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(Untitled), 07 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71A/95-96

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] regarding Indian policy: recites text of a telegram from the Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] regarding the likely effects of the local option to secede on Moslem and Sikh populations of the Punjab; recites text of a telegram from the Governor of the Punjab [Sir Bertrand Glancy] regarding the likely effects of an immediate declaration that India will at a future date be allowed to secede from the Empire.

Dates

  • Creation: 07 Mar 1942

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Open

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

T 346/2

Cultural context

Geographic

Repository Details

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