Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 4/24/6
Title
Letter from Admiral Lord Mountbatten to Ismay, May 1948, about the appointment of the UK High Commissioner to India
Date(s)
- 1948 May 3 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Letter to Ismay from Adm Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, requesting information on the identity of the next UK High Commissioner, India; possibility of Gen Sir Archibald Nye's being appointed; possibilities for Mountbatten's next posting. Typescript, 2pp