§ 26. Major-General Sir Alfred Knoxasked the Secretary of State for India if he has considered a statement made at a meeting in Washington by Mrs. Pandit, a delegate to the Pacific Relations Conference, of which a copy has been sent to him, that India is a vast concentration camp and a country without religious differences; and whether he proposes to take steps to counteract the harmful effect that such statements may have on public opinion amongst our Allies.
§ Mr. AmeryYes, Sir. I have seen the statement referred to. I have no doubt that both the Indian Agency-General and the British Information Services in Washington will take whatever steps they judge necessary to deal with the matter unless, indeed, they feel that the American public have already assessed such obviously fantastic assertions at their true value.
§ Sir A. KnoxHas my right hon. Friend had any chance of seeing the actual report? Does our information service take any steps to make the public wiser on the subject?
§ Earl WintertonAre steps taken by the Information Department to publish leaflets and statements by Mr. Roy and other Indians in public life on the action of the Congress Party, in which they say Congress is run by the most reactionary employers and big financiers in India?
§ Mr. SorensenIs the Mr. Roy to whom the Noble Lord has referred, the one who received £12,000 subsidy from the Indian Government?