Xerox copies from Burma Office files of official telegrams to and from Rance, mainly about the political unrest in Burma and the formation of a new government.
Xerox copies from Burma Office files of official telegrams to and from Rance, mainly about the assassination on 19 Jul 1947 of Aung San and six of his colleagues on the Executive Council.
Copies of two messages, with covering telegrams to the Burma Office, from Rance to Aung San, dated 17 May and 12 Jun 1947, about changes in the Burma Office and the forthcoming visit to England of Maung Tin Tut, Burmese Minister of Finance, to discuss the terms of Burmese independence. Also draft...
Correspondence about Rance's memoirs and papers with Sir Gilbert Laithwaite; Sir Stanley Tomlinson (b 1912), Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; members of staff of the India Office Library and Records, and various colleagues and friends.
Extracts from English-language newspapers, and translated summaries from Burmese- and Chinese-language presses, describing a visit to Burma by Sir Hubert and Lady Rance.
Miscellaneous papers and photographs connected with the Rances' visit to Burma, including the texts of a subsequent BBC interview with Rance and a talk delivered by him to the Royal Institute of International Affairs on 6 Mar 1956.