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Mss Eur C357, ff136-141
- Record Id:
- 041-002298136
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002298120
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001915.0x000187
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 Killearn; Slim's decision not to accept appointment as C-in-C, India; comments on value of Krishna Menon as a go-between with Nehru; has passed Menon's message to Nehru; official telegram about cruiser for Indian Navy; Smuts and Indian position in South Africa; Jagjivan Ram's visit to England; welcomes idea of having someone on his staff versed in Dominion procedure; food; attaches copy of letter from Rajendra Prasad on food questions; terms offered to Indian Medical Service officers for appointment to Colonial Medical Service; admiration at way in which Independence Bill went through parliament and congratulates Listowel and other members of Government.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002298120
041-002298136 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur C357 : William Francis Hare papers.
Mss Eur C357, ff136-141 : Letter from Mountbatten to Listowel - Hierarchy:
- 032-002298120[0016]/041-002298136
- 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:
- 25 Jul 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)