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Catalogue description Commonwealth Relations Office and successors: High Commission, Singapore: Registered Files
| Reference: | DO 228 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Commonwealth Relations Office and successors: High Commission, Singapore: Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series contains records of the office of the British High Commissioner in Singapore. |
| Date: | 1965-1971 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Commonwealth Relations Office, High Commission for Singapore, 1965-1966 |
| Physical description: | 8 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Custodial history: | Records of the Commonwealth Relations Office passed to the Commonwealth Office when it was formed in August 1966, and from there to the custody of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968. |
| Accumulation dates: | Series began in 1965 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Records in this series selected under Acquisition Policy criterin 2.2.1.3 documenting the conduct of UK relations with Singapore from its independence in 1965 by the office of the British High Commissioner. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Singapore joined the Federation of Malaysia as a state in September 1963, but left Malaysia and became an independent state in August 1965. At that point, UK relations with Singapore, previously handled by the High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur, were through a new High Commission in Singapore. |
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