845.24/582
The Indian Agent General (Bajpai) to the Secretary of State
The Agent General for India presents his compliments to the Secretary of State, and has the honour to refer to the Department of State’s aide-mémoire dated October 6th, 1943 regarding the proposed extension of the reciprocal aid programme to raw materials.
2. As requested, Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai conveyed the views of the Government of the United States to his Government, and he has now received a reply to the following effect. While his Government are considering sympathetically the request of the United States Government for the inclusion of raw materials in reciprocal aid, the proposal has raised certain difficulties which are not easy to overcome. The Agent General regrets that he is not yet able to say whether it may be found possible to meet the request of your Government in full; but he expects shortly to be in a position to communicate to you the considered views of his Government on this question.