The Papers of Leopold Amery

Copies of telegrams from LSA to the Viceroy and Governor-General of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun, up to October 1943, then Field Marshal 1st Lord Wavell] on subjects including: naval defence of India; talks with Mohandas Gandhi; formation of the new constitution for India; the appointment of General Sir Claude Auchinleck or General Sir Archibald Wavell as Commander-in-Chief, India; the extension of Linlithgow's tenure and his successor as Viceroy; the expansion of the Viceroy's council; appointing Field Marshal Sir John Dill as Governor-Designate of Bombay; the broadcast by Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, to India appealing for unity; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to the Indian National Congress, to discuss self-government; Churchill's unreasonable attitude to India; replacing Sir Thomas Stewart as Governor of Bihar; finding a successor for Lawrence Lumley [later 11th Lord Scarbrough] as Governor of Bombay; Wavell's appointment as Linlithgow's successor; Arthur Hope [Governor of Madras, later 2nd Lord Rankeillour]; army pay.

Also includes: telegrams from Churchill to LSA and Linlithgow on subjects including proposals to expand Linlithgow's Council, the new constitution, the appointment of Wavell and Linlithgow's successor; telegram from Wavell to Eugenie, Lady Wavell on his appointment as Viceroy.