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Series
German War Documents Project: Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Selection (MAE)
Catalogue reference: GFM 16
What's it about?
GFM 16
Copies of files from the captured German Foreign Ministry Archives, filmed for the German War Documents Project, relating to German-French relations. These files were selected for filming by the French Ministère des Affaires Etrangères.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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GFM 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- German War Documents Project: Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Selection (MAE)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1867-1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copies of files from the captured German Foreign Ministry Archives, filmed for the German War Documents Project, relating to German-French relations. These files were selected for filming by the French Ministère des Affaires Etrangères.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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MAE
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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103 microform
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in microform only
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8576/
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