Item MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/24 - Correspondence with DCIGS Lieutenant General Sir Philip Chetwode, Nov 1920 - Nov 1921, about India and the Indian Army

File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence between Montgomery, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, and Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Nov 1920-Nov 1921, on the Indian Army, in particular proposed budget cuts to the Indian Army, fear of Russian influence on Afghanistan, operations in Waziristan, India, against the Wana Wazirs, also including letters written by Lt Col Sydney Frederick Muspratt to Montgomery and forwarded to Chetwode, describing negotiations between UK and Afghanistan toward a treaty of amity, and typescript copy of report by Montgomery suggesting gradual occupation of North West Frontier, India, by Indian Army. 1 file.