Christopher Beaumont, Radcliffe's private secretary, later wrote that Mountbatten "must take the blame—though not the sole blame—for the massacres in the Punjab in which between 500,000 to a million men, women and children perished".
Christopher Beaumont, sekretaris pribadi Radcliffe, kemudian menyatakan bahwa Mountbatten "seharusnya yang dipersalahkan—meskipun bukanlah kesalahan tunggal—untuk pembantaian di Punjab dimana antara 500,000 sampai sejuta pria, wanita dan anak-anak menjadi korbannya".