Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1943, The Near East and Africa, Volume IV

845.00/2155: Telegram

The Officer in Charge at New Delhi (Merrell) to the Secretary of State

New Delhi, October 18, 1943—3 p.m.
[Received October 18—11:38 a.m.]

757. The Viceroy in a farewell off the record interview with an Indian journalist whom he has known for past 15 years, stated it was his firm conviction that British must continue rule India for another 50 years. It would take at least that long, he said, for Indians to learn to govern themselves.

Merrell