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P.C. Joshi to Sir Reginald Maxwell, covering the Party Centre's memorandum on the Provinces

Communist PartyPersonal

Scan of document 17: P.C. Joshi to Sir Reginald Maxwell, covering the Party Centre's memorandum on the Provinces, 1943-03-15
Printed CPI letterhead. Left edge torn away, removing the first one to three characters of many lines; these are restored in square brackets. Vertical crease across the centre.

Contrast-enhanced derivative. The scan shown by default is the unmodified original, so any reading can be checked honestly.

Date
1943-03-15
From
P.C. Joshi, Central Headquarters, Communist Party of India (Section of The Communist International), 190 B, Khetwadi Main Road, Bombay 4. Telegrams: PEOPLESWAR. Telephone: 42324 (P.C. Joshi)
To
Sir Reginald Maxwell [Home Member, Government of India]
Classification
Personal
File reference
"Ref No." printed but left blank
Page
single leaf, complete
Document type
Letter, marked "Personal" (Communist Party of India, Central Headquarters)

Signatories

  • P.C. JoshiGeneral Secretary, Communist Party of IndiaAutograph signature, legible: "P.C. Joshi"

Marginalia & annotations

Red crayon "(1)" beside the salutation. Manuscript "9" at foot. Circled annotation upper right. Red archival "17".

Transcript verbatim

                    CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
                 Communist Party Of India
            (Section of The Communist International)

[G]ram: PEOPLESWAR                    190 B, Khetwadi Main Road,
[Ph]one: 42324 (P.C.Joshi)            Bombay 4, March 15, 1943
Ref No.

                         Personal

Dear Sir Reginald,

        In another cover I am sending you a Memo on behal[f]
of the Party Centre with enclosures, on the situation in the Prov-
inces. I am afriad we are not yet quite used to writing documents
for the Government but you will see that we talk straight and are
[f]rank.

        If any of our statements are involved or need
[f]urther clarification you have only to send me a note and I will
[t]ry my best to make our attitude as clear as in humanly possible.

        If you think any useful purpose will be served by
[m]y visiting you and explaining things, I will be quite willing to
[d]o so. I was told by Mr. Mackenzie that our attitude about the
[Co]ngress arouses suspicion in our bonafides. If it is so I could
[e]xplain it in a Memo.

        The situation in the Provinces is deteriorating
[ve]ry fast. I hope you will be able to intervene successfully
[a]nd help us to do our bit against the Fifth Column and in saving
[t]he country.

        I am going to Malabar on the 16th, and will be
[b]ack on the 29th. inst.

        With good wishes,

                                Yours sincerely,
                                [signed] P.C. Joshi