Item MAYHEW 1/3 - Letters from Mayhew to his parents, 1942-1967

Manuscript and typescript letters from Mayhew to members of his family, including his father, Sir Basil Mayhew and his mother, Lady Mayhew, at Felthorpe Hall, Norwich, mainly relating to Mayhew's position as a junior in the Ministry of Economic Warfare, War Office, Jan-Mar 1942, and as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1946-1950. Letters also include mention of Mayhew's service in GHQ Liaison Regt, UK Home Forces, May 1942-May 1943; his service as a staff officer in the Phantom Regt, British North Africa Force (BNAF), in Tunis and Bizerta, Tunisia, May 1943-Feb 1944; his service as a staff officer, Headquarters, 2 Army, British Liberation Army (BLA), May 1944-May 1945; and relations with British, French and Canadian allies, and French, Belgian and Dutch civilians. Correspondence after World War Two concerns Mayhew's position as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison (later Baron Morrison of Lambeth), Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, 1945-1946; Mayhew's plans for economic recovery in Europe as discussed with Rt Hon (James) Harold Wilson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, 1945–1947; work with Prime Minister Rt Hon Clement Richard Attlee and with Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Rt Hon Ernest Bevin, primarily concerning political and economic reconstruction in Europe, foreign delegation meetings with US, French, Soviet and British diplomats, 1947, and Mayhew's role as a member of the UK Delegation to the United Nations, Feb 1948. 1 file.