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Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy, Bonn, West Germany:...
Catalogue reference: FO 1042
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FO 1042
This series contains general correspondence from the British Embassy in Bonn, West Germany. The files cover a wide range of subjects, including the disposal of Nazi property, war criminals and the management of Spandau Prison, Communist...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 1042
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy, Bonn, West Germany: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1952-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British Embassy in Bonn, West Germany.
The files cover a wide range of subjects, including the disposal of Nazi property, war criminals and the management of Spandau Prison, Communist infiltration, the Munich air disaster of 1958, the status of Berlin (including the Four Power talks on Germany and Berlin in 1971), Anglo-German agreements, and NATO.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier records of the High Commissioner, see FO 1008
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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, Embassy, West Germany, 1968-1990
- Foreign Office, Embassy, West Germany, 1955-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 451 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 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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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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Following the achievement of full independence by West Germany in 1955, the office of UK High Commissioner was abolished, and normal diplomatic relations resumed. Following the re-unification of East and West Germany in 1990, it was decided to move the British embassy from Bonn to Berlin. The new embassy building was built on the same site as the original embassy, which had been destroyed in 1943 during the Second World War. British diplomatic work continued to primarily operate from Bonn until September 1999, at which point the British ambassador moved back to Berlin for full diplomatic residence. The new Embassy officially opened on 18 July 2000.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8341/
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