[Letter to Babubhai P Vaidya]

Summary

This one-page English telegram confirmatory copy, dated February 1, 1971, is signed “RAJU” and addressed to Babubhai P. Vaidya in Rajkot. The sender says that, despite press reports, they had not believed Vaidya was filing a nomination against Masani, but personally checked with him on his return from Rajkot and found the reports correct.

The message expresses shock and disappointment at Vaidya’s decision, arguing that it has destroyed the sender’s remaining faith in the presence of public figures who value friendship and honour. It closes as an appeal from an admirer: the sender asks Vaidya not to be influenced by interested people into working against someone he has always said he loved. The document is physically a typed telegram, with “STOP” markers, an address block, and the instruction “Not to be telegraphed.”

Key points

• The document is a one-page typed telegram confirmatory copy dated February 1, 1971.
• The sender, identified only as “RAJU,” addresses Babubhai P. Vaidya.
• The sender says they personally checked reports that Vaidya was filing a nomination against Masani.
• Vaidya’s decision is described as astonishing and as destroying the sender’s faith in public honour.
• The message appeals to Vaidya not to be influenced by interested people to act against someone he had said he loved.
• The communication invokes friendship, honour, admiration, and personal loyalty rather than presenting a detailed policy argument.