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MS 350

A3002 Papers of Alan Campbell-Johnson

1 Combined operations papers

1/1 Folder containing: typescript post war paper by Captain Hughes- c.1945-6 Hallett `The mounting of raids'; `Historical notes on combined operations bases, western area'; third draft of Lieutenant Colonel P.Corbett's paper `The evolution and development of amphibious technique and material'; letter from Lieutenant Colonel P.Corbett to Campbell-Johnson sending for Mountbatten's comments a draft paragraph for his history relating to Admiral Ramsay as Naval Force Commander, 5 Dec 1945; reply to Corbett's letter; message from Mountbatten to Laycock commenting on part of Corbett's report on COHQ; pp. 56-8 of the report [?]

1/2/1 Bound draft of the official history of Combined Operations c.1946 Headquarters, 1940-5

1/2/2 Folder containing a draft of the official history of Combined c.1946 Operations Headquarters with pencil annotations, maps, plates and index

1/3 Typescript notes and copies of documents collected by Campbell- Johnson on Combined Operations including:

`Recorder's interview with Captain Hughes-Hallett, RN, on board HMS Jamaica Friday 4 Jan 1946, Singapore'; extract from Hansard of the report and answer concerning `Mulberry' prefabricated port (planning); `CM and SF activities, 1942-1944 at COHQ and SHAEF'; memorandum sending a typescript of a pamphlet on small operations group; press release from the Public Relations Directorate General Headquarters, New Delhi on `India's amphibious army';

A chronological sequence of papers, 1940-3: precis and extracts of minutes of meetings of the Chiefs of Operations Staff; copies of correspondence, including with the Prime Minister, the Chiefs of Staff; `war diary' entries; memoranda from the Director of Combined Operations and the Chief of Combined Operations on the employment of commandos, the transportation of MT across the Channel;

1940: memorandum by the Director of Combined Operations clarifying the duties of the post, 23 Jun 1940; paper by Sir Roger Keyes, Director of Combined Operations giving a summary of the resources available to him;

1941: correspondence between Mountbatten and Ismay concerning suggestions of measures to prevent Axis powers using French North Africa; paper on Operation `Anklet', 27 Dec 1941; MS 350 2 A3002

1/3[contd.] 1942: extract from a report on Operation `Anklet', 1 Jan 1942; letter from Mountbatten to Rear Admiral Burrough concerning Operation `Archery', 12 Jan 1942; extracts from a memorandum by Brigadier E.E.Laycock on commando training, 10 Jan 1942; report 2 of the Inter-Service Committee on Communications in Combined Operations, 21 Jan 1942; paper on the allocation of shipping to Combined Operations, 5 Feb 1942; copy of a letter from General Sir Bernard Paget, Commander in Chief, Home Forces, to Mountbatten, on the employment of troops of the Eastern Division in raids organised by Mountbatten, 20 Feb 1942; paper on Operation `Canter', 22 Feb 1942; summary of a discussion between Mountbatten and Ismay on the proposed operation to be mounted, 7 Mar 1942; note by General Sir Bernard Paget on the letter to Ismay setting out details for the proposed operations on the French coast, 9 Mar 1942; extracts from a report by the joint planning staff on Operation `Sledgehammer', 15 Mar 1942; paper on Operation `Blazing', 17 Mar 1942; `Agreed procedure for raiding operations COHQ', 21 Mar 1942; extracts from a report of Major General F.A.M.Browning, commander, the Airborne Division, on Operation `Biting', 23 Mar 1942; correspondence of General L.C.Hollis on Operation `Sledgehammer'; paper setting out the object of Operation `Abercrombie', 31 Mar 1942; joint memorandum by the Home Forces, Fighter Command and Chief of Combined Operations on Operation `Sledgehammer', 14 Apr 1942; summary and extracts from a memorandum by Vice Admiral Combined Training to the Chief of Combined Operations relating to equipment required for Operation `Sledgehammer'; correspondence between Mountbatten and Lieutenant General A.E.Nye regarding the special boat unit, 15, 21 Apr 1942; paper on Operation `Blazing', 3 May 1942; memoranda outlining the proposals for Operation `Rutter' and Operation `Lancing', 9, 10 May 1942; extracts from a directive to force commanders for Operation `Rutter', 13 May 1942; notes of a meeting between Mountbatten and Major General Isayer and Rear Admiral Kharlamov, 22 May 1942; memorandum on Operation `Imperator', 25 May 1942; minutes of a meeting between Mountbatten and General Arnold, US army, to discuss the participation of American air forces in major operations, 30 May 1942; Chief of Combined Operations' message to NSEQ Ottowa and BAD Washington relating to Canadian and US landing craft programmes, 11 Jun 1942; extracts and summary of a meeting with `Rutter' force commanders, 11 Jul 1942; memorandum from the RMA on Operation `Sledgehammer', 18 Jul 1942; proposed plan for combined operations against the continent (Operation `Foretop') prepared by NID, 26 Jul 1942; draft memorandum by the Naval Commander in Chief, Expeditionary Force, on raids on the French occupied coast; extracts of an interview with General Sir A.G.B.Bourne, Adjutant General, Royal Marines, 4 Aug 1942; extracts and precis of rough notes on an interview with the press regarding Operation `Jubilee'; `Extracts from Canadian participation in Operation Abercrombie, 22 Apr 1942: report 81, Historical Officer, Canadian Military Headquarters', 26 Aug 1942; letter from J.H.Hallett to Major General J.C.Haydon relating to Operation `Aflame', 28 Aug 1942; paper `Operation "Joyful": appreciation', 3 Sep 1942; extracts from a report of Operation `Jubilee' by Lieutenant Commander Prior, RN, 3 Sep; extracts from and a precis of the report of Air Force Commander on combined MS 350 3 A3002

