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The 1951 Refugee Convention
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Series
Papers of Sir Leslie Brass
Catalogue reference: HO 189
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HO 189
Papers of Sir Leslie Brass as Assistant Legal Adviser to the Home Office, 1936 to 1947. They cover the period 1935 to 1939 when he was United Kingdom Delegate to the League of Nations' Committee of Experts on the Repression of Terrorist Crimes...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 189
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Title (The name of the record)
- Papers of Sir Leslie Brass
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Date (When the record was created)
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1933-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of Sir Leslie Brass as Assistant Legal Adviser to the Home Office, 1936 to 1947. They cover the period 1935 to 1939 when he was United Kingdom Delegate to the League of Nations' Committee of Experts on the Repression of Terrorist Crimes and was also concerned at home with the abortive Criminal Justice Bill, 1938-9.
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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)
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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)
- Brass, Leslie Stuart, 1891-1958
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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33 file(s)
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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9053/
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Papers of Sir Leslie Brass
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