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Special correspondence: Auchinleck, 1941-06 - 1949-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/1
Scope and Contents Correspondence with Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck on subjects including: what Auchinleck could do following retirement; the end of his time as Commander-in-Chief, India; the press campaign alleging discord between himself and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten [Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia] and its adverse effect on Auchinleck's organisation (1944); his hope of returning to active military command and suggestion that he might take on a civil position in the meantime (1943);...
Dates: 1941-06 - 1949-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.