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Burma Office, Burma Secretariat, and Foreign Office, Embassy, Rangoon, Burma: General...
Catalogue reference: FO 643
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FO 643
This series contains general correspondence of the Burma Secretariat inherited by HM Embassy in Rangoon under an agreement between the Foreign Office and the Burma Office, London, and of the Embassy itself.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 643
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Title (The name of the record)
- Burma Office, Burma Secretariat, and Foreign Office, Embassy, Rangoon, Burma: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1942-1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence of the Burma Secretariat inherited by HM Embassy in Rangoon under an agreement between the Foreign Office and the Burma Office, London, and of the Embassy itself.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files in the first 56 boxes are arranged under broad subject or functional headings keyed to an alphabetical/numerical order. On the introduction in 1947 of a G.S.O. series of files (boxes 57-80) the headings were dropped from the file jackets; but, with the aid of a file index preserved in box 80, an effort has been made to continue them in the catalogue wherever continuity of affinity of subject matter could be established. Only exceptionally have cross-references from one file to another been given; but some assistance may be forthcoming from the file index.
Item references have been created using the former department reference number, apart from FO 643/68/U1 and FO 643/80/U1 which have been artificially created.
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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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- Burma Office, 1937-1948
- Burma Office, Burma Secretariat, 1942-1948
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Burma, 1948-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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163 boxes, 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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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
- Asia
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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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The Burma Office and its secretariat were in exile in India until October 1945, and afterwards were stationed in Rangoon.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7944/
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