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Catalogue description Colonial Office: Federated Malay States: Original Correspondence
| Reference: | CO 717 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Colonial Office: Federated Malay States: Original Correspondence |
| Description: |
This series contains original correspondence relating to the Federated Malay States. Before 1947 includes correspondence relating to Brunei. |
| Date: | 1920-1951 |
| Related material: |
For later records relating to Brunei see CO 943 For later records see CO 1022 For earlier records relating to the Straits Settlements see CO 273 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 210 files and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
For registers to this correspondence see CO 786 For the 1926 register to this correspondence see CO 426/28 For the 1946 register to this correspondence see CO 991/1 |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Federated Malay States were formed in 1885 and was part of the British colony, the Straits Settlements. The Malay States were under Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 and British military occupation, 1945-1946. After the occupations, a new Union of Malaya was formed. |
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