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Series
Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: South Asia Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: DO 196
What's it about?
DO 196
This series contains records of the South Asia Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Commonwealth Office dealing with Commonwealth relations with India, Pakistan, Ceylon and the Maldive Islands (relations with which were handled...
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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DO 196
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: South Asia Department: Registered Files (SEA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1960-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the South Asia Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Commonwealth Office dealing with Commonwealth relations with India, Pakistan, Ceylon and the Maldive Islands (relations with which were handled by the Commonwealth Relations Office, although the islands were still a colony, after Ceylon became independent in February 1948).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later records see FCO 37
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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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SEA 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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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Commonwealth Office, South Asia Department, 1967-1968
- Commonwealth Relations Office, South Asia Department, 1960-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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565 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/C6205/
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