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Foreign Office: Various Consulates, Norway: Second World War Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: FO 952
What's it about?
FO 952
The nine files in this series are the records of the British consulates in Bergen, Haugesund, Tromsö and Stavanger, Norway. They contain various instructions from the Ministry of Economic Warfare and local correspondence on trade controls and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 952
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Various Consulates, Norway: Second World War Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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The nine files in this series are the records of the British consulates in Bergen, Haugesund, Tromsö and Stavanger, Norway. They contain various instructions from the Ministry of Economic Warfare and local correspondence on trade controls and facilities, and a report on the 'Altmark' incident.
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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 Office, Consulate, Bergen, Norway, 1897-1968
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Haugesund, Norway, 1897-1940
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Stavanger, Norway, 1897-1968
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Tromsö, Norway, 1897-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 file(s)
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Theses records fell into German hands in April 1940 before they could be destroyed.The files were sent to Berlin within a few weeks as 'Geheim' and some bear German references and annotations.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8251/
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Foreign Office: Various Consulates, Norway: Second World War Miscellanea
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