Letter

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Letter from Auchinleck to Lord Mountbatten, thanking him for his letter of 6 November concerning INA records (AUC/1279 above); informing him that the Home Department of the Government of India has a complete set of the records, but that the copy held in the Historical Section of the Supreme Commander's HQ is the joint property of the Governments of India and Pakistan and that its future disposal is dependent upon an agreement between the two Governments; and pointing out that, when the Supreme Commander's HQ closes down, the Historical Section will be under the direct control of whatever body succeeds the Joint Defence Council. Typescript, signed.