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Extract from private letter to Ismay from Gen Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East relating to his feelings about CRUSADER, British 8 Army operations in the Western Desert, North Africa 1941-1942. Typescript, 1p

Extract from verbatim record of North Atlantic Council meeting at which Ismay's resignation as Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and his replacement by Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henry Spaak was announced, including speeches by Lester Bowles Pearson, Secretary of State for External Affairs, Canada; Christien Pineau, French Minister for Foreign Affairs; Joseph M A H Luns; John Foster Dulles, US Foreign Minister; John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn-Lloyd, UK Minister of State, Foreign Office ; Halvard Lange, Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs; P Da Cunha, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs; M J Bech, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs; E Averof, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs; Spaak and Ismay. With letter from Ismay relating to his resignation and proposing that Spaak should succeed him. Typescript, 10pp

Extract from diary of Maj Gen Richard Henry Dewing, UK Army and RAF Liaison Staff, Australia's covering events 25-30 Jul [1943] describing flying conditions between India and Australia. Typescript, 7pp

Page and editions of The Times covering the General Strike, May 1926, first issue one page only (including notice of George Bruce, Ismay family wedding). Printed 3 issues

Foreword by Ismay for pamphlet produced by the British Government for the fifth anniversary of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Typescript, 1p

Formal and personal letters from Ismay to Dwight David Eisenhower, US President relating to his retirement from the post of Secretary General North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). With letter to George W Perkins, US permanent representative, NATO requesting that he forward the letters to the President. Typescript, 3pp

Formal letter from Ismay to Rt Hon Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles requesting that he thank King George VI for his photograph. Typescript, 1p

Formal letter of get well wishes from the North Atlantic Council. With informal note from Ismay on the same subject. Typescript, 2pp

Galley proofs of memoirs, uncorrected. Printed, 92pp

Gloucestershire Echo with photograph of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Ismay and the Mayor of Cheltenham at Cheltenham Festival. 1p

Parliamentary debates (Hansard), House of Lords official report vol. 163, no.93 6 Jul 1949 (HMSO, London, 1949)

Index sheet to papers at 3/4/114-130. Typescript 2pp

Index sheet to part of the correspondence described as 'Defence-Reorganisation Phase 2' (see 3/4/68-3/4/90). Typescript 1p

Insertions and retyped passages of memoirs; notes and proposed insertions; Typescript carbon.

Edition of the Daily Express, strike emergency edition. Printed 1p

Edition of the Daily Graphic, strike emergency edition. Printed 2pp

Edition of the Daily Telegraph, strike emergency edition. Printed 4pp

Edition of The Star, strike emergency edition. Printed 2pp

Editions of the British Gazette Nos. 2-3, 6-8, covering the General Strike, May 1926 (HMSO, London). Printed 5 issues

Ismay's personal diary notes of naval review for Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Gen Alfred (Maximilian) Gruenther, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT), and Ismay. Duplicated 4pp