterranean Department, predecessor and successors: Registered Files, Mediterranean Colonies (MED Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1936-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Pacific and Mediterranean Department and its successors relating to the colonial administration in Cyprus, Gibraltar and Malta. A very few of the earliest files pre-date the start of the MED series in 1951, and these also cover the British mandated territory in Palestine and the Middle East.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier records on Malta see CO 158
For later records on Gibraltar see FCO 42
For later records on Malta see DO 202
For earlier records on Palestine see CO 733
For earlier records on Cyprus see CO 67
For earlier records on Gibraltar see CO 91
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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)
- MED file series
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Colonial Office, Atlantic Department, 1964-1966
- Colonial Office, Mediterranean and Atlantic Department, 1962-1964
- Colonial Office, Mediterranean Department, 1946-1962
- Colonial Office, Pacific and Mediterranean Department, 1932-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2163 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5115/
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