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Correspondence concerning the SS OHIO, a US oil tanker that manged to reach Malta in a convoy in 1942 (see 1/11/75-1/11/81).

Newspaper cutting of announcement in the London Gazette of Ismay's appointment as Lt Col for services with Somaliland Camel Corps from 1 Apr 1919. 1p

Daily Mail on lifting of the ban on Tshekedi Khama from entering Bechuanaland in accordance with Ismay's promise when in office. 1 p

Description of 2-4 Whitehall Gardens and 1-8 Richmond Terrace and Great Street Central War Room. Typescript, 2pp

Despatch from Ismay, commanding Mounted Column, Burao, Somaliland to Officer Commanding troops Somaliland reporting movements 8-25 Apr 1919. Signed typescript carbon 6pp

Summary by Ismay (as intelligence officer 1916-18), Burao Somaliland, of intelligence in British Somaliland 1915-Dec 1918, including description of forts; Dervish organisation; Dervish tactics 1914-1917; notes on Dervish personalities (pp 64-74 missing but see 3/1/22); genealogical table of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan); map of portion of Somaliland (scale 1:1,000,000 GSGS 1781, revised 1906). Typescript 116pp and map

Memorandum by Ismay and Gen Sir Ian Jacob to Rt Hon (George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Minister of Defence, on the higher direction of defence. Printed 16 pp

Records of Ismay's interviews with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India and Mohamed Ali Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan Sep-Oct 1947 including: Note by Ismay on conversations with Jinnah 12-14 Sep 1947, on the political and military situation, particularly the massacres of Moslems and the position of the Zahid Hussein, High Commissioner for Pakistan in India; Ismay's secret codicil to the record of conversations with Jinnah for the eyes of the Governor-General, V Adm Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, on Jinnah's lack of faith in the Indian Government and Ismay's attempts to counter it; Ismay's record of talk with Nehru, 2 Oct 1947, on Pakistan's representation to the British Government and other Dominions, the possible appointment of United Nations Observers in Punjab, the character of the present troubles and the position of the State of Junagadh, reporting that the Government of India was not prepared to allow Junagadh to accede to Pakistan; Ismay's record of conversation with Jinnah, 3 Oct 1947 on the Government of India, the role of V J Patel and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the position of the Sikhs, and the State of the North West Frontier Province; note [? by Ismay] on British officers in India, particularly problems consequent on partition, the closure of Supreme Headquarters, and the employment of British officers in India and Pakistan after partition in the event of war between the two countries. Typescript, 21pp

Diary with daily entries by Ismay outlining operations in Somaliland with the Somaliland Camel Corps. Manuscript 18pp

Diary with daily entries by Ismay outlining operations in Somaliland with the Somaliland Camel Corps. Manuscript 11pp

Diary by Ismay of trek by mounted column 9-19 Apr 1919 from Burao to Berbera, Somaliland. Manuscript 2pp

Draft version of chapter 9, section 6 of Maj Gen Robert John Collins' biography of FM Archibald Percival Wavell, Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and of Winchester relating to intervention in Greece during World War Two. Typescript, 6pp

Draft version of section in Maj Gen Robert John Collins' biography of FM Archibald Percival Wavell, Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and of Winchester relating to Wavell's first meeting with Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Typescript, 1p

Letter from Ismay to be sent to High Commissioners of Commonwealth nations expressing his regret at leaving the position of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, to be sent with copy of Prime Minister, Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill's note to the leaders of Commonwealth nations explaining the reasons for Ismay's departure. Typescript, 1p

Letter drafted by Alan Campbell-Johnson, former press attache to Lord Mountbatten, for Ismay to send to Alan Moorehead putting forward his proposal for a book on the transfer of power in India. With covering letter from Campbell-Johnson to Ismay. Typescript, 4pp

Draft letter from Ismay to Adm Sir Douglas Eric ('Deric') Holland Martin relating to a recent letter in The New York Times and requesting clarification information as to whether US or British warships protected convoys to the USSR during World War Two. Manuscript, 2pp

Draft letter from Ismay to Sir Norman Brook asking him to check David Guthrie's corrections relating to the episode in the memoirs concerning the SS OHIO, a US oil tanker that manged to reach Malta in a convoy in 1942. Draft typescript carbon, 1p

Letter from Ismay to L Dana Wilgress, Permanent Representative of Canada, North Atlantic Council suggesting he write to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) deputies proposing a private meeting of the Council on reorganisation of the military side of NATO. With office note by Ismay explaining that above letter was overtaken by events and hence never sent; notes [by Ismay] on the military structure of NATO discussing the lack of integration between the political and military thinking of NATO. Typescript, 5pp

Draft of letter from Ismay to AF Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1st Sea Lord, on the promotion of R W Brockman to the Cabinet Office. Manuscript 1p

Draft letter by Ismay to Alan Moorehead putting forward his proposal for a book on the transfer of power in India and suggesting salient points to be covered in such a book. Typescript with manuscript annotations, 6pp