Catalogue description Foreign Office: Embassy, Burundi: Records

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Details of FO 1105
Reference: FO 1105
Title: Foreign Office: Embassy, Burundi: Records
Description:

This series contains records produced by the British Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi, relating to the conduct of UK relations with Burundi and Rwanda.
Date: 1964
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Foreign Office, Embassy, Burundi, 1962-1968
Physical description: 1 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Accumulation dates: Series began in 1962
Accruals: Occasional further accruals can be expected.
Administrative / biographical background:

Burundi became independent in 1962, at which time the former British Consulate to the Belgian Trust Territory of Ruanda and Urundi at Usumbura was raised to embassy status. The new embassy remained responsible for British relations with both Burundi and Rwanda. Usumbura was renamed Bujumbura in 1962.

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