Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 4/24/14
Title
Letter from Admiral Lord Mountbatten to Ismay, Aug 1949, about Mountbatten's job prospects, with a related memo on supreme commanders
Date(s)
- 1949 Aug 26 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Letter to Ismay from Adm Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, relating to his hopes for a future appointment; the possible role of a Super Chief of Staff or Supreme Commander. With paper by Mountbatten entitled 'The selection and training of Supreme Commanders' originally prepared for South East Asia Command in 1946. Typescript, 4pp