Catalogue description Foreign Office: Political Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, Far East: Records

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Details of FO 1101
Reference: FO 1101
Title: Foreign Office: Political Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, Far East: Records
Description:

Records of the Political Adviser on subjects such as the Malaysian confrontation with Indonesia, the Communist threat in South East Asia, and general security arrangements in the region.

Date: 1965-1966
Related material:

Earlier records of the UK Commissioner for Singapore and the Commissioner-General for South East Asia are in

FO 1091

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

Foreign Office, Office of the Political Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, Far East, 1963-1968

Physical description: 32 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Accumulation dates: File series ran from 1963
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

After the office of the UK Commissioner for Singapore and the Commissioner-General for South East Asia was terminated in 1963, an office was established in Singapore to continue to give advice on political matters to the Commander-in-Chief of British forces in the Far East.

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