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Catalogue reference: FO 511
What's it about?
FO 511
This series contains general correspondence from the British legation (from 1954, embassy) and consulate in Finland.
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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FO 511
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy, Legation and Consulate, Finland: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British legation (from 1954, embassy) and consulate in Finland.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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All the volumes of correspondence for the period 1933 to 1936 and one or two earlier volumes were destroyed when the staff left the legation during the Second World War.
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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)
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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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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy, Finland, 1968-1968
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Finland, 1866-1941
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Finland, 1944-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Finland, 1954-1968
- Foreign Office, Legation, Finland, 1919-1941
- Foreign Office, Legation, Finland, 1944-1954
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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139 files and volumes
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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 1982 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
- Europe and Russia
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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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A British legation to Finland was re-established in 1944, and was raised to embassy level in September 1954.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7825/
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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy, Legation and Consulate, Finland: General Correspondence
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