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Catalogue description Foreign Office: Embassy, Burundi: Records
| 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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