Item ALANBROOKE 6/4/1-5 - CIGS general correspondence, 1941-1942, including drawing of Churchill by Brooke

Correspondence relating to Brooke's service as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1941-1942, including letter to Brooke from Lt Gen Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland, Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War, 20 Nov 1941, informing him of his appointment as Chief of the Imperial General Staff; letter to Brooke from Gen Ho Ying-chin, Chinese Chief of General Staff and Minister of War, [Jul] 1942, thanking him for his message on the fifth anniversary of China's war against Japan, with covering letter from Brig Grimsdale, Military Attaché, British Embassy, Chungking, 4 Jul 1942; letter to Brooke from Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson, British Ambassador to Egypt and High Commissioner for the Sudan, 10 Dec 1942, concerning progress of operations in Egypt and Libya. With sketch by Brooke of Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Mar 1942.