TLS, 1972 May 25 : Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire, England, to Richard Rendell, Washington, D.C.

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TLS, 1972 May 25 : Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire, England, to Richard Rendell, Washington, D.C.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17721149

Encourages Rendell's interest in writing a biography of MacArthur and Eisenhower but declines to co-operate for himself as a subject, noting he had declined numerous other requests, although he did agree to a "non-controversial" television serial. Signed "Mountbatten of Burma."

2 p. ; 23 x 17.5 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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