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Govt® of India? External Affairs D e pt® to
S® of S* for India®
Dated New Delhi* 03»-l0 hours* 23rd November?, 1941s,
Reed® 07.00 hours* 23 rd Nov err her* l94l«
XXX
IMPORTANT
660i » goreimr Off ice telegram 1042 -. d ated
November l 8 th was not despatched to us until November
20th and did not reach us unti.1 November Slot 2 days
1 after our telegram No®6514 was drafted and despatched®
P Though on the question or financial assistance we
adhere to views there given we realise it is too late
now to do more than suggest thtt practical and
psychological aspects of this question should be
carefully considered when we ccrne to application of
the Treaty even though they ha\e not been given the
value we should ourselves wish in its text®
2 * We are not sure why it is assumed that
Persian GcTt* are asking for foreign exchange® As
far as appears only large sca'U purchases which they
might (?make) would be of food stuffs* We had
assumed that financial assistance was needed owing
to failure to collect taxes, fj11 of Customs Revenue
and shortage of fecources generally to keep
RECb.POL.DEPt.
24NOV 941
INDIA OFFICE
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