Index to British Colonial Office files pertaining to British Malaya, Volume 12. CO 537: Colonies, General, supplementary original correspondence; CO 537: Colonies, General, supplementary original correspondence (Volume 45-48); CO 825: Eastern Department original correspondence, 1927-1946; CO 852: Economic original correspondence, 1935-1955; CO 865: Far Eastern Reconstruction original correspondence, 1942-1945; CO 882: Eastern confidential prints, 1847-1952

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Alternative Title: CO 537: Colonies, General, supplementary original correspondence: file list and index
CO 537: Colonies, General, supplementary originalcCorrespondence: file list and index (Volume 45-48)
CO 825: Eastern Department original correspondence, 1927-1946: file list and index
CO 852: Economic Original C

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Description: CO 537 contains an immense miscellany of materials. Prior to 1926, the number of entries relating to Malaya is very small. Then, following a hiatus of some twenty years, post-war classified files of considerable importance appear in the CO 537. The series is extremely large and the list included in the index is limited to a selection of titles that relate to the Malay Peninsula and northern Borneo. Volumes 45-48 contain documents concerning affairs in Malaya and Siam between 1874 and 1894, and these materials have been listed and indexed separately. CO 825 includes material pertaining to more than one British colony in Asia. Files were assigned Public Record Office numbers in 1989, but researchers have previously used the Colonial Office Registry numbers to gain access to this material, and these numbers are reproduced at the right hand margin of the file list. CO 852 series contain information on subjects previously filed with the series called Colonies General (CO 323). They are a ma