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Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and unidentified correspondents including text of address by Lawrence Hunt to the Canadian Club of Toronto, Apr 1945 entitled 'America's debt to Britain'; list of documents which further information on identification had been given. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'L' also including Eve Curie, wife of Henry Richardson Labouisse, 1955 relating to Labouisse's work with United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) specifically with Palestinian refugees and the problems caused in the Middle East by the Arab Israeli conflict; Maj Gen Sir Robert Laycock, 1947 thanking Ismay for his assistance during Laycock's work for Combined Operations; Rt Hon Oliver Lyttleton, 1941 relating to the career of his son, Antony Alfred Lyttleton; Pamela Lytton, Lady Lytton and Victor Alexander George Robert Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, 1943 relating to their complaint over procedure for notifying next of kin of deaths with reply from Ismay; Sir Federick Bovenschen, War Office, 1943 on the same subject with reply from Ismay. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'J' also including Lt Gen Sir Ian Jacob, 1947 relating to Ismay's departure from the Cabinet Office and 1956, relating to Ismay and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and Rt Hon (Robert) Anthony Eden as Prime Minister; W B James, 1940 advocating the bombing of Germany; A C Jerram, 1938 thanking Ismay for a complimentary letter and for his co-operation with the Admiralty for the last 6 years; Augustus John, 1945 relating to 2 drawings of Ismay, with Ismay's reply expressing preference and sending cheque. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'K' also including Maj Gen Sir John Kennedy, 1940 on the fall of France and preparations for World War Two in Northern Ireland; Maurice Knott, 1944 on retirement from the War Cabinet; Brig Gen Hayes Kroner, 1956 (with reply from Ismay) on recent North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) talks between UK, USA and France. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'G' including German Gen Freiherr Leo von Schweppenhurg Geyr, Nov 1937 thanking Ismay for a tribute at the end of his tenure as German military attaché; Martin Gilliatt, Mar 1956 thanking Ismay on behalf of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen mother for a lunch given for her; Olive Grove thanking Ismay for a letter of condolence on the death of her son, Lancelot Grove and for photographs of his grave. With general correspondence relating to Greece. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'I' including FM William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, 1940 relating to the possible move of the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret to Canada during World War Two, with reply from Ismay relating to the Princesses' opposition to the plan. With letters written by correspondents from Italy and from India including letter from Hashmalulla Khan, 1933 relating to his opposition to Indianisation of the Army and to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'W' also including Brig Michael Wardell, 1946 relating to his invention of the 'land mattress', a multiple 30 tube 3-inch rocket launcher, and his return to journalism; FM Henry Maitland Wilson (and others), 1945 relating to Wilson's request for information on security problems in post-occupational Germany for a proposed speech, with notes prepared by Brig E A L Gueterbock (7pp) for Wilson's use and letter from the Foreign Office requesting that Wilson should not give the talk; FM Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson of Libya, 1946 relating to proposed book on the Middle East by Lady Ranfurly and opposition to this from M W (Reader) Bullard, with letter from Ismay relating to restrictions on using information obtained in an official capacity and an extract from Parliamentary debates (Hansard), House of Commons 31 Jul 1946 (HMSO, London, 1946) entitled 'Ex-ministers writings (Government policy); V Adm Norman Atherton Wodehouse, 1938 relating to his resignation over Portuguese policy. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'D' including R Adm Victor Hilary Danckwerts, Jul & Dec 1940 relating to his forced retirement from the Navy due to illness and requesting Ismay's help in finding alternative employment; Maj Gen. Roland Dening, Jan 1951 relating to India; FM Sir John Greer Dill, Aug 1936, Dec 1943, May & Nov 1944 thanking Ismay for his help, expressing concern over illness, with replies from Ismay and text of memorial address for Dill; ACM Sir Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Oct 1939 relating to a meeting with Ismay; William H Draper, Jun 1952, May & Jun 1953 relating to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) with replies from Ismay; Basil Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava requesting assistance in finding work and relating to job with Alfred Duff Cooper; John Foster Dulles, Feb 1959 relating to NATO; Capt Oswald Dyke, 1942-1943 relating to Ismay's efforts to find him work; Capt Vivian Dykes, 1940 and Winnie Dykes, 1946 relating to the death of her husband. With correspondence relating to Denmark. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'M' also including Lt Gen Sir George MacMunn, 1939 relating to his wish to contribute to the war effort, 1947 relating to the Indian Army; Lt Col John Robert Jermain MacNamara, 1941 expressing the opinion that weaknesses in home defence would make Britain unable to withstand an attempted invasion, criticism of the higher direction of the war, proposals for a 'flying tank' with replies from Ismay; Maj Desmond Morton, 1940 relating to Stanley Melbourne Bruce, High Commissioner for Australia in London and his attempt to attain assurances of Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill's support on political matters through Morton, Churchill's private secretary rather than through Ismay. With correspondence relating to Peter Mendolssohn's The age of Churchill (Thames and Hudson, London, 1961) including Ismay's criticism of comments on FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome and the author's response. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'F' including Brig Sir Bernard Fergusson, Mar 1952 relating to work for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO); Alistair Forbes, Apr 1952 relating to speech as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and Seretse Khama. With general correspondence relating to France