1/3 operations against Dieppe, 5 Sep 1942; two papers on `piers for use [contd.] on flat beaches', 12, 15 Sep 1942; extracts from a telegram from the Commander in Chief, Middle East, to the War Office giving a brief report on Operation `Tobruck', 19 Sep 1942; paper on `Operation Aflame', 20 Sep 1942; extract from the memoirs of General De Caulaincourt, 1 Oct 1942; precis of notes by the Chief of Combined Operations on the state of the Combined Operations Naval Organisation with particular relation to possibilities of operation in 1943, 20 Oct 1942; extracts from a memorandum by Commander R.E.D.Ryder, RN, on the objects and possibilities special engineering unit; extract from a report of Colonel Dudley Clarke on the state of commandos, 30 Oct 1942; brief for the Chief of Combined Operations on Operation `Brimstone', 22 Dec 1942;

1943: programme and lecture notes for an air crew course, May-Jun 1943; telegrams on the situation in South East Asia

1/4 Correspondence; cuttings

Keyes papers: Colonel R.Laycock's report on Lieutenant Colonel G.C.T.Keyes; typescript `Account of commando raid on the headquarters of Rommel led by Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Keyes' written by Captain Robin Campbell; typescript of a letter from Roger Keyes, Government House, Sydney, to Winston, 8 Nov 1944; copy of a second letter from Keyes, 20 Nov 1944; copy of a message from General Wavell to General Freyberg;

Parnons-Williams material: correspondence; `Extracts from a report on the Madagascar operations by the Commander in Chief, East Africa command'; paper on `Combined operations - post assault organisation'; `Statement of the case for the standing establishment committee reorganisation of directorate of combined operations'; paper detailing naval personnel required for an assault landing of one brigade group; paper on the formation of a directorate of combined operations; memorandum on initiation of combined training resulting from a discussion between Admiral Palliser, members of ACOI, DMT and DCGS; secret paper on internal defence; specification of ships and crafts for use by landing operations; personnel requirements; papers on recruitment and manpower in the Royal Indian Navy; Chiefs of Staff committee papers MS 350 4 A3002

2 South East Asia Command papers

2/1 Series of reports, printed papers and reminiscences

2/1/1/1 Printed Report to the Combined Chiefs of Staff by the Supreme n.d. Allied Commander South East Asia, 1943-1946; signed by Mountbatten to Campbell-Johnson

2/1/1/2 Second draft of the Supreme Allied Commander's Despatch; Part iv of the Supreme Allied Commander's Despatch; draft of the Supreme Allied Commander's Post-War Despatch

2/1/2 Brochure of the itinerary of Lord and Lady Mountbatten's tour of 23 Mar - 10 Apr Australia and New Zealand 1946

2/1/3 Copy of Brigadier O.C.Wingate's Report on the operations of the 1943 77th Indian Infantry Brigade in Burma February to June 1943 (New Delhi, 1943), censored on the orders of Auchinleck

2/1/4 Typescript SACSEA personalities report for the King by 1949 Mountbatten, typed on board HMS Liverpool, 1949 [Report not to be published or circulated without the King's permission]

2/1/5 Section D [later Section E] of the Report to the Combined Chiefs 1969, n.d. of Staff of the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia 1943- 1946: post surrender tasks; proof copy and two printed copies of Section E of the Report to the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia 1943-1946: post surrender tasks (1969)

2/1/6 South East Asia Command Central Office of Information book The 1940s campaign of Burma: part prepared by Campbell-Johnson in 1944 and completed by Frank Owen

2/1/7 Two copies of Supplement to Report to the Combined Chiefs of 1947 Staff by SACSEA 1943-1946: appendices and annexures; copy of volume two of the supplement

2/1/8 Original autograph manuscript, in pencil and ink, of `A personal n.d. account of events in the Netherlands East Indies by Major R.E.Norton, Royal Berkshire Regiment, GSO 2(O) 15 Indian Corps'

