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Catalogue description Foreign Office: Consulate, Legation and Embassy, Asuncion, Paraguay: General Correspondence
| Reference: | FO 527 |
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| Title: | Foreign Office: Consulate, Legation and Embassy, Asuncion, Paraguay: General Correspondence |
| Description: |
This series contains general correspondence from the British legation and consulate in Asuncion, Paraguay. Comprises correspondence, 1855 to 1860, and reports, case papers concerning British subjects, etc., 1920 to 1951. From 1962 the series contains papers of the British Embassy. |
| Date: | 1855-1969 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Embassy, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1968- Foreign Office, Consulate, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1841-1859 Foreign Office, Consulate, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1862-1868 Foreign Office, Consulate, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1892-1968 Foreign Office, Embassy, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1954-1968 Foreign Office, Legation, Paraguay, 1841-1859 Foreign Office, Legation, Paraguay, 1862-1868 Foreign Office, Legation, Paraguay, 1892-1968 |
| Physical description: | 67 file(s) |
| Restrictions on use: | Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance. |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
From 1852, when diplomatic relations were first established with Paraguay, until 1941, the British Government was represented at Asuncion by the minister accredited to the Government of the Argentine Republic, except between 1859 and 1862, when relations with Paraguay were severed, and between 1868 and 1882 when there was no British representation in Paraguay. A British Embassy was established in Asuncion in 1954. |
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