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Series
Foreign Office: Political Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, Far East: Records
Catalogue reference: FO 1101
What's it about?
FO 1101
Records of the Political Adviser on subjects such as the Malaysian confrontation with Indonesia, the Communist threat in South East Asia, and general security arrangements in the region.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 1101
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Political Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, Far East: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Political Adviser on subjects such as the Malaysian confrontation with Indonesia, the Communist threat in South East Asia, and general security arrangements in the region.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier records of the UK Commissioner for Singapore and the Commissioner-General for South East Asia are in FO 1091
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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, Office of the Political Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, Far East, 1963-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 32 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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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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- Topics
- International
- Asia
- Communism
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1963
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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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After the office of the UK Commissioner for Singapore and the Commissioner-General for South East Asia was terminated in 1963, an office was established in Singapore to continue to give advice on political matters to the Commander-in-Chief of British forces in the Far East.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8400/
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Foreign Office: Political Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, Far East: Records
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