Folder marked ‘D O Letters etc’, containing 49 secret and confidential letters, minutes and notes (8..6.1941-11.2.1942) relating to the campaign in Ethiopia, and Cunningham’s command of 8th Army. Correspondents include Kennedy, Smith, Godwin Austen and Auchinleck; topics include role of 1 South African Division in Crusader. Includes a copy of a report by Wingate on the Ethiopia campaign August 1940 to June 1941, and a letter regarding Orphen’s history.
From papers of Gen Sir Alan Cunningham (1887-1983).