Gen Gordon: holograph letter to Lord Northbrook recommending the establishment of an inter-service intelligence department; letter from Lord Northbrook to Chute,saying that it had been started.
Gen Gordon: holograph letter to Lord Northbrook, London, 9 May 1880 recommending the establishment of an inter-service intelligence department directly under the Secretary of War; letter from Lord Northbrook to Chute enclosin the above letter as a gift and saying that such an intelligence department was started.