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THE FOREIGN SERVICE
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AMERICAN EMBASSY
New Delhi, India, July 19, 1947
Dear Mr. President:
Your autographed photograph reached me shortly
after our arrival in India and it is now adorning my
office wall close to my desk. You are looking down at
me to keep me on the straight and narrow path.
We are gradually getting settled in our house and
the weather is cooler, so both Lucretia and I are enjoy-
ing India.
The partition of India wa.s inevitable and avoided a
very bloody civil strife. Mountbatten has done a very
good job working out the bifurcated plan of independence.
I think it unfortunate that he did not continue as
Governor General of Pakistan as well as of India. As
Governor General of both, he would have been in a
stronger position to solve the very difficult problems
facing India than as Governor General of India alone.
My own impression is that he will not stay very long as
Governor General of India and that there will be declara-
tions of full independence by both dominions certainly
within the year, possibly within a period of six months.
I think the plan of partition will work out over a period
of years, but will probably result in a set-back of
considerable proportions to India'e development.
There is danger of economic war between the two
dominions and economic war, like military war, hurts all
involved. There is a growing sense of nationalism in
India which takes the form of criticizing the Western
Powers, particularly Great Britain and the United States.
This is due to India's new found independence in the
first instance, and in the second, to the general attitude
of all Asia toward the western countries. One encounters
it everywhere. The West as a whole has a job of winning
back the confidence of Asia. One even sees reference to
Japan
The President,
The White House,
Washington, D.C.,
U.S.A.
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