INDIAN AND PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES
VICEROY asks BRITISH OFFICERS TO STAY
(Rec. 7 p.m.) NEW DELHI, July 21. The Viceroy (Admiral Lord Mountbatten) has issued an appeal to British Army officers to stay on and help with the division and reconstitution of the Indian armed forces. He emphasised that British officers would be needed to see that the defence forces of the Dominions of Pakistan and India were firmly established. Lord Mountbatten added: “If a large number of highly trained and experienced British officers are suddenly removed the risk of serious breakdown will be very real. I hope that sufficient British personnel will volunteer, although no one will be compelled to serve on if he does not wish to do so. ’
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25243, 23 July 1947, Page 7
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