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The 1951 Refugee Convention
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Series
Colonial Office: Aden Department: Registered Files (ADN Series)
Catalogue reference: CO 1055
What's it about?
CO 1055
This series contains records of the Aden Department dealing with the colonial administration of Aden in the five years prior to independence in 1967. Subjects covered include constitutional conferences and development, boundaries, border...
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 1055
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Aden Department: Registered Files (ADN Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1962-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Aden Department dealing with the colonial administration of Aden in the five years prior to independence in 1967. Subjects covered include constitutional conferences and development, boundaries, border incidents, security arrangements and social development.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier files see CO 1015
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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)
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ADN file series
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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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Arabic and English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Colonial Office, Aden Department, 1963-1966
- Colonial Office, Social Service and Aden Department, 1962-1963
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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307 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1997 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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- Topics
- International
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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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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The Aden Department of the Colonial Office (until 1963 the Aden and Social Service Department) was established in 1962 to take account of the emergency and run up to Aden independence in 1967.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5244/
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