Description

1967 (Nov 22) Improvised stampless envelope made from old military “Movement Order” & marked OIGS | FOAS to Administration HQ, Kashmir House, New Delhi with red smudged oval (- – -)dlest Staging Section / Date / CAMP & unframed O I /C CAPT. AMG / OFFICER COMMANDING / EXT INTER STAG. SEC |GREE with on reverse F.P.O. No 808 located Deothang in South Central Bhutan ……….The Indian military have maintained a presence in Bhutan since May 1961 when a covert initial party of 5 Officers & 30 others entered Phuntsholing a border settlement at the foot of the Himalayas with the intention to travel to the high Himalayan border area with Tibet & scout the Chinese Military activities & camps easily seen from Bhutan’s highest peaks….Although India still maintains a military presence it is confined to a Military Training Team plus a separate units responsible for road maintenance, general engineering plus medical, administrative & communications .