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Contains correspondence, some one-page letters or telegrams, others large volumes or texts of treaties. All items marked Confidential Print were printed and circulated immediately to leading officials in the Foreign Office, to the Cabinet and to heads of British missions abroad. All documents are fully text-searchable, and the set includes collection of 300 maps separated from their parent print.
Contents: CO 879/1-190: Africa general (1848-1961) -- CO 886/1-11: Dominions general, 1887-1926 -- DO 116/1-8: Union of South Africa and High Commission Territories, 1913-1944 -- FO 341/1-3: German Empire miscellaneous, 1884-1900 -- FO 401/1-48: Abyssinia, 1846-1956 -- FO 403/1-482: Africa general, 1834-1959 -- FO 413/1-99: Morocco and north-west Africa, 1839-1957 -- FO 458/1-157: Liberia, 1882-1950 -- FO 468/1-4: British Commonwealth general, 1945-1949 -- FO 485/1-3: Liberia, 1947-1949 -- FO 540/1-6: Libya, 1951-1956.; Selected files from: CO 885/1-140: Colonies general (1907-1929) -- DO 114/1-140: Dominions general (1924-1947) -- DO 201/1-53: Commonwealth Relations Office (1949-1966) -- WO 287/1-287: War Office (1905-1944).