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Colonial Office: Commission of Enquiry in North Borneo and Sarawak Regarding Malaysian...
Catalogue reference: CO 947
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CO 947
This series contains records of the Commission of Enquiry in North Borneo and Sarawak Regarding Malaysian Federation (Cobbold Commission) comprising minutes and papers. It is further divided into North Borneo and Sarawak sections consisting...
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CO 947
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Commission of Enquiry in North Borneo and Sarawak Regarding Malaysian Federation (Cobbold Commission, 1962)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Commission of Enquiry in North Borneo and Sarawak Regarding Malaysian Federation (Cobbold Commission) comprising minutes and papers. It is further divided into North Borneo and Sarawak sections consisting mainly of submission papers.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Commission of Enquiry in North Borneo and Sarawak Regarding Malaysian Federation, 1962-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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61 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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
- Asia
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The report of the Commission was published in 1962 as Cmnd 1794.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5136/
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