Catalogue description Commonwealth Relations Office: High Commission, Maldive Islands: Registered Files

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Reference: DO 188
Title: Commonwealth Relations Office: High Commission, Maldive Islands: Registered Files
Description:

This series contains records of the British High Commissioner to the Maldive Islands.
Date: 1960-1963
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: Divehi and English
Creator:

Commonwealth Relations Office, High Commission, Maldive Islands, 1960-1966
Physical description: 11 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Maldive Islands were under the protection of the British Crown from 1887, from which time relations were conducted through the Governor of Ceylon (from 1948, the High Commissioner). By agreement in 1960 the Maldivian government assumed responsibility for relations with other states in certain fields, and a British High Commission (based in Colombo, Ceylon) was established. The Maldives achieved full independence in 1965.

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