845.00/1844: Telegram

Mr. William Phillips, Personal Representative of President Roosevelt in India, to the Secretary of State

202. Reference my 191, February 7 [27], midnight [noon].29 Gandhi ended his fast this morning at 10:30 a.m. The Home Department of the Government of India issued the following communiqué:

“On the termination of Mr. Gandhi’s fast, the arrangements for his detention and that of the other persons detained at the Aga Khan’s Palace which obtained before the fast have now been resumed. Such extra medical assistance and nursing as may be necessary will continue for the present. [”]

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