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Date(s)
- 1948 Apr 5 - Oct 1 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
56pp and pamphlet
Scope and content
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