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Mss Eur C357, ff38-47
- Record Id:
- 041-002298124
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002298120
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001915.0x00017b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur C357, ff38-47
- Title:
- Letter from Listowel to Mountbatten
- Scope & Content:
- Possibility of following same procedure for Burma as has been done for India; impossible to convince Burmese of advantages of remaining in Commonwealth; Colonial Office have agreed in principle to Nehru's request to appoint Indian agents in East Africa, West Indies, Fiji and Mauritius; announcement about partition of armed forces; praises Viceroy's handling of question of Governor-Generalship; regrets it was not possible to announce appointments to Governorships during passage of Bill through Parliament; Sir G Cunningham (former Governor of N.W.F.P.) is willing to return as Governor under Pakistan and Lord Killearn (senior British diplomat currently Special Commissioner in South East Asia) may be willing to become Governor of East Bengal); refusal of General (later Field Marshal Viscount) Slim to accept invitation to be Commander-in Chief of the Army of the new Dominion of India; future of the Interim Government; interview with Krishna Menon (to be new High Commissioner for India); is arranging for him to meet Opposition leaders; great need at India House for someone with organising and administrative ability; doubts whether Menon can supply this; strain on Viceroy and his staff; agrees on political importance of providing Indian Navy with cruiser; Ismay will explain new set-up in Commonwealth Relations Office on his return; Radcliffe and Boundary Commissions; reaction of Sikhs; Travancore and Hyderabad; Independence Bill has received Royal Assent; its passage through Parliamnet; Ismay's departure; Nehru's failure to respond to Smuts' efforts to secure détente about Indians in South Africa; important to avoid last year's controversy at the next meeting of U.N. Assembly; Jagjivan Ram's visit to London; luncheon party for Indian and Burmese delegates to the Empire Forestry Conference; suggestion of India inviting next Conference to be held in India; Gwalior, Udaipur and the Indian Art Exhibition; Amery's suggestion that it might be helpful to have a Dominion expert on Viceroy's staff; Krishna Menon's wish that Nehru should know that he is meeting Opposition leaders.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002298120
041-002298124 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur C357 : William Francis Hare papers.
Mss Eur C357, ff38-47 : Letter from Listowel to Mountbatten - Hierarchy:
- 032-002298120[0004]/041-002298124
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur C357
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 18 Jul 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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