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Typescript report from Headquarters 80 Indian Infantry Bde to Gracey, describing operations of 80 Indian Infantry Bde around the Chindwin river and Kabaw Valley, Burma. 3pp.

Manuscript extract from a military appraisal by Lt Gen Geoffrey Alan Percival Scoones, General Officer Commanding 4 Corps, stressing the importance of holding the approaches to Imphal, India with the aim in establishing an Allied military force in the Ukhrul area, Burma. 6pp.

Typescript messages summarising communications within 4 Corps of 15 Div and 31 Div in the Leu and Tonmane area, Burma, from Mar-Apr 1944. 1p.

Manuscript letter from [Lt Col] Edward Pittit, 3 Carabiners (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards), thanking Gracey for the service of 20 Indian Infantry Div. 1p.

Typescript correspondence between Gracey and Brig Stuart A Greeves, commanding 80 Indian Infantry Bde, relating to the defence of positions named Crete and Cyprus, Shenam pass, Burma, by 80 Indian Infantry Bde. 6pp.

Typescript reports and notes made by Brig Stuart A Greeves, commanding 80 Indian Infantry Bde, on Japanese tactics and engagements, May-Jun 1944, including the Japanese use of armoured troops and a tank engagement between Allied and Japanese forces at Ninthoukhong, Burma. 10pp.

Typescript reports made by Maj J B Watson, Lt W E Whalley, Maj T Wylie and Capt R R Lal, 14 Bn 13 Frontier Force Rifles, 100 Indian Infantry Bde, on ACTION SAUSAGE, Allied operations against Japanese defences on plateau, on Ukhrul road, Burma, 24-25 Jun 1944, including sketchmap of Japanese defences. 17pp.

Typescript note made by Headquarters 254 Indian Tank Bde on Japanese employment of armoured troops in the Kabaw Valley, Shenam and Bishenpur areas, India, including sketchmaps of Allied engagements with Japanese tanks at 'Charing Cross' position, near Moreh, India and Ningthoukhong position, near Bishenpur, India. 12pp.

File containing six typescript battle instructions for 20 Infantry Div by Gracey, entitled, 'Instructions for the advance to contact, when contact is imminent', 'Notes on Burmese villages and villagers-upper and lower Burma', 'Cross-country movement', 'Practical application of the element of surprise in battle against Japanese', 'Planning a deliberate attack, 'Notes on Japanese tactics'; 20 Div Intelligence and security directives; typescript answers from a questionnaire by a Canadian officer, on the fighting strengths of the Japanese; typescript chronology of Burma campaign Oct 1943 to Sep 1944; typescript ration scales; notes for training of 20 Indian Infantry Div, including a pamphlet of 'General Instructions for Exercises', by General Headquarters, India (Ceylon Government Press, Colombo, Ceylon, 1943). 1 pamphlet. 81pp.

File containing quarterly typescript newsletters of 9 Bn 14 Punjab Regt, 32 Indian Infantry Bde from Nov 1944 to May 1946, including details on the Allied capture of Monywa, Burma, the crossing of the Irrawaddy river, Burma and the Allied capture of Rangoon, Burma; and typescript reports by Lt Gen John Alexander Kitson, Commanding Officer, 4 Bn 2 King Edward VII Own Gurkha Rifles, 32 Indian Infantry Bde, regarding 4 Bn 2 King Edward VII Own Gurkha Rifles operations from Feb 1945 to Dec 1945, including details on the disarming of Japanese forces around Saigon, French Indo-China (Vietnam), and sketchmap of Saigon area, French Indo-China (Vietnam). 43pp.

Typescript letter from Lt Gen Montagu George North Stopford, General Officer Commanding, 33 Indian Infantry Corps, to Gracey, concerning Allied operations at Monywa and around the Myinmu area, Burma. 2pp.

Typescript letter from Lt Gen Montagu George North Stopford, General Officer Commanding, 33 Indian Infantry Corps, to Gracey, congratulating him on the Allied capture of Monywa, Burma. 1p.

Manuscript notes by Brig David Alan Laurance Mackenzie, commanding 32 Indian Infantry Bde, to Gracey describing an operation to capture Japanese positions at Kyaukse, Burma. 4pp.

Memorandum from Lt Gen Montagu George North Stopford, General Officer Commanding, 12 Army, concerning morale, regulations and administration of 12 Army, including a note on exercises in planning advances, cooperation, and the use of special weapons. 16pp.

Typescript reports to Headquarters 20 Indian Infantry Div, including report on operations in Burma, 1943-1945 by 20 Indian Infantry Div Engineers; and reports on the crossing of the Irrawaddy River, Burma, by 232 Field Battery Royal Artillery; and by Maj Francis Charles Casement, 114 Field Regt, Royal Artillery, with maps of the sketch maps of Irrawaddy and Mandalay areas, Burma. 74pp, 11 maps.

Typescript papers fron South East Asia Command Headquarters to Gracey, including memoranda from Supreme Allied Commander, Adm Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, concerning policy and procedure in French Indo-China (Vietnam) for the surrender of Japanese, German and Italian nationals, and their subsequent treatment, and papers relating to the surrender of Japanese forces. 77pp.

Typescript report made by the medical unit of 20 Indian Infantry Div on the medical history of the Allied Land Forces in French Indo-China. 15pp.

Manuscript notes and typescript telegrams from South East Asia Command Headquarters, to Gracey, detailing plans for the withdrawal from French Indo-China (Vietnam) and the future deployment of 20 Indian Infantry Div, with typescript letters between Gracey and French Gen Phillipe Leclerc Commander French Expeditionary Corps for the Far East, relating to the disarmament of Japanese troops and the transfer of duties in French Indo-China (Vietnam) to French troops, also typescript copy of protocol between Japan and France concerning the joint defence of French Indo-China (Vietnam). 63pp.

Typescript letter from Gracey to Lt Gen Wilmot Gordon Hilton Vickers, 33 Indian Infantry Bde, discussing the transfer of 20 Indian Infantry Div from French Indo-China (Vietnam) to Borneo. 1p

Typescript and manuscript messages and telegrams from South East Asia Command Headquarters to Allied Land Forces in French Indo-China (Vietnam) Headquarters, detailing the move of 80 Indian Infantry Bde from French Indo-China (Vietnam) to Celebes, Dutch East Indies. 99pp.