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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 262
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Consulates, Japan: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For accounts before 1921 see FO 276
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Japanese
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- 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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2166 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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 1939 Foreign 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7576/
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