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Indian Constitution, 1942-03 - 1943-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/6/20

Scope and Contents

Papers on proposals for India's new constitution, including: notes on a suggested visit to India by LSA; notes for LSA's memoirs; extracts from Hansard on the food situation in India; [?] notes taken by LSA in War Cabinet meetings on [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to the Indian National Congress and General 1st Lord Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India] and his proposals to the India Committee; text of LSA speech on the Indian food situation and annotated letter to the Birmingham Post on the Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India] famine; telegrams between LSA and William Hughes on the Indian negotiations and the importance of Britain making a good impression on Herbert Evatt [Australian representative in the British War Cabinet], with covering letter from Clement Attlee, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1942-03 - 1943-10

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 328

Finding aid date

2003-12-05 16:04:06.140000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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