Miscellaneous letters

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous correspondence relating mainly to Tulloch's research during the 1960s. Some of the letters relate to preparation of Wingate in peace and war and the attempt to find a publisher. However, there are also many letters relating to Wingate and the Chindit campaigns themselves.

These include:

  • copy of a letter from [L?] Agazarian to Michael Elliot-Bateman, 27 May 1968, concerning his association with Wingate, and Wingate's religious views, which has been annotated by Tulloch;
  • several letters from A J "Jimmy" Barker concerning military history, especially Wingate's period in Ethiopia;
  • Sybil Wingate, including a letter of 26 March 1967, comparing Wingate and Churchill, and commenting on Wingate's religious views;
  • Claude Rome (20 Feb and 6 Mar 1967), discussing Wingate's last day;
  • General Geoffrey Evans to Tulloch, 17 Nov 1966, outlining the views of Indian GHQ about SE Asia options in 1944, says advised Wingate not to make excessive demands for troops as risked the cancellation of the operation, and that Giffard and Slim were behind Wingate's operation: "they mounted it and backed it";
  • a copy letter to the Times 10 August 1966 and reply, in which Tulloch praises General Mutaguchi (who had recently died);
  • Basil Liddell Hart, 1 Dec 1965, recalls meeting Wingate in Palestine in 1938 and claims to have introduced him to Churchill in the same year;
  • [Sir Frederick] "Freddie" Morgan, 9 Aug 1962, giving a critical view of Wingate, arguing that his plans during Operation Thursday diverted troops from the main (Assam) front;
  • Alice Hey, including a letter of 16 March 1969, commenting on the Wingate family;
  • there are also a number of letters responding to allegedly critical remarks made by Lord Mountbatten about Wingate in a television programme of 1969.