Extract from War Cabinet Conclusions 91(42) — raising the ban on the Communist Party of India

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Date: 1942-07-13
From: War Cabinet (London)
To: [circulated to the Government of India]
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File reference: War Cabinet Conclusions 91(42)
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Document type: Extract from War Cabinet minutes

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        EXTRACT from War Cabinet Conclusions 91(42) dated 13.7.42.
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INDIA          9.      THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA said that,
Commun-        during the Lord Privy Seal's visit to India, the question
ist            had been raised whether the Government of India should
Party.         adopt a more lenient attitude towards members of the
─ ─ ─ ─        Communist Party in India who were anxious to play their
               part in the fight against Fascism. A number of students
               had been released, and the Government of India now
               desired to make an announcement raising the ban on the
               Communist Party in India, and on its newspapers.

                       THE HOME SECRETARY AND MINISTER OF HOME SECURITY
               said that, while he raised no objection to the action
               proposed, he thought it might be made a debating point
               in parliament, in connection with our attitude towards
               the "Daily Worker", and that it was therefore right that
               it had been mentioned to the War Cabinet.

                       The War Cabinet:-

                               Agreed that no objection need
                               be raised to the course of
                               action proposed.