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* The Marquess of Linlithgow to Mr. Amery
Telegram, MSS. EUR. F. 125/23
IMMEDIATE NEW DELHI, 23rd July 1942, 5-35 p.m.
Received : 23 July, 5-30 p.m.
No. 2169-S. Following from Lumley, dated July 22nd :—
Begins. Ambedkar made a strong speech last night declaring civil disobedience at this time “treachery to India” and “ playing the enemy’s game” and urging all Indians as a patriotic duty “to resist with all the power and resources at their command any attempt on the part of Congress to launch civil disobedience”.
- He also announced that before he left for Delhi he would issue a statement explaining the line of policy which the Independent Labour Party and other allied organizations must follow. He asked his audience (of his followers) to study that statement and implicitly carry out its instructions. Ends.
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* The Transfer of Power, Vol. II, No. 310, pp. 436.