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Foreign Office: Office of the United Kingdom High Commissioner for Germany: Files
Catalogue reference: FO 1008
What's it about?
FO 1008
This series reflects the work of the civilian UK High Commissioner for Germany. The files cover various aspects of British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany during the final phase of Allied control, including much on European and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 1008
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Office of the United Kingdom High Commissioner for Germany: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series reflects the work of the civilian UK High Commissioner for Germany. The files cover various aspects of British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany during the final phase of Allied control, including much on European and German unity and on internal German politics. Following West Germany's achievement of full independence in 1955 normal diplomatic relations were resumed.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later embassy and consular files see FO 1042
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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)
- Foreign Office, High Commissioner for West Germany, 1949-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 406 file(s)
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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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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
- Europe and Russia
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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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After the establishment of the West German government and an Allied High Commission of the three Western powers in 1949 the British military governor became UK high commissioner and his chief administrative officer was re-styled chief of staff. When West Germany became independent in 1955 the Office of the UK High Commissioner became an embassy.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8307/
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