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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Consulate, Batavia, Dutch East...

Catalogue reference: FO 810

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FO 810

This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate (later embassy) in Batavia (from 1950, Jakarta), Dutch East Indies (later Indonesia). Files relating to the Balibo massacre were made available in November 2002 after...

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Reference
FO 810
Title
Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Consulate, Batavia, Dutch East Indies and Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia: General Correspondence
Date
1946-1976
Description

This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate (later embassy) in Batavia (from 1950, Jakarta), Dutch East Indies (later Indonesia). Files relating to the Balibo massacre were made available in November 2002 after representations were made to the FCO by families of the victims of the massacre.

Separated material

Records for the period prior to the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, 1942 to 1946, were destroyed. The records for 1949 to 1963 were similarly lost when the embassy was looted and burned by rioters in September 1963.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1968-1968
  • Foreign Office, Consulate, Batavia, Dutch East Indies, 1897-1949
  • Foreign Office, Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1949-1968
Physical description
33 file(s)
Restrictions on use
Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance.
Access conditions
Open
Subjects
Topics
International
Asia
Accruals
Series is accruing
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8109/

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