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Series
Colonial Office: South East Asia Department: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 1022
What's it about?
CO 1022
This series contains correspondence of the South East Asia Department relating to Borneo, Brunei, Malaya, Sarawak and Singapore, and to the Federation of Malaya. Subject matter includes various aspects of those countries' internal and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 1022
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: South East Asia Department: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1950-1956
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence of the South East Asia Department relating to Borneo, Brunei, Malaya, Sarawak and Singapore, and to the Federation of Malaya. Subject matter includes various aspects of those countries' internal and constitutional development, and international relations in south-east Asia as a whole.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier records relating to North Borneo see CO 531
For earlier records relating to Brunei see CO 943
For later records see OD 27
For earlier records see CO 954
For earlier records relating to the Federated Malay States see CO 717
For earlier records relating to Singapore see CO 953
For earlier 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)
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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)
- Colonial Office, South East Asia Department, 1950-1956
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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494 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 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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- Topics
- International
- Asia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5211/
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