| Churchill/AMEL 2/3 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 13 |
Private correspondence between LSA and Field Marshal 1st Lord Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India, 1941-43, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1943-47] |
| 14 |
Correspondence |
| 15 |
Correspondence on Central African Federation |
| 16 |
Private letters from LSA to the Governor of Bombay |
| 17 |
Private letters from the Governor of Bombay to LSA |
| 18 |
Private letters from LSA to the Governor of Bengal |
| 19 |
Private letters from the Governor of Bengal to LSA |
| 20 |
Private letters from LSA to the Governor of Burma and source material for memoirs |
| 21 |
Private letters from the Governor of Burma to LSA |
| 22 |
Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India |
| 23 |
Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA |
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The Papers of Leopold Amery
| Title |
Private letters from LSA to the Governor of Bengal |
| Reference |
AMEL 2/3/18
(former reference: Box 169) |
| Covering Dates |
Jun 1942-Jul 1945 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 file |
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| Content and context |
Copies of letters from LSA to Sir John Herbert [Governor, 1939-43] then Richard Casey [Governor, 1944-46] on subjects including: Bengali politics; the No Confidence motion against the British Government; Herbert's decision to step down; a possible food surplus for use elsewhere in India; Sir Hassan Suhrawardy; Casey's idea for a Governor's Defence Committee; administrative reform; the water supply, agricultural and fishery reform; constitutional systems; the level of independence already given to India; Leonard Aldridge [Additional Commissioner and Director-General, Transportation and Storage, for Bengal]; the use of the insecticide DDT in Bengal; the future of post-war Europe; the 1945 General Election. |
| Further information |
See also AMEL 1/6 for LSA's official India Office papers. |
| Index Terms |
| India |
| India Office |
| Casey, Richard Gardiner (1890-1976) Baron Casey, Australian politician |
| Herbert, Sir John Arthur (1895-1943) Knight, Governor of Bengal |
| No further on-line information. |
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