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Catalogue description Commonwealth Relations Office and successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, Malawi: Registered Files
| Reference: | DO 224 |
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| Title: | Commonwealth Relations Office and successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, Malawi: Registered Files |
| Description: |
Records detailing the work of the UK High Commission in Zomba, Blantyre and Lilongwe, dealing with the conduct of UK relations with Malawi, and consular activities. |
| Date: | 1945-1971 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commonwealth Office, High Commission, Zomba, Malawi, 1966-1968 Commonwealth Relations Office, High Commission, Zomba, Malawi, 1964-1966 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Commission, Blantyre, Malawi, 1971-1975 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Commission, Lilongwe, Malawi, 1975- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Commission, Zomba, Malawi, 1968-1971 |
| Physical description: | 38 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 1964 |
| 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 UK external relations with Malawi. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The UK High Commission in Zomba was established from July 1964, when Malawi attained full independence as a self-governing member of the Commonwealth. The capital of Malawi was moved from Zomba to the new development of Lilongwe in 1975. The High Commissioner's office had already moved from Zomba to the main economic centre of Malawi, Blantyre, in 1971, and was relocated to Lilongwe in 1975. |
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