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'P' also including Charles Peake, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) political adviser, 1945 relating to lack of access to Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Prime Minister on a recent visit to Paris with letter on the same subject from Alfred Duff Cooper, 1945; Sir Francis Spencer Portal, 1952 relating to Ismay's departure from the board of Portals Holdings Ltd; George Price, 1946 thanking Ismay for assistance during Price's work for the British Joint Staff Mission in Washington DC, USA. With letters from correspondents in Pakistan, Poland, including Polish Gen Mariam Kukiel, Minister for National Defence, 1944 relating to supplies to Warsaw, Poland. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'N' also including letter from Ismay, 1944 to MRAF Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall relating to his attendance at the conferences of allied leaders during World War Two; R Adm Angus Dacres Nicholl, 1941 relating to his departure from the Cabinet Office, 1945 the Japanese surrender Aug 1945 with text of news release by Nichols on Ismay's retirement from North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), 1957; With letters from correspondents in New Zealand and in Norway including Halvard Lange, Norwegian Foreign Minister on NATO. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'E' including George Fielding Eliot, Nov 1951 proposing the creation of an Anglo-American Combined Chiefs of Staff; Gen Sir Hugh Jamieson Elles, Dec 1940 suggesting that Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill visit Bristol; Dr Geoffrey Evans, Aug 1942 on the psychology of the will to win, Mar 1943 on the likelihood of German defeat. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'V' also including note by Ismay, 1947 on the career of Lt Gen Sir Louis (Ridley) Vaughan, first commandant of Staff College, Quetta, India. With correspondence from the Vintners Company, 1946-1947 regarding honours bestowed on Ismay. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'U'. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'O'. 1 file

Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'Q'. 1 file

Correspondence notably concerning the relations between Hyderabad and India including letter from the Nizam of Hyderabad to V Adm Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma appealing against an ultimatum which he believed to have been offered by the British; note by Walter Monckton on Hyderabad, India, annotated with mention of Monckton having met with Mountbatten and Jawarharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister; note by pamphlet Hyderabad's relations with the Dominion of India, prepared by the Government of the Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar (Government press, Hyderabad, 1948); Monckton to Richard Beaumont instructions on a mission to London; note on action taken by Monckton; note from Beaumont to Ismay of events in Hyderabad; telegram from Ismay to Mountbatten relating to Monckton's proposed trip to Hyderabad; telegram from Mountbatten o Commonwealth Relations Office relating to discussions on Hyderabad; telegram from Mountbatten to Ismay requesting Monckton's help with negotiations; correspondence between Mountbatten and Monckton arranging visit; covering letter from Ismay to Sir Archibald Carter, Commonwealth Relations Office forwarding a note from Ismay to Mountbatten asking for statement to avoid embarrassment to Monckton's clients; letter from Bridget Helen Monckton, wife of Walter Monckton to Ismay relating to Susan Ismay, Ismay's daughter's work with Monckton. 56pp and pamphlet

