Catalogue description Foreign Office: Various Consulates, Norway: Second World War Miscellanea

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Reference: FO 952
Title: Foreign Office: Various Consulates, Norway: Second World War Miscellanea
Description:

The nine files in this series are the records of the British consulates in Bergen, Haugesund, Tromsö and Stavanger, Norway. They contain various instructions from the Ministry of Economic Warfare and local correspondence on trade controls and facilities, and a report on the 'Altmark' incident.

Date: 1939-1940
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Foreign Office, Consulate, Bergen, Norway, 1897-1968

Foreign Office, Consulate, Haugesund, Norway, 1897-1940

Foreign Office, Consulate, Stavanger, Norway, 1897-1968

Foreign Office, Consulate, Tromsö, Norway, 1897-1968

Physical description: 9 file(s)
Custodial history: Theses records fell into German hands in April 1940 before they could be destroyed.The files were sent to Berlin within a few weeks as 'Geheim' and some bear German references and annotations.

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