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Malay States: 'Papers relating to the policy of decentralization and constitutional...

Catalogue reference: CO 882/12/8

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This record is about the Malay States: 'Papers relating to the policy of decentralization and constitutional... dating from 1931-1933 in the series War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Confidential Print Eastern. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
CO 882/12/8
Date
1931-1933
Description

Malay States: 'Papers relating to the policy of decentralization and constitutional reorganization.' Includes papers relating to federation and devolution in the Malay States and proposals for the decentralization of public services; Finance Committee recommendations; reconstitution of State Councils; working of the advisory system in Kedah and Trengganu; legal status of the Malay States; and the reorganization, creation and appointment of various government departments, posts and functions. (176 pages)

(In continuation of Eastern No. 142; continued by Eastern No. 170.)

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Eastern No. 163
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8916365/

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CO 882

War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Confidential Print Eastern

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