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11. Mss Eur C357, ff82-86

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357, ff82-86
Title:
Letter from Listowel to Mountbatten
Scope & Content:
His personal congratulations to Viceroy; prospects of plan's ratification by Congress and League; Parliament gives announcement good reception; coverage given to announcement by B.B.C.; favourable reaction from U.K. press; Burmese reactions; need to convince Indian and Burmese leaders of advantag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 item

12. Mss Eur C357, ff88-96

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357, ff88-96
Title:
Letter from Listowel to Mountbatten
Scope & Content:
Ismay has arrived in U.K.; India and Burma Committee making steady progress in considering Viceroy's plan; Listowel has thanked Committee on Viceroy's behalf for help in compensation discussions; Nawab Mir Nawaz Jung in London and trying to build up his position as 'Agent-General' for Hyderabad; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1947
Extent:
1 item

13. Mss Eur C357, ff97-101

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357, ff97-101
Title:
Letter from Listowel to Mountbatten
Scope & Content:
Additional members for India and Burma Committee; has read minutes of Governors' Conference with interest; Willaims' case and Patel's attitude to employing European Officers; thanks Viceroy for sending him advance copy of pamphlet by Sir A Clow (Governor of Assam) on 'The Excluded and Partially E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1947
Extent:
1 item

14. Mss Eur C357, ff102-108

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357, ff102-108
Title:
Letter from Listowel to Mountbatten
Scope & Content:
Hopes joint Gandhi-Jinnah appeal will help reduce civil strife; Viceroy's meetings with Jinnah lead to conclusion that there is little hope of Mission Plan being implemented; will await Viceroy's recommendations; glad Governors are happy with compensation decision; Congress attitude to certain Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 item

15. Mss Eur C357, ff116-120

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357, ff116-120
Title:
Letter from Mountbatten to Listowel
Scope & Content:
Question of applying Pensions (Increase) Act by Central and Provincial Governments; Nehru's request for Peruvian Orders for certain officials without letting Viceroy know; Messervy's paper on problems facing Pakistan Army sent to Jinnah; memorandum on the North-West tribal area and Afghanistan; F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 item

16. Mss Eur C357, ff121-125

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357, ff121-125
Title:
Letter from Mountbatten to Listowel
Scope & Content:
Negotiations between Jinnah and Khan of Kalat, and question whether Kalat is an independent State (copy attached of draft comminque agreed in principle by Viceroy, Khan and Jinnah); cessation of Darjeeling; Viceroy's speech to the Chamber of Princes; rumours that Sikhs likely to make trouble afte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 item

17. Mss Eur C357, ff134-135

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357, ff134-135
Title:
Letter from Mountbatten to Listowel
Scope & Content:
Meeting of Alan Campbell-Johnson (press attache to Viceroy) with Sir William Haley (Director-General, B.B.C.); Krishna Menon instructed to handle India's case on behalf of Indonesia before U.N. Security Council; case of civilian ex-service clerks serving in G.H.Q., India; possible future employme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 item

18. Mss Eur C357, ff136-141

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357, ff136-141
Title:
Letter from Mountbatten to Listowel
Scope & Content:
Burmese decision to leave the Commonwealth; Viceroy's concern that India may also wish to leave; possibility of some looser form of association within the Commonwealth; shocked at Aung-San's death; announcement about the partition of armed forces; Jinnah's offer of Governorship of East Bengal to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 item

19. Mss Eur C357, ff142

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357, ff142
Title:
Letter from Mountbatten to Listowel
Scope & Content:
Encloses copy of letter and enclosures which he has sent directly to the Prime Minister.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 item

20. Mss Eur C357, ff151-152

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357, ff151-152
Title:
Letter from Mountbatten to Listowel
Scope & Content:
Feels line taken by Prime Minister on Gandhi's proposal regarding non-differentiation between India and Pakistan may not please Gandhi but will be received reasonably well in India; is sorry to hear Burma likely to leave Commonwealth; wonders whether Burma could not go ahead on basis of interim D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 item