The Papers of Leopold Amery

Correspondents include: General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, India, on the expansion of the Army in India; Francis Turnbull [former Principal Private Secretary to LSA as Secretary of State for India]; James Butler [Chief Historian for the Official Military Histories of War of 1939-1945] on the use of troops from India during the war; Winston Churchill [Prime Minister] on his disappointment at the slow progress of troops coming from India, Australia and Palestine, LSA's broadcast to Yugoslavia and Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi's wish to work for unity among Austrians (3); 1st Lord de L'Isle, Secretary of State for Air [earlier William Sidney] on the defence of Malta during the war; General Sir John Dill, Chief of Imperial General Staff on LSA's suggestion of sending Field Marshal 1st Lord Milne to Tangier [Morocco] to establish relations with General Maxime Weygand [French Minister of National Defence]; Lord Halifax [Foreign Secretary, then British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] on subjects including the good job done by Sir Firoz Khan Noon [High Commissioner for India in Britain] during his visit to the United States (2); Demetrius Caclamanos on assisting King Zog of Albania to attack Italian occupying troops in Albania; Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of State, Cairo [later 1st Lord Chandos], writing to Churchill on directing the various propaganda organizations in the Middle East; Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to Churchill]; Major-General Sir Fabian Ware on his concerns about Admiral Jean Darlan and the blockade of France.

Also includes: notes for LSA's memoirs; Foreign Office memorandum on the proposed gift of a copy of the Magna Carta to the United States.