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Series
Colonial Office: Borneo Territories: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 954
What's it about?
CO 954
This series contains papers dealing with matters common to North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei.
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 954
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Borneo Territories: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains papers dealing with matters common to North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further records relating to North Borneo see CO 531
For further records relating to Brunei see CO 943
For later records see CO 1022
For further records relating to Sarawak see CO 938
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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)
- 8 file(s)
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers to this correspondence see CO 992
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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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In 1946 North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei were together placed under the Governor-General appointed to ensure co-ordination of policy and administration throughout the area in South-East Asia under British control.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5143/
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