2/1/9 Typescripts of reminiscences of Lord Mountbatten, dictated to 1960s R.Bousfield: Annotated list of reminiscences, of which not all are present; `Flying experiences' `HMS "P31"' `Engagement to Audrey James' `Edwina' [2 copies] `Radio' [2 copies] `Reminiscences about King Alfonso's exile' `Pamela's birth at Barcelona' [2 copies] `The abdication of King Edward VIII' `Musical friends' [2 copies] `Experiences as a member of the Dartmouth interview board' MS 350 5 A3002 2/1/9 `The Dudley North case' [contd.] `Lunch with the Prime Minister—June 1941, discussions about Hitler's attack on Russia' `My early contacts with Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein' `How Field Marshal Sir William Slim became CIGS' [2 copies] `The Queen of Sweden's luncheon with King George VI—May 1946' `How Colonel Rance was appointed Governor of Burma' [2 copies] `Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel' `Visit to Mediterranean of King and Queen of Sweden' `My most exciting day's underwater fishing' `Weekend at Lampedusa and Linosa' `Luncheon for Admirals of the Fleet while serving as First Sea Lord' `Prince Philip at the installation parade of the Royal Marines—27 October 1965' `Dinner given by the warrant officers and NCOs of the Life Guards at Combermere Barracks on 10 November 1965' [2 copies] `Mythical mental love affair' `The high seas fleet' `When Greek meets Greek' `My elder sister Alice's wedding, October 1903' `Some comments by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma on his relationship with the late Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope' `A bogus lecture on the Greek islands in 1932' `The torture of the Bishop of Singapore' `Regattas' `The oberlikon gun' `Family evacuation plans 1940' `The strange story of Commander Crabb' `Gerhard Stamer' `Diary of the visit to India of the Earl Mountbatten of Burma on 12th and 13th January 1966'

2/1/10 Transcript of Lord Mountbatten's commentary for Life and Times 1965-7 of Lord Mountbatten with R.Bousfield's comments; correspondence

2/1/11 Photocopies of typescripts of reminiscences of Lord Mountbatten 1960s dictated to R.Bousfield [some duplicates of 2/1/9]: `Funeral of Queen Alexandra' `The abdication of King Edward VIII' `Incident at a levée' `Creation of HMS Unicorn' `Polo in Jamaica' `The sub-lieutenant and the admiral' `Poetic justice for Captain Talbot' `Visit to Pearl Harbour' `Lord Beaverbrook's vendetta' `Discussion with General Patton `Command of raids' `COJP (combined operations joint planners) `Discussions with President Roosevelt' `CCO's visit to USA in June 1942' `Visit of General Marshall (Chief of US army staff) and Mr Harry Hopkins, personal representative of President Roosevelt' `Chaining of prisoners' MS 350 6 A3002 2/1/11 `The sacking of Stilwell' [contd.] `Militarization of Bengal and Assam railway' `CDS foreword to BFBS history', Radio SEAC `Flying behind the Japanese lines' `Lord Mountain Battery' `Addressing 33 Corps' `An American bath tub' `Sir Oliver Leese in a jeep' `Divergencies of view in the "round up" planning organisation' `Officer decorated for saving my life' `Long life of Queen Elizabeth' `Double investiture of Burma rifleman' `Light fleet carriers' `Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley' `Lord Mountbatten's personal recollections of meetings with King Farouk of Egypt' `Sir William Croft, palanpur and customs' `Bapsy Pavry's persistence' `Visit of King Farouk on HMS Liverpool' `Admiral Carney's claim to allied naval command in the Mediterranean' `Winston's hearing aid' `Story of Godchildren' `How 20 Grosvenor Square was saved' `Historic Privy Council meeting' `The Dudley North case'; Two pages of a conversation between Mountbatten and Harris

2/1/12 Volume of carbons of SACSEA's official personal daily diary 2 Oct 1943-1946

2/2 Publications

2/2/1 First draft of the Official History of the Second World War `Grand strategy Aug 1943-Sep 1944' by John Ehrman: parts 1 and 2 First draft of the Official History of the Second World War `British military administration in the Far East, 1943-46' by F.S.V.Donnison and `The war at sea: volume 3 - the offensive: part 1, 1 Jun 1943 - 31 May 1944'

2/2/2 Typescript of a section of a history of the Second World War on c.1946-74 The Casablanca Conference and outlines of future strategy and plans for future operations, with comments by Mountbatten; typescript of `Chapter 4: South East Asia Command: the relativity of absolute power'; typescript of `Indo-China: military realities and the political problem'; synopsis of a book concerning General Gracey and South East Asia; The evolution and development of combined operations, techniques and mateial prepared under the direction of the Chief of Combined Operations, Mar 1946; India's part in the sixth year of war; The naval review, May 1954; Journal of the British Institution of Radio Engineers, Jan-Feb 1946; Private Eye, 1962; correspondence, press cuttings, parts of transcripts, 1946-74; Home Department Intelligence Bureau daily summary of information, 30 Apr 1947

2/2/3 Chapter 3 of a publication `Operations in North Burma November 1960, n.d. 1943-June 1944'; copy of `Barbara Tuchman's Stilwell and the American experience in China: a statement thereon for the record by Major General H.L.Boatner, USA retired'; copies of relevant MS 350 7 A3002 documents collected by Boatner, 1942; Japanese monograph Number 148: Burma operations record 33rd Army operations (revised, 1960)

2/2/4 Manuscript of `Reconquest of Burma'; Part VIII, page 177 onwards of a history of combined operations

2/2/5 Correspondence of Campbell-Johnson; drafts of chapters of a book 1953 relating to Burma; copy 3 of chapters 1-3 of Campbell-Johnson's booklet on Burma with manuscript annotations

