Mountbatten Greeted In New Delhi - Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme allied Commander, SouthEast Asia Command, with British Military and civil officials who were among the Allied Commanders who greeted him on his arrival in New Delhi, India, seat of his headquarters for the first time since assuming his new command. Left to right: Admiral Sir James Sommerville, Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet; General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, India; Lord Mountbatten; Mr. C.M. Trivedi, Secretary, War Department; and air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, air officer Commanding-in-Chief, The Air Force in India (Partially hidden by Mr. Trivedi). October 29, 1943. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).