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Catalogue description Commonwealth Relations Office and Successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, Ceylon: Registered Files
| Reference: | DO 225 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Commonwealth Relations Office and Successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, Ceylon: Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series consists of records detailing the work of the UK High Commission in Colombo, responsible for the conduct of UK relations with Ceylon, and consular activities. |
| Date: | 1955-1967 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commonwealth Office, High Commission for Ceylon, 1966-1968 Commonwealth Relations Office, High Commission for Ceylon, 1948-1966 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Commission for Ceylon, 1968-1972 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Commission for Sri Lanka, 1972- |
| Physical description: | 21 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Custodial history: | Records of high commissions in the Commonwealth Relations Office passed to the custody of the Commonwealth Office on its creation in August 1966, and thence to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from October 1968. |
| Accumulation dates: | File series began in 1948 |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The High Commission in Colombo was established from February 1948 when Ceylon became a fully independent self-governing member of the Commonwealth. Ceylon became a republic in 1972, at which time it was re-named Sri Lanka. |
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