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The 1951 Refugee Convention
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Series
Peace Conference: British Delegation, Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 608
What's it about?
FO 608
This series contains correspondence and papers of the British delegation at the Peace Conference, Paris. Also includes private papers of Sir P Waterlow and Lord Sumner as British representatives at the Conference.
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 608
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Title (The name of the record)
- Peace Conference: British Delegation, Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1918-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and papers of the British delegation at the Peace Conference, Paris. Also includes private papers of Sir P Waterlow and Lord Sumner as British representatives at the Conference.
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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)
- Peace Conference, Paris, 1919-1920
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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312 files and volumes
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For a subject index to the British Delegation papers, see FO 608/1 and 312.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7909/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
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