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

Catalogue reference: FO 262

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FO 262

This series contains general correspondence from the British Embassy and consulate in Japan. From 1921 it includes accounts. It also contains a considerable proportion of files on matters of policy, including the treatment of war criminals after...

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Reference
FO 262
Title
Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Consulates, Japan: General Correspondence
Date
1859-1972
Description

This series contains general correspondence from the British Embassy and consulate in Japan. From 1921 it includes accounts. It also contains a considerable proportion of files on matters of policy, including the treatment of war criminals after the Second World War.

Related material

For accounts before 1921 see FO 276

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Japanese
Creator(s)
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy, Japan, 1968-1968
  • Foreign Office, Consulates, Japan, 1858-1941
  • Foreign Office, Consulates, Japan, 1946-1968
  • Foreign Office, Embassy, Japan, 1858-1941
  • Foreign Office, Embassy, Japan, 1946-1968
Physical description
2166 files and volumes
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1939 Foreign Office

Subjects
Topics
International
Asia
Conflict
Operations, battles and campaigns
Accruals
Series is accruing
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7576/

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