2/2/6 `COHQ and SEAC': black and white photographs; press cuttings; c.1945-6, 1975 Chief of Defence Staff biographical notes on Mountbatten; copy of Indo British Review; file containing first draft of a typescript paper `The raid on St Nazaire' by the APRO together with press cuttings and notes on APRO duties; correspondence, including a letter from Alan Campbell-Johnson to Philip Ziegler, 1975; copy of the text of an interview with Rear Admiral Charles Lambe, 11 Sep 1946; drafts of typescript papers relating to Burma, with manuscript annotations MS 350 8 A3002 3 India

3/1 Series of files

3/1/1 `India PIB': Press Information Bureau Government of India 1947-9 summaries, May 1948-Jun 1949; press coverage, Aug 1947-1948; British press coverage other than The Times, 1947-8; coverage in The Times, 1947-8; editions of Forum, 8 Feb and 18 Apr 1948; Indian press coverage, 1948; copy of The International News, 1 Feb 1948

3/1/2 `PIBs': Press Information Bureau Government of India summaries, 1947-9 Oct 1948-Jan 1949, includes India and Burma news summary (prepared by the India Office and Burma Office), Jan-Jul 1947

3/1/3 Weekly press summary, British information services, Apr-May 1947-8 1948; Press Information Bureau Government of India round up of Indian press comments on Indian and international events and 'Economic round-ups', 1947-8

3/1/4 `PIBs': copies of Forum and India and the world; Press Information 1947-8 Bureau, Government of India `economic round-ups' and round up Indian press comments on Indian and international events, 1947-8; Press Information Bureau Government of India round-up of American press comments, 1947

3/1/5 `PIBs': Kashmir press cuttings, 1947-8; Press Information Bureau, 1947-8 Government of India, political round ups, Mar 1947-May 1948; Indian press cuttings, 1947-8

3/1/6 India press cuttings, including Amrita Bazar Patrika, for Independence Day, Gandhi's fast and its conclusion

3/1/7 Indian press cuttings; complete newspapers for Independence Day, 1948 Gandhi's assassination, the departure of Mountbatten; press cuttings about the Hyderabad situation

3/1/8 Hansard for the Indian Independence Act debates; copies of Indian 1947-8 Information (produced by the Government of India): 15 Dec 1947, 1 Apr and 1 Sep 1948; Homage in commemoration of Gandhi; The Calcutta municipal gazette commemorating independence; special edition of The Eastern Economist; photographs or illustrations of Gandhi from newspapers; Indian national flag from a commemorative edition of the Hindustan Times

3/1/9 Printed daily arrangements of the Viceroy and subsequently of the 23 Mar 1947- 22 Governor General Jun 1948

3/1/10 `Indian press information': magazines, including Indian 1941-71 Information (produced by the Government of India), 1 Sep 1947-15 Apr 1948, together with other magazines, 1941-71, such as News Review and Dawn Pakistan Independence supplement, 15 Aug 1947

3/1/11 Editions of Hansard for Indian Independence Act debates, 25 Feb 1939-56 1947-30 Jul 1948; copy of the Indian Independence Bill; copies of The Asiatic Review, Apr 1945-Jul 1948; Government of India white papers on Indian states, Jul 1948, 1950, on Hyderabad, 1948; The MS 350 9 A3002 3/1/11 government of India act, 1935 (Government of India Press, New [contd.] Delhi, 1945); Correspondence with Mr Gandhi, Aug 1942-Apr 1944 (Government of India Press, New Delhi, 1944); Congress responsibility for the disturbances, 1942-43 (Government of India Press, New Delhi, 1943); Government of India Department of Industries and Civil Supplies Scientific education and research in relation to national welfare (Government of India Press, New Delhi, 1944); maps of India; Asiatic Digest, Feb 1948; Why this starvation ? by Minoo Masani (Bombay, 1943); Socialism reconsidered by M.R.Masani (Bombay, 1944); Millions on the move: the aftermath of partition issued by the Publications Division, Government of India Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Our India by Minoo Masani (Oxford University Press, 1944); Hyderabad in retrospect (Bombay, 1949); The war! Problem of India's future constitution!! What Muslim India and its leader Mr M.A.Jinnah think? published by (Nawabzada) Liaquat Ali Khan, honorary secretary of the All India Muslim League; printed speech of Mr C.H.Bhabha, chairman of the Indian Banks Association to the Association, 19 Mar 1956; The Indian evolution by the Padikara Mudaliyar of Ceylon (London); Gandhi Memorial Lecture, 1951: A nation builder at work by Pyarelal (Ahmedabad, 1952); printed presidential address of M.A.Jinnah to the Lahore session of the All India Muslim League, Mar 1940; The way out: a plea for constructive thought on the present political situation in India by C.Rajagopalachari (Oxford University Press, 1943); The Cripps mission by R.Coupland (Oxford University Press, 1942); Agatha Harrison: remembrances published by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (British Section); India and the war: the present outlook: an address by Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan at a private meeting of the Study Committees of the Empire Parliamentary Association, 29 Nov 1939; Four score: an analytical subject index of all the proceedings, including cultural and social activities and names of office bearers for eighty years, 1866-1946 by Sir John Cumming (East India Association); The world today, Feb 1947; Current affairs: number 60 The Indian scene

