Catalogue description Commonwealth Relations Office and successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, Sierra Leone: Registered Files

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Title: Commonwealth Relations Office and successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, Sierra Leone: Registered Files
Description:

Records detailing the work of the UK High Commission in Freetown, dealing with the conduct of UK relations with Sierra Leone, and consular activities.

Date: 1961-1970
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Commonwealth Office, High Commission Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1966-1968

Commonwealth Relations Office, High Commission Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1961-1966

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Commission Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1968-

Physical description: 7 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Accumulation dates: Series began in 1961
Selection and destruction information: Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under section 2.2.1.3 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the history of the conduct of the UKs external relations with Sierra Leone.
Accruals: Occasional accruals can be expected.
Administrative / biographical background:

The High Commission in Freetown was established from April 1961, when Sierra Leone attained full independence as a self-governing member of the Commonwealth.

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