845.00/1880: Telegram
Mr. William Phillips, Personal Representative of President Roosevelt in India, to the Secretary of State
New Delhi, March 24,
1943—5 p.m.
[Received 11:55 p.m.]
[Received 11:55 p.m.]
237. Viceroy has expressed his willingness to receive delegation of leaders who recently met in Bombay (reference Ambassador Phillip’s recent telegram from Bombay).35 Competent observers here predict that Viceroy will object [reject?] leaders request for interview with Gandhi and that such rejection will further accentuate the already intense anti-British feeling in the country.
Phillips