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Commissioner General for the United Kingdom in South East Asia, and United Kingdom...
Catalogue reference: FO 1091
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FO 1091
This series contains records of the Commissioner General for the United Kingdom in South East Asia, and United Kingdom Commissioner for Singapore and South East Asia. They relate to the United Kingdom's relations with Malaya, Singapore and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 1091
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commissioner General for the United Kingdom in South East Asia, and United Kingdom Commissioner for Singapore and South East Asia: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1950-1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Commissioner General for the United Kingdom in South East Asia, and United Kingdom Commissioner for Singapore and South East Asia. They relate to the United Kingdom's relations with Malaya, Singapore and Borneo, especially as regards defence and constitutional development.
The series contains pieces originally intended for CO 953.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
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CO 953
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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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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Commissioner-General for the United Kingdom in South East Asia, 1948-1959
- Foreign Office, United Kingdom Commissioner for Singapore and South East Asia, 1959-1963
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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114 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1990 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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- Topics
- Asia
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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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The post of Commissioner-General for the United Kingdom in South East Asia was created on 1 May 1948, in succession to that of Governor-General of Malaya, Singapore and British Borneo. The Commissioner-General continued to exercise the functions of the former Governor-General in promoting the co-ordination of policy and administration between the governments of territories in South East Asia under British control, in addition to those of the former Special Commissioner in South East Asia, a diplomatic post established in 1946 primarily for co-ordinating measures to meet the then critical supply situation in the region, especially in regard to food supplies.
The Commissioner-General, based in Singapore, was required to communicate with the Secretary of State for the Colonies on matters previously dealt with by the Governor-General, and with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on matters formerly the concern of the Special Commissioner.
The first Commissioner-General was Mr Malcolm John MacDonald, previously Governor-General, who held that position until 1955. Mr MacDonald was succeeded by Sir Robert Heatlie Scott. In 1959, following the acquisition of internal self-government by Singapore, the responsibilities of the UK Commissioner-General for South East Asia were merged with those of the United Kingdom Commissioner for Singapore in a joint Office, that of the United Kingdom Commissioner for Singapore and South East Asia. This post was held by Lord Selkirk from 1959 until the formation of Malaysia in September 1963, at which date the Office was terminated.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8390/
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