Item ALANBROOKE 6/4/15-28 - CIGS general correspondence, 1945-1946, on topics including Brooke's post-war continuation in the post of CIGS

Correspondence relating to Brooke's service as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1945-1946, including letter from Gen Cheng Chien, Acting Chief of Staff, Chinese National Military Council to Maj Gen E C Hayes, General Officer Commanding, British Military Mission, Chungking, 8 May 1945, asking him to send a telegram to Brooke congratulating British forces on victory in Europe, with copy of Brooke's reply to Gen Cheng Chien, 15 May 1945; note to Brooke from Gen Sir Hastings Lionel Ismay, Chief of Staff to Minister of Defence, 28 Aug 1945, enclosing two tables of statistics relating to numbers of Chiefs of Staff Committee meetings held during World War Two, 1939-1945; letters from Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, 1945-1946, notably concerning Brooke's continuation as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1945, and his support of the evacuation of British troops from Egypt, 1946.