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* Members of the Executive Council to Field Marshal Viscount Wavell
[ L/P&J/5/337 : p. 248 ]
Top Secret N EW D ELHI, 8th May 1946
Dear Lord Wavell, We, the undersigned members of the Executive Council of the Governor General of India, present today in New Delhi, believing that it would facilitate the arrangements which your Excellency and the Cabinet Mission have in view, hereby place our respective portfolios at the disposal of His Majesty and Your Excellency.
Yours sincerely,
A. R AMASWAMI M UDALIAR,
E.C, B ENTHALL,
M D . U SMAN,
B. R. A MBEDKAR,
J. P. S RIVASTAVA,
M. A ZIZUL H AQUE,
N. B. K HARE,
A SOKA K. R OY,
A. R OWLANDS,
J. A. T HORNE,
A. H YDARI .
[Addendum in oringinal:] (The three absent members— Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Sir Arthur Waugh and Sir Jogendra Singh submitted their resignations separately. The War Member was in the United Kingdom, the Industries and Supply Member was on deputation in the United States and Education, Health and Agriculture Member was on tour.)
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- The Transfer of Power, Vol. VII, No. 218, pp. 460-61.