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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Consulates, Egypt:...

Catalogue reference: FO 141

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FO 141

This series contains general correspondence of the British embassy and consulates in Egypt and the United Arab Republic.

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Reference
FO 141
Title
Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Consulates, Egypt: General Correspondence
Date
1815-1973
Description

This series contains general correspondence of the British embassy and consulates in Egypt and the United Arab Republic.

Separated material

Material for the period 1930 to 1941 has not survived.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy, United Arab Republic, 1968-1971
  • Foreign Office, Consulates, Egypt, 1815-1958
  • Foreign Office, Consulates, United Arab Republic, 1958-1965
  • Foreign Office, Embassy, Egypt, 1815-1958
  • Foreign Office, Embassy, United Arab Republic, 1958-1965
  • Foreign Office, Embassy, United Arab Republic, 1968-1968
Physical description
1523 volume(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Subjects
Topics
International
Middle East
Accruals
Series is accruing
Unpublished finding aids
The catalogue descriptions for FO 141/425-828 covering the years 1904-1937 contains only original file references. This is supplemented however by an alphabetical index held at the National Archives. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk.
Administrative / biographical background

After Egypt united with Syria in 1958, Egypt and Syria were known as the United Arab Republic. Though Syria withdrew from the union in 1961, the name United Arab Republic continued in use for Egypt until September 1971.

Diplomatic relations between Britain and the United Arab Republic were broken off in 1965 and resumed in 1968, during which time British interests were handled by the Canadian embassy in Cairo.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7455/

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