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The 1951 Refugee Convention
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Series
Foreign Office: Embassy and Residency, Libya: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 1021
What's it about?
FO 1021
The earlier records in this series are those of the British Resident in Benghazi during the period of British administration. From December 1951 they are those of the British embassy in the Kingdom of Libya.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 1021
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy and Residency, Libya: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1947-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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The earlier records in this series are those of the British Resident in Benghazi during the period of British administration. From December 1951 they are those of the British embassy in the Kingdom of Libya.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files of the Foreign Office Administration of African Territories (FOAAT) covering Cyrenaica and Tripolitania see FO 1015
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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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Arabic and English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Embassy, Libya, 1951-1962
- Foreign Office, Residency, Benghazi, Libya, 1947-1951
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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170 file(s)
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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
- Middle East
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8320/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: FO
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Foreign Office: Embassy and Residency, Libya: General Correspondence
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