Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 4/24/125
Title
Letter from Admiral Lord Mountbatten to Ismay, Sep 1964, with related papers concerning Winston Churchill and World War Two
Date(s)
- 1964 Jul 28 - Sep 10 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
9pp
Scope and content
Letter to Ismay from Adm Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, thanking him for assisting him in ascertaining facts related to World War Two and requesting him to confirm details in enclosed paper; 2 copies of draft paper by Mountbatten entitled 'Conversation with Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill and William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook after the Battle of Crete about the future of Hitler's campaign against USSR in 1941'. With copy of letter from Clementine Churchill, Lady Churchill informing him that Churchill was unable to remember the incident in question; paper by Mountbatten entitled 'Matters affecting my selection for the position in Combined Operations and South East Asia'. Typescript, 9pp