Letter

Scope and Content

Letter from Field Marshal Smuts to Auchinleck, expressing his enjoyment of his visit to Egypt; informing him that he has sent to the Prime Minister, at his own request, an account of his impressions of the situation in the Middle East, and enclosing a copy (AUC/879, below) for Auchinleck; and emphasizing that he is not certain that the importance of the Middle East in relation to other theatres of war is fully appreciated in London. Holograph.