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Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Legation and Embassy, Asuncion, Paraguay: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 527
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FO 527
This series contains general correspondence from the British legation and consulate in Asuncion, Paraguay. Comprises correspondence, 1855 to 1860, and reports, case papers concerning British subjects, etc., 1920 to 1951. From 1962 the series...
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FO 527
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Legation and Embassy, Asuncion, Paraguay: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1855-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British legation and consulate in Asuncion, Paraguay. Comprises correspondence, 1855 to 1860, and reports, case papers concerning British subjects, etc., 1920 to 1951. From 1962 the series contains papers of the British Embassy.
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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, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1968-1968
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1841-1859
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1862-1868
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1892-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1954-1968
- Foreign Office, Legation, Paraguay, 1841-1859
- Foreign Office, Legation, Paraguay, 1862-1868
- Foreign Office, Legation, Paraguay, 1892-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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67 file(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance.
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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
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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
- Nationality
- Americas
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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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From 1852, when diplomatic relations were first established with Paraguay, until 1941, the British Government was represented at Asuncion by the minister accredited to the Government of the Argentine Republic, except between 1859 and 1862, when relations with Paraguay were severed, and between 1868 and 1882 when there was no British representation in Paraguay. A British Embassy was established in Asuncion in 1954.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7841/
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Foreign Office: Consulate, Legation and Embassy, Asuncion, Paraguay: General Correspondence
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