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Ext 3463/45 ‘American invitation to Turkish Military Officers & Prince Peter of Greece to visit India, China & Burma.’ [20r] (40/80)
The record is made up of 1 file (39 folios). It was created in 13 Jul 1945-6 Oct 1945. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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W7W.
1 9 JUL 1945
34-o?>
CEPTL. No. h
DRAFT TELEGRAM
coias
No.
CYPHER O.T.P.
From Secretary of State
T 0 Government of India,
External Affairs Depart
ment.
Repeated to Istanbul
S# A* C • S* Jii. A*
Minister of State, Cairo.
SEND
DESPATCHED
COPY TO... JVQ« «...P» E*
(J.C.St^rndale-
Bennett)
” Soutl^fem Dept.,
reward).
” Egyptian Dept.,
_Scrivener).
M.I. 2 (W.O.) (/t.-Cd4.C.J.C.Molon^.
War Staff.
Colonial Office (Mr.Sidebotham).
Foreign Office (N.J.A.Cheetham).
Civial Aviation Ministry, (W.C.G.
Cribbett, C.M 4 G-).
Burma O^ice (I.More).
(M.J.
Air Mi
,Dean).
(4371) Wt. 41648—P172 25m. 12/44 G.S.St. £p. 620
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BE.1 EDIATE
Addressed to Government of India, External
Affairs Department. Repeated to H.M. Ambassador
Istanbul/ to SAC^iiA^with reference to F.O. x
telegram No. 287 and to Minister of Stated Cairo
with reference to Government of India telegram
No.122.
Your telegram ^324 dated 17th July and
/VV
my telegram 160AC of 17th July. j( Proposed visit
of / Prince Peter ^of Greece and ^American and
Turkish officers to India.
If the American invitation is confined so
/ zf X / ^
far as India is concerned to a visit to American
H.Q. and Establishments it would Appear to be/
/ / //
sufficient for the Government of India to agree^x
and there'would be / no objection to your so
/ ./ / /
doing. /If on the/other hand the visit to India
/ X / / X / X -u, ;
is to go beyond this it would seem most unsuitabl<
s' s' ^
for the Americans to act as liostls and' if you
agroo to Diioh a»-eBrtensiQ» H.M.G-. 'suggest that
X X /< x^ ^
it would be^preferable for you to issue an
invitation to the' Turks and Prince Peter direejt/
to any such "extension of the proposed Visit.
' y , / /x
SEAC and the Government of Ceylon are being
X ^ / X /
consulted about.the proposal to include that
/ / / / / r
Colony in the trip. In returning a reply to the
X / s X
U.S. Commissioner ^ou should therefore make it
/ / / / T
clear that it does not cover Ceylon. If the
/ X X X X ^
party visit Burma it is probable that they would
s/
X,.
do so as guests o£ SEAC. The visit to China
would presumably be / undeXAmerican auspices. '
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The file contains notes, telegrams, and letters, regarding: the invitation by General Ritter and General Giles, of the United States of America, to five Turkish Army officers, including the Deputy Chief of Staff and the Director of Military Training, and Prince Peter of Greece, to pay a short visit to India, China and Burma, travelling in General Giles’s aircraft; and the omission by the United States military authorities to seek prior consent for the visit from the Government of India and South East Asia Command.
It largely consists of: copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the Supreme Allied Command South East Asia, and between the Foreign Office and Sir Maurice Peterson (British Ambassador to Turkey), Istanbul; and telegrams from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India, External Affairs Department. It also includes copies of correspondence between British Chargé d’Affaires at Washington and the United States Department of State.
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- 1 file (39 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Ext 3463/45 ‘American invitation to Turkish Military Officers & Prince Peter of Greece to visit India, China & Burma.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:9v, 11r:18v, 18v:39r, back-i, back
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