[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This 13 August 1964 letter from C. Rajagopalachari to Minoo Masani concerns a telegram involving K. M. Munshi and an internal dispute in the Swatantra Party’s Bihar organisation. Rajagopalachari explains that he had received Masani’s telegram and had not understood himself to have been asked to send Munshi a wire or letter. He reports that he instead sent Munshi a telegram seeking clarification and encloses related press material.

Key points

• The letter is dated 13 August 1964 and is addressed to Minoo Masani.
• Rajagopalachari discusses a telegram concerning K. M. Munshi.
• He clarifies what communication Masani had, or had not, asked him to send.
• He says that he sent Munshi a telegram requesting information about the matter.
• The attached newspaper clipping reports Kanhaiya Narain Singh’s surprise at the dissolution of the interim executive committee and Bihar organisation of the Swatantra Party.
• A second clipping concerns an Australian wheat-for-India campaign and proposed diversion of wheat supplies to India.