3/1/12 Social invitations for Campbell-Johnson while in India; seating c.1946-8 plans for dinners at the Viceroy's House, 1947-8; passport; programmes for a wedding and Burmese independence day ceremony; tour programmes for visits by Lord and Lady Mountbatten to Orissa, Assam, Rangoon and Bombay; Delhi diplomatic directory, produced by the Private Secretary's Office, Government House, New Delhi, 15 Nov 1947; order of proceedings for the presentation of the scroll of freedom of the borough of Romsey to Lord Mountbatten, 26 Jun 1946; King's John House, Romsey, Hampshire by R.Moody; map of India; postcards

3/1/13 Press cuttings relating to Campbell-Johnson's Hyderabad mission 1946-8 in 1948; notes taken by Campbell-Johnson [in capacity as private secretary ?], 1946-7; correspondence; work card for the investiture at New Delhi, 3 Jan 1948; correspondence, copies of gazettes, papers concerning the granting of awards and honours

3/1/14 Campbell-Johnson's papers, notes, correspondence, speeches, 1946-50 articles and narrative relating to service in SEAC, prepared for the Ministry of Information book; typescript draft of booklet on Burma MS 350 10 A3002 3/2 Files of Campbell-Johnson's papers as press attache 1947-8

3/2/1 `File 1: miscellaneous': correspondence; press cuttings; papers on 1947-8 the presentation of credentials by Henry Grady, American Ambassador to India; copy of The Indian States Gazette; two extraordinary declarations published by the Bikaner Rajpatra on the assassination of Gandhi; copy of Eastern World

3/2/2 `File 2: miscellaneous': correspondence 1947-8

3/2/3 `File 3: broadcasting': correspondence; telegraphs; copies of a 1946-7 pamphlet Broadcasting (HMSO, Jul & Dec 1946)

3/2/4 `File 3a: HE's broadcasts': text of broadcasts; memoranda 1947-8

3/2/5 `File 4: film coverage': correspondence; notes; extracts of press 1947-8 report

3/2/6 `File 6: court circulars': circulars 1947-8

3/2/7 `File 7: HE's speeches': correspondence; text of speeches 1947-8

3/2/8 `File 8': correspondence relating to articles 1947

3/2/9 `File 8a: Burma star party': correspondence; staff instructions; 1947 announcements; rough draft of message from His and Her Excellencies to Burma reunion

3/2/10 `File 9: correspondence on Ray Murphy's book': correspondence; 1947 press cuttings

3/2/11 `File 9a: Ray Murphy's book, serialisation': press cuttings 1947

3/2/12 `File 9b: enumeration of British civilians for the UK High 1947 Commissioner': letter; form

3/2/13 `File 10: private correspondence (HE) and special letters 1947-8 (especially between Nehru and Gandhi': correspondence; telegrams

3/2/14 `File 10a: correspondence with Mr Ingram': correspondence 1946-7 respecting `A memorandum on the depressed classes in India' by G.S.Ingram; paper `British-Indian relations'; `A critique of the proposals of the cabinet mission for Indian constitutional changes in so far as they affect the scheduled castes (untouchables)' by B.R.Amedkar

3/2/15 `File 11: Her Excellency': correspondence; memoranda 1947-8

3/2/16 `File 11a: publicity material issued by the Chamber of Princes': 1947 `press reactions to events in Indian states'

3/2/17 `File 12: supply of HE's and Her Excellency's portraits and 1947 photographs to periodicals, requests for autographs: correspondence

3/2/18 `File 12a: paper on the economic viability of Pakistan by Mr 1947 M.Zinkin of Finance Department': correspondence; comments on paper; manuscript draft of paper MS 350 11 A3002 3/2/19 `File 13: Their Excellencies' court circular': press circulars Mar-Sep 1947

3/2/20 `File 13a: question of messages for His and Her Excellencies to 1947-8 journals and newspapers': correspondence; memoranda

3/2/21 `File 14: the Hon. Pamela Mountbatten': letter; memorandum; press 1947 cuttings

3/2/22 `File 15: luncheon plans and notes on invitees' 1947-8

3/2/23 `File 15a: requests from press representatives for interviews with 1947 the Viceroy, also requests for photographs and films'

3/2/24 `File 16: press attache's personal correspondence' 1948

3/2/25 `File 16a: proposal by Lieutenant Colonel Hodgkinson to produce 1947 a 16mm film of Lord Mountbatten's term as Viceroy': correspondence

3/2/26 `File 17: press attache's interviews and contacts with press': 1947-8 correspondence

3/2/27 `File 18: private correspondence between Mr Campbell-Johnson 1947-8 and I & B Department'

3/2/28 `File 19: press notes and communiques' 1947

3/2/29 `File 19a: correspondence etc in connection with the issue of press 1947-8 communiques'

3/2/30 `File 20: press contacts in London': correspondence 1947-8

3/2/31 `File 21: papers re publication of inaccurate or undesirable news by 1947-8 news agencies and issues of denials, etc': correspondence; press cuttings

