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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