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Letter from FM John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, to Rt Hon (George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Minister of Defence, in which he expresses agreement with MRAF Sir John Cotesworth Slessor's comments on defence reorganisation. With letter from Thorneycroft to Harding acknowledging receipt of his letter. Copy Typescript 2pp

Copy of FULLER 2/69, Maj Gen Alexander Richardson to Fuller. Typed carbon. 1 p

Copy of letter from Montgomery to Haining concerning accommodation and suggested release of detainees in 8 Div area; and criticising proposals to disarm inhabitants of Palestine and local villages, due to risk of invsion by neighbouring tribes. 3pp

Copy of FULLER 2/39, Maj Gen Gordon MacMillan to Fuller. Typed carbon. 1 p

Copy of a letter from Maj Gen Günther Blumentritt to Liddell Hart on strategy and tactics in the invasion of Poland, 1939, and the campaign in North West Europe, 1940. 1 file

Maj-Gen John S. Wood to Liddell Hart. On the Avranches break-through, 4 Aug [1944]. Copy. Typed. 1 p

Copy of FULLER 2/72, Maj Gen Neil McMicking to Fuller. Typed carbon, 1 p

Copy of FULLER 2/13, Maj Gen Raymond Briggs to Fuller. Typed carbon. 1 p

Copy of FULLER 2/19, Maj Gen Sir James Drew to Fuller. Typed carbon. 1 p

Letter from MRAF Sir John Cotesworth Slessor to Rt Hon (George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Minister of Defence on defence reorganisation. Reply by Thorneycroft acknowledging receipt of letter. Copy typescript 4pp

Copy of letter [from Menaul] to editor of The Times: relating to a Times editorial entitled 'The failure of a mission'.

Covering letter from Rt Hon (George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Minister of Defence to the Prime Minister forwarding a memorandum by the Chief of Defence Staff to the Minister suggesting a non-party basis for its establishment and a memorandum by the Chief of Defence Staff on the central organisation for defence, and with the Minister's comments on centralisation. Copy Typescript 22pp

Copy of typescript letter from Montgomery-Massingberd to Gen Philip Walhouse Chetwode, India, discussing reorganisation of the Armoured Force. 4pp.

Copy of typescript letter from Montgomery-Massingberd to Gen Philip Walhouse Chetwode, India, discussing political developments in Afghanistan following the abdication of Amir Amanullah. 9pp.

Copy of typescript letter from Montgomery-Massingberd to Maj Gen Sir George Aston, discussing a proposed biography of French Marshal Ferdinand Foch by Aston, in particular Montgomery-Massingberd's memories of Foch. 6pp.

Copy of covering letter to Maunsell, sent with O'Connor's report on the classification of signallers (not included). 1p

Photograph of letter from Penney to Mrs Shirley Mary Penney, from Washington, USA, discussing personal matters. 1p.

Copy of letter from Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill to AF Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes relating to a previous letter from Keyes protesting about (unspecified) orders from the Defence Committee. Typescript, 1p

Copy of letter from Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill to AF Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes, Director of Combined Operations informing him of his removal from this post and his replacement by Commodore Louis Mountbatten; copy of official note of termination of appointment. With letter and note to Ismay from T L Rowan forwarding copy of letter from Churchill to Keyes

Copy of letter from R Adm Ronald Vernon Brockman to Vappala Pangunni Menon giving his opinion of Leonard Oswald Mosley's The Last Days of the British Raj (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1962). Typescript, 2pp