[Letter from Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This single-page express communication, dated 1 July 1975, was sent by Minoo Masani to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. It concerns the public communication of Jayaprakash Narayan’s medical condition.

Masani urges that daily bulletins, signed by doctors, be broadcast on the radio and published through the press in order to prevent alarmist rumours. The page is a brief intervention linking medical transparency with responsible public information; no further correspondence or response is included.

Key points

• The document is marked “EXPRESS” and is dated 1 July 1975.
• Minoo Masani addresses Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
• The subject is Jayaprakash Narayan’s condition.
• Masani warns against alarmist rumours about Narayan’s health.
• He recommends daily medical bulletins signed by doctors.
• He proposes disseminating the bulletins through radio and the press.