Letter

To his mother, describes his Christmas, met Auchinleck at "a South Coast town" [note says it was Bournemouth] on Boxing Day. Ridgway has added a note saying that Tony Phillpotts Auchinleck's ADC, had told him before Xmas that Auchinleck wanted Ridgway to go to India, because of his knowledge of the German army - it was understood that Indian units would be sent to the Middle East - describes how Auchinleck was initially disguised as a businessman on the first leg of his flight to India].