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Telegram from Terence Allen Shone on the situation in India (New Delhi, 14 October 1947)

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On 14 October 1947, Terence Allen Shone, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to India, sends a telegram to Philip John Noel-Baker, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, in which he reports on the situation in India and Pakistan after the partition of the British Indian Empire. Referring to various press articles, he particularly focuses on the communal disturbances in Punjab and Bengal, the refugee problem and the future relations between the Commonwealth and the two new states.

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Source: SHONE, Terence Allen. [Very confidential despatch from Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Delhi to His Majesty's Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (14 October 1947)]. 14-10-1947. No 111. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). DO - Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, General Records of the Commonwealth Relations Office and Records of the General Divisions of the Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office. Commonwealth Relations Office: India: Registered Files. POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. Political situation in India since independence. 01/01/1947-31/12/1947, DO 142/259.

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Subject files: Decolonisation: geopolitical issues and impact on the European integration process

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Metadata language: en
Categories: Diplomatic documents
Type: Physical document
Original title: [Very confidential despatch from Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Delhi to His Majesty's Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (14 October 1947)]
Sender: Shone, Terence Allen
Recipient: Noel-Baker, Philip John
Creation date: 14/10/1947
Number of pages: 21 p.
Country: India
City: New Delhi
Object number: No 111

Location

Provider: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)
Archive collection: DO - Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices
Archive sub-collection: General Records of the Commonwealth Relations Office and Records of the General Divisions of the Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office
Folder name: Commonwealth Relations Office: India: Registered Files. POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. Political situation in India since independence. 01/01/1947-31/12/1947
Folder number: DO 142/259