Ext 2804/42 'Archives of legations, etc, abroad'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Ext 2804/42 'Archives of legations, etc, abroad'
- Date:
- 1942/1948
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams from the Government of India, External Department, the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the British Legation at Bangkok, the Commonwealth Legation Office, the Foreign Office Library, and the Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom to British India, regarding the removal of the archives of the HM Legation in Bangkok and of the HM Embassy in China. The eighty-four boxes containing the archives were initially sent to Singapore in 1941 and, after its fall, were shipped to India in 1942, and then to the Foreign Office Library in London, in 1948. The file contains details and costs of the transport and storage, and details on the preservation and storage of the boxes.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Government archives
Fall of Singapore (1942) - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000295_ar
81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000295_en
IOR/L/PS/12/716
IOR/L/PS/12/716