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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Various Embassies and Legations,...
Catalogue reference: FO 676
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FO 676
This series contains general correspondence of various legations and embassies to China. Comprises files of the legation at Peking from 1875; the embassy at Nanking, 1929 to 1948: the embassy at Shanghai, 1937 to 1940; and the embassy at...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 676
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Various Embassies and Legations, China: General Correspondence, Series II
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1875-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence of various legations and embassies to China. Comprises files of the legation at Peking from 1875; the embassy at Nanking, 1929 to 1948: the embassy at Shanghai, 1937 to 1940; and the embassy at Chungking, 1938 to 1945.
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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
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Legation, China, 1968-1972
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Chungking, China, 1837-1959
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Nangking, China, 1914-1959
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Shanghai, China, 1843-1941
- Foreign Office, Legation, China, 1782-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 569 file(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- 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)
- 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 1985 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
- Asia
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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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The British legation to China, headed by a Charge d'Affaires, was upgraded to embassy status in 1972.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7977/
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