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Catalogue description Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Various Embassies and Legations, China: General Correspondence, Series II
| Reference: | FO 676 |
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| Title: | Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Various Embassies and Legations, China: General Correspondence, Series II |
| Description: |
This series contains general correspondence of various legations and embassies to China. Comprises files of the legation at Peking from 1875; the embassy at Nanking, 1929 to 1948: the embassy at Shanghai, 1937 to 1940; and the embassy at Chungking, 1938 to 1945. |
| Date: | 1875-1972 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Legation, China, 1968-1972 Foreign Office, Consulate, Chungking, China, 1837-1959 Foreign Office, Consulate, Nangking, China, 1914-1959 Foreign Office, Consulate, Shanghai, China, 1843-1941 Foreign Office, Legation, China, 1782-1968 |
| Physical description: | 569 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 unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1985 Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The British legation to China, headed by a Charge d'Affaires, was upgraded to embassy status in 1972. |
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