Letter to Ismay from Adm Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, relating to correspondence with Adm Sir Peveril Barton Reiby Wallop William-Powlett, Naval Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty regarding his next appointment; letter to Mountbatten from William-Powlett suggesting that an appointment in the West Indies may be detrimental to Mountbatten's career; letter from Mountbatten to William-Powlett relating to various options for his next appointment. Typescript, 5pp

Correspondence relating to the transition of India to independence, including letter from Ismay to Gen Sir Archibald Nye's, on plans for progress towards independence; letter from Rt Hon Sir Anthony Eden to Ismay about a projected meeting; letter from Sir David John Colville, Governor of Bombay, to Ismay; letter from Jawarharlal Nehru, External Affairs Department, India, to Ismay thanking him for a letter; letter from Ismay to Nye with an account of his visit to England and subsequent progress; letter from Ismay to Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe, Governor North West Frontier Province, with regret at Caroe's departure; letter from Caroe, in reply to Ismay's letter of regret; letter from Nye, to Ismay regarding problem of the 'Secretary of State's Services'; letter from Charles Arthur to Ismay on the passing of a privileged destiny; letter from Maj George Fielding Eliot, New York Post, to Ismay on Indian defence and the Middle East; letter from Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill to V Adm Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, regarding the Governor-Generalships of Pakistan and India to be held by Mahomed Ali Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan and Mountbatten; note by Ismay to Mountbatten on Governor-Generalship of India referring to FM William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, and AF Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope; letter from Ismay to Rt Hon Clement Richard Attlee, Prime Minister asking for instructions; note by Ismay to Mountbatten giving an account of meetings with opposition leaders and prime minister regarding the Governor-Generalship; letter from Miss M E Green to Rt Hon (Maurice) Harold Macmillan forwarding a copy of a letter from Churchill to Mountbatten regarding Governor-Generalships; letter from Ismay to Eliot, New York Post, in reply to his letter concerning Indian defence and the Middle East; exchange of letters between W H Morris Jones, Ismay and Harold Laski regarding the proposed appointment of Morris Jones as constitutional adviser to the Pakistan Constituent Assembly and about his present job; letter from Ismay to H M Patel with his views on the Prime Minister's secretariat; letter from Attlee to Mountbatten, offering congratulations; letter from Mountbatten, to Attlee thanking him for his letter of congratulations; letter from William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook of Beaverbrook, New Brunswick and Cherkley, to Ismay regarding relationship with Mountbatten; message of Sidney Smith's, New Delhi, India regarding Ismay and Mountbatten's relationship from A J Henderson to Arthur Christiansen, Editor of The Daily Express; letter from Mountbatten to Ismay offering thanks; letter from Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, to Ismay offering thanks; letter from Sir Eric Charles Mieville, Bombay, India to Ismay; letter from George Abell to Ismay regarding experiences on return to England, visit to the Prime Minister and press comment on Indian independence; letter from Ismay to Beaverbrook regarding relationships between Beaverbrook and Ismay, and Ismay and Beaverbrook and Mountbatten; letter from l Mountbatten, referring to the desirability of a referendum in Kashmir, India; letter from Sir George Cunningham, Governor North West Frontier Province, to Ismay regarding the position there; letter from Beaverbrook, in reply to Ismay's letter regarding relationship with Mountbatten; letter from Patel to Ismay thanking him for his letter with views on the Prime Minister's secretariat; letter from Jinnah to Ismay thanking him for a letter and for a visit; letter from Ismay to FM Sir Claude Auchinleck referring to Auchinleck's letter and proposed resignation and comparing Auchinleck's position with that of AF Alfred Ernie Montacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield of Ditchling, as Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, and suggesting that Ismay and Auchinleck go together; letter from Mountbatten to Auchinleck proposing his resignation; SC to Mountbatten proposing abolition of Supreme Headquarters; Ismay to Cunningham thanking him letter and with news of events and account of refugees; letter from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to Ismay proposing meeting; letter from Nye to Ismay on Ismay's impending departure; letter from Ismay to Mounbatten proposing to depart on 15 Oct (draft?). Typescript carbon pp