3/2/32 `File 22: foreign press correspondents': correspondence 1947-8

3/2/33 `File 22a: the Foreign Correspondents' Association of India', New 1946-7 Delhi (Mr E.V.B.Britter, Mr George E.Jones)': correspondence; minutes

3/2/34 `File 24: Punjab situation after August 15': press statements 1947

3/2/35 `File 25: emergency committee: correspondence; location 1947 statement of battle operational units in Punjab; press statement; `The resettlement of refuges in East Punjab'; note by the Quarter Master General Supreme Headquarters on the control of land transport between India and Pakistan (East and West Punjab)

3/2/36 `File 25a: emergency committee minutes' 1947

3/2/37 `File 25c: emergency committee communiques' 1947

3/2/38 `File 25d: press notes and communiques on the emergency 1947 committee'

3/2/39 `File 27: questions and answers (press conferences), speeches at 1947 press conferences' MS 350 12 A3002 3/2/40 `File 28: Junagadh': typescript paper; press cuttings; record of an 1947 interview of the Governor General; draft letter from the Governor General to the Prime Minister of India

3/2/41 `File 29: Kashmir': telegrams; press cuttings; paper setting out the 1947-8 original Chinese resolution on Jammu and Kashmir, the present resolution and comments; government of India white paper on Jammu and Kashmir; correspondence

3/2/42 `File 30: Hyderabad': press cuttings; translation of an address by 1947-8 His Excellency Mir Laik Ali, Prime Minister of Hyderabad; report of Campbell-Johnson's visit to Hyderabad, May 1948; record of the Governor General's interview with Nawab Moin Nawaz Jung at which V.P.Menon and Lieutenant Colonel Erskine-Crum were present; papers of meetings of the Governor General with the Hyderabad delegation

3/2/43 `File 31: records of October London visit': telegrams; 1947 correspondence

3/2/44 `File 33: government of India publications and memoranda': 1948 correspondence; notes

3/2/45 `File 34: information and broadcasting (passes, etc): 1947 correspondence; memoranda; admission tickets

3/2/46 `File 35: Burma independence day celebrations': typescript papers 1948 `The constitution of the Union of Burma', `Dagon'; notes; speech of the High Commissioner for Burma

3/2/47 `File 36: Reuters': correspondence; notes; press cuttings 1948

3/2/48 `File 37: Indian press correspondents, Joyce's and King's notes on': 1947 correspondence; notes

3/2/49 `File 39: correspondence with Daily Mail, London, message to 1947 newspaper press fund dinner': correspondence

3/2/50 `File 40: extract from the UK High Commissioner's publicity office May 1947 general report for May 1947'

3/2/51 `File 41: newspaper reading policy': list of newspapers; 1947 correspondence; copy of Eastern World

3/2/52 `File 42: HE's press conference, 4 June 1947': telegrams; 1947 correspondence; notes

3/2/53 `File 43: HMG announcements': telegrams; notes; correspondence 1947

3/2/54 `File 44: meeting of the standing committee of the all-India 1947 newspaper editors' conference: correspondence; lists of members of the standing committee of the all-India newspaper editors' conference and central press advisory committee

3/2/55 `File 46: data on Indian independence': telegrams 1947

3/2/56 `File 47: engagement of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip 1947 Mountbatten': correspondence; press cuttings; notes on Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten; press service articles on the Princess and MS 350 13 A3002 Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten

3/2/57 `File 48: correspondence on transfer of power ceremonies': minutes 1947 of meeting; correspondence; memoranda

3/2/58 `1: HE's visit to West Bengal and Burma': programmes; invitations; 1948 menus; seating plan; Indian news bulletins

3/2/59 `2: Governor General's staff meetings': agenda; notes of meetings 1948

3/2/60 `3': Press Information Bureau Government of India press round 1947-8 ups, 1948, including a supplement on the death of Gandhi and a American news file special also on the death of Gandhi; press cuttings from the Indian press, 1947; reprint of two articles on Gandhi from the News Chronicle

3/2/61 `4': papers of the Governor General's meetings with ruling princes 1947-8 and representatives of states, Jan 1948; papers of the Governor General's conference with ministers of the Government of India and governors of provinces, 2 Feb 1948; papers of the defence committee, Oct-Nov 1947

3/2/62 `5': copies of letters from Jawaharlal Nehru to provincial premiers 1947-8

3/2/63 `6': Joint Defence Council meeting papers, 9-19 Sep 1947-Mar 1948

3/2/64 `7': correspondence, notes of interviews of Lord Ismay; press 1947 cuttings

3/2/65 `11': programmes; staff instructions for parties and receptions; race 1947-8 card; information paper on Simla and Mashobra

3/2/66 Notes of talks and interviews by the Governor General 1947-8

3/2/67 Press attache correspondence; comments on Burma pamphlets; 1947-8 notes

3/2/68 Telegrams relating to governors 1947

3/2/69 Telegrams, notes relating to Hyderabad visit 1948

3/2/70 Telegram; draft of press conference, 4 June 1947 1947

3/2/71 Draft letter to Gandhi; draft of viceroy's personal report, March 1947 1947; draft announcement, 21 April 1947; printed statement by His Majesty's government, 3 June 1947; draft of `Reconstruction of the central government'

