Key Information
Reference code
DILL 3/2/6
Title
Correspondence, Jan-Nov 1941, between Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck, Dill and Winston Churchill, relating to operations in the Middle East
Date(s)
- 1941 Jan 20 - Nov 7 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
134pp
Scope and content
Correspondence of Gen Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, Commander of British forces in the Middle East, on the Middle East including official and personal correspondence between Auchinleck and John Greer Dill, 20 Jan-7 Nov 1941; Auchinleck's comments on the Minister of State's questionnaire on strategy, 6 Sep 1941; official correspondence between Auchinleck and Prime Minister, Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Aug, 16 Sep, and 17-18 Oct 1941, and correspondence between Dill and Churchill on the Middle East, 27 Oct 1941. 35 items. 134pp.