Telegrams on Indian political and military affairs, mainly between LSA and the Viceroy and Governor-General of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun, up to October 1943, then Field Marshal 1st Lord Wavell], but also between LSA and other correspondents including: the Governor of Burma [later Myanmar] [Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith]; the Governor of Bengal [Sir John Herbert, up to September 1943, then Sir Thomas Rutherford, to January 1944, then Richard Casey]; the Governor of Bombay [Sir David Colville, later 1st Lord Clydesmuir]; Firoz Khan Noon, Defence Member, Government of India; Admiral Sir James Somerville [Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet]; the Governor of Madras [Arthur Hope, later 2nd Lord Rankeillour]. |
For correspondence between LSA and the Governor of Burma, see also "Burma: the struggle for independence, 1944-1948: documents from official and private sources", edited by Hugh Tinker (HMSO, 1983). |