3/2/72 Press communiques; correspondence; report of the Governor 1947 General; reaction to an interview by Mr Jinnah; paper giving the history of the Second Battalion, the Royal Norfolk Regiment; British Information Services article on Gandhi's visit to London

3/2/73 Telegrams 1947

3/2/74 Draft constitution of India and papers relating to the constitution; 1947-8 Intelligence Bureau daily summary of information; Government of India monitoring office, analysis of foreign broadcasts; draft letter; MS 350 14 A3002 3/2/74 information paper reviewing events in India; `India in world affairs' [contd.] by Sir Bertram Stevens; draft of the Viceroy's personal report 2; paper on cruisers for the Royal Indian Navy MS 350 15 A3002 4 Working papers of Campbell-Johnson, including of two research assistant employed for work in preparation for a biography of Mountbatten

4/1 Papers of Bryan Samain

4/1/1 Correspondence of Bryan Samain; invoices for research and 1951-3 editorial work

4/1/2 `Special comments file': letter from Mountbatten, South East Asia 1944, 1948 Command Headquarters, to Campbell-Johnson, 19 Sep 1944 [SC4/1472/J]; note by Mountbatten, 9 Jul 1948

4/1/3 File C: `Supreme Commander's postwar despatches': draft 1940s typescripts (post VJ)

4/1/4 File D: `Advanced headquarters Allied Land Forces South East 1940s Asia': typescript 'Some facts about the Burma campaign, 1944- 1945'

4/1/5 File E: `high level comments on Supreme Commander's 1946-51 despatches': correspondence; lists of comments

4/1/6 File X: `ACJ's own notes on Burma campaign based on tour of 13 May - 30 Jun front': notes; text of interviews and talks with military personnel; 1944 copies of correspondence

4/1/7 File Y: `special material': text of lectures; typescripts of first hand Dec 1943 - Jul accounts of events; copies of correspondence; notes; papers, 1944 including figures of Japanese casualties, Jan-Apr 1944

4/1/8 File Z: extracts from public relations stories and text of broadcasts 19 Feb - 23 Nov 1944

4/1/9 File ZZ: extracts from public relations stories on the Burma Jan - Feb 1944 campaign

4/1/10 File of notes on Burma and on personalities; newspaper cuttings; 1945-51 copies of reminiscences; minutes of the 301st SAC meeting; printed House of Commons debate on the situation in Indonesia; typescripts, including Leese's narrative on Burma, draft despatches from SEAC, `Review of political events in South East Asia, 1945 to Mar 1946', `Evacuating prisoners in South East Asia Command' by Lady Louis Mountbatten, `Memorandum on a visit to Balankura by B/B 299'; Malayan press comments on Pandit Nehru's visit to Singapore; preliminary notes on volume 5 of Grand strategy; printed address by Lord Mountbatten to the Royal Life Saving Society; Royal Institute of International Affairs booklet South East Asia and South Pacific Islands; original papers relating to a meeting of chiefs of staff with General Hurley, 14 Apr 1945

4/2 Folders of papers collected by Robin Bousfield relating to Lord Mountbatten: copies of notes, correspondence, reminiscences, extracts from Mountbatten's diary

4/2/1 `Main narrative': 1900-41; copy of a memorandum dictated by copies 1960s Lord Mountbatten, 1967 on the gestapo file; family tree of inter- marriage of royal families MS 350 16 A3002 4/2/2 `Main narrative': Combined Operations, 1941-3; First Cruiser copies 1960s Squad, 1948-50; Fourth Sea Lord, 1950-2; Commander in Chief Mediterranean and Allied Forces Mediterranean (NATO), 1952-4

4/2/3 `Main narrative': First Sea Lord, 1955-9; Chief of Defence Staff, copies 1960s 1959-65

4/2/4 `Main narrative': extra-mural activities and story of HMS Kelly copies 1960s

4/2/5 `Main narrative': letters to mama, 1910-50; letters to J.V.(Peter) copies 1960s Murphy, 1919-24, 1947

4/2/6 `Main narrative': selected letters from black boxes, 1885-1967: copies 1960s Prince Louis of Battenberg to Sir Harry Keppel, 1885; Queen Victoria to the Grand Duke of Hesse, 1900; King Edward VII to the Grand Duke of Hesse, 1903; Prince Louis of Battenberg to Sir Archibald Hurd, 1911; Tsarina to her brother the Grand Duke of Hesse, 1915; certificate from Mountbatten's aunt, Marie of Battenberg, 1918; order card for debate at Cambridge University, 1920; Lieutenant Colonel Tsunoda to Mountbatten, 1922; the King of Spain to Lady Louis Mountbatten, 1922; Charlie Chaplin to Lord and Lady Mountbatten, 1922; Duke of York to Mountbatten, 1922; George V to Mountbatten, 1922; Spanish ambassador to Mountbatten, 1923; Douglas Fairbanks Senior to Mountbatten, 1923; Buckingham Palace to Mountbatten, 1923; Sir Roger Keyes to Mountbatten, 1928; R/A Waitworth to Mountbatten, 1939; propaganda play on Dieppe, 1942; Duke of Kent to Mountbatten, 1942; Montgomery to Mountbatten, 1943; de Gaulle to Mountbatten, 1943; Eden to Mountbatten, 1944; Roosevelt to Mountbatten, 1944; Montgomery to Mountbatten, 1944; proclamation to Andamans, 1945; Bevin to Mountbatten, 1945; Churchill to Mountbatten, 1945; Noel Coward to Mountbatten, 1945; de Gaulle to Mountbatten, 1945; Eden to Mountbatten, 1945; McArthur to Mountbatten, 1945; intercepted letter from soldier, 1945; Roosevelt to Mountbatten, 1945; Slim to Mountbatten, 1945; telegram from Prime Minister to Mountbatten, 1945; poster by Warrant Officer Barr to Mountbatten, 1945; Attlee to Mountbatten, 1946;

