[Letter to Regional Transport Officer]

Summary

This one-page typed office letter, dated 22 November 1976, is addressed to the Regional Transport Officer at the Regional Transport Office in Tulswadi, Bombay. The unnamed executive secretary explains that vehicles had been purchased by the Swatantra Party under various individual names and that the party had subsequently merged into the Bharatiya Lok Dal. The correspondence follows a telephone conversation with the officer and refers to information previously provided to Mr. S. E. Tracy. The letter states that a copy of the communication to Mr. S. E. Tracy is enclosed, together with five notices received by the sender. These materials are described as documenting where the vehicles were sent at the time of the 1971 general elections. The sender is identified only as “sd/- X X X X (EXECUTIVE SECRY.)”; no personal author, printed title, or publisher is given.

Key points

• The letter is dated 22 November 1976 and addressed to the Regional Transport Officer in Tulswadi, Bombay. It concerns vehicles purchased by the Swatantra Party under various individual names. The letter states that the Swatantra Party had merged into the Bharatiya Lok Dal. The sender refers to a telephone conversation with the Regional Transport Officer earlier that day. Mr. S. E. Tracy had been personally informed and was asked to provide the relevant vehicle information. Five notices are enclosed for the recipient’s records.
• The stated purpose of the documentation is to show where the vehicles were sent during the 1971 general elections.