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Catalogue description Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy, Legation and Consulate, Finland: General Correspondence
| Reference: | FO 511 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy, Legation and Consulate, Finland: General Correspondence |
| Description: |
This series contains general correspondence from the British legation (from 1954, embassy) and consulate in Finland. |
| Date: | 1919-1971 |
| Separated material: |
All the volumes of correspondence for the period 1933 to 1936 and one or two earlier volumes were destroyed when the staff left the legation during the Second World War. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy, Finland, 1968- Foreign Office, Consulate, Finland, 1866-1941 Foreign Office, Consulate, Finland, 1944-1968 Foreign Office, Embassy, Finland, 1954-1968 Foreign Office, Legation, Finland, 1919-1941 Foreign Office, Legation, Finland, 1944-1954 |
| Physical description: | 139 files and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1982 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
A British legation to Finland was re-established in 1944, and was raised to embassy level in September 1954. |
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