A M B A S S A D O R E M B A S S Y OF I N D I A

DJAKARTA I N D O N E S I A

29th March, 1951 .

his dear Ravi I have your l e t t e r of t h e 16th M a r c h . I am glad you

have been f rank wi th me as t o say that you had f e l t ve ry much

t h a t you did not come back and work wi th me. I am so r ry you

t h i n k I have judged your ' e x - p a r t e . ' In a way, i t may be

t r u e , and, having been here f o r a year, I am b e g i n n i n g t o see

t h i n g s in a b e t t e r l i g h t . I t i s such a p i t y t h a t camerdar ie

has not been developed as i t should be among our IFS o f f i c e r s .

I hope it w i l l come wi th working t o g e t h e r more. I t i s very

impor tan t that our Foreign S e r v i c e should c o n s i s t of men

who will t h i n k of t h e country f i r s t and l a s t . We c a r r y a

great burden and my experience f o r one year has not been a l l

the best. I know you were in great sympathy with the Indo¬

n e s i a n n a t i o n a l movement and I know t h e r e g a r d wi th which you

a r e he ld by the highest i n t h e land h e r e . I hope you w i l l be

satisfied if I say that I now understand you fully and I wish you

further success i n your s e r v i c e to our mother land .

Mrs Subbarayan i s a l i t t l e b e t t e r now though t h e

h u m i d i t y in t h e c l imate i s a l l against h e r . Ka l iu rang i s

too far away and i t means she w i l l have t o be away from me

fo r c o n s i d e r a b l e t ime . Dr. Hatta has c e r t a i n l y been most

kind and I enjoy meeting him and I know, as you say, he w i l l

help me in every way; so i s Mrs Rahim, but Mr. Rahim has now

l e f t Jogjakarta as he has taken over t he t r a n s p o r t s e r v i c e

and i s mos t ly at D j a k a r t a .

I know the Indonesian a t h l e t e s were rather d i s a p p o i n t e d

a t t h e i r performance in t h e Asian games, b u t , as our Prime

M i n i s t e r h imsel f remarked, i t i s not v i c t o r y i n t h e s e games

that counts but r e a l l y the f r i e n d s h i p you make the atmos¬

phere in wh ich you live in during t hese games, which fosters good¬

will among n a t i o n s . I t h i n k t hey enjoyed t h e m s e l v e s from

t h i s po in t of v iew. . I have n o t , a s y e t , seen H.H. Paku Alam

s i n c e he r e t u r n e d . But I am s u r e he w i l l g ive a good account

of h i s s t a y in India when I meet him. I am glade he made a g r e a t . . .

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great impression in