4/2/7 [Number not used]

4/2/8 `Main narrative': TV series 1965

4/2/9 `D': typescript reminiscences by Mountbatten 1-40 copies 1960s

4/2/10 `D': typescript reminiscences by Mountbatten 41-78 copies 1960s

4/2/11 `F1': transcripts of tape recorded interviews 1-18 1961-4

4/2/12 `F2': transcripts of taped recorded interviews 19-31 1964-6

4/2/13 `G': opinions of Mountbatten copies 1960s

4/2/14 `G2': opinions of Mountbatten copies 1960s MS 350 17 A3002 4/3 Folders of papers of Campbell-Johnson and Robin Bousfield relating to Lord Mountbatten: correspondence, including some between Mountbatten and Campbell-Johnson in the 1950s and 1960s; copies of papers; notes; pamphlets

4/3/1 General: correspondence relating to work on transcribing letters of 1961-74 Queen Victoria at the Royal Archives; copy of an address to the BCEL conference, 1974; correspondence and papers on medical matters which includes a discussion of haemophilia

4/3/2 General: correspondence relating to uniforms and inventions and 1937-68 technology, the Royal Life Saving Society, Lady Mountbatten; notes of an interview with Lord Chesterfield; biographical notes on Lord Mountbatten; order of service of the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1937; notes on the heir apparent; notes on the BCEL; BR 136 (1) Mountbatten station keeping system two pointer equipment part 1: operations (1951); Rockets by Paul Adorian (1961); pamphlet; press cuttings relating to Lady Mountbatten; guide books and notes on Classibawn Castle; `Speech to be delivered by the High Steward of Romsey (Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma) at the civic luncheon to His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on Saturday 6 April 1957'; notes relating to the Broadlands archives

4/3/3 General: list and text of speeches; printed speech by Winston 1946-66 Churchill; correspondence with authors; notes on relations with the American government; correspondence relating to Yates's reminiscences and views and Lord Beaverbrook; programme

4/3/4 `Chief of Defence Staff', including NATO: correspondence; copies 1958-66 of papers and documents; press cuttings

4/3/5 `Dieppe raid film': correspondence; press cuttings; chapter of a 1967 book; script; photographs

4/3/6 `India', including Pakistan and Gandhi: correspondence; draft of a 1947-68 seminar paper on Lord Mountbatten and the transfer of power for the Ditchley Foundation; press cuttings; notes; printed lecture

4/3/7 `Kelly': correspondence; notes; reports of proceedings; Weekly 1940-66 intelligence report

4/3/8 `Naval career', including Commander in Chief Mediterranean and 1954-65 Fourth Sea Lord: correspondence; copies of papers and documents; `An account of the supply organisation of the navy and the functions of the Fourth Sea Lord'; `Commander in Chief Mediterranean turnover notes'

4/3/9 `SEAC': transcript of extracts from the private diary of Lieutenant 1946-67 General Sir H.Pownall, Sep 1943-Dec 1944; correspondence; copies of papers

4/3/10 `Suez': list of documents received from Broadlands relating to Suez 1956, 1967 and notes on these; copies of documents

4/3/11 `Observer article': copy of the Observer; correspondence; text of 1964 interview with Lord Mountbatten

4/3/12 List of contents of the book n.d. MS 350 18 A3002 4/4 Mission with Mountbatten

4/4/1 Annotated typescript of Mission with Mountbatten; preface to the anniversary edition of Mission with Mountbatten; Mountbatten in retrospect: an anthology by Alan Campbell-Johnson (1997)

4/4/2 Mountbatten's comments on Mission with Mountbatten; correspondence and notes relating to the book, 1950-1; annotated and altered version of `Notes on discussions with Mr Jinnah on the evening of 2 Jun 1947' for use in the book MS 350 19 A3002 5 Other papers

5/1 Report of the inquiry into prison escapes and security by Lord 1966 Mountbatten (HMSO, 1966)

5/2 Meeting at Potsdam by Charles L.Mee (New York, 1975); 1973-84 Mountbatten by Arthur Swinson (1973); Documents on British foreign policy overseas: series 1, vol. 1: the conference at Potsdam 1945 by Rohan Butler and M.E.Pelly (HMSO, 1984); microfiches of the documents calendared in Documents on British foreign policy overseas

5/3 Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers: the 1948, 1960, conference at Berlin (the Potsdam Conference) 1945 2 volumes 1997 (Washington, 1960)