Papers and correspondence on Hyderabad’s case before the United Nations for independent statehood from India. Includes: copies of correspondence between the Hyderabad delegation, their legal team and the United Nations; draft statement from the delegation to the Security Council, September 1948; papers by HL on the case's adherence to the Statute of the International Court of Justice; notes of consultations held with the delegation, July 1948; account of the advice offered by the legal team; correspondence and notes between HL and Christopher Brunyate, senior partner in the firm of solicitors acting for Hyderabad; draft of HL's summary argument; draft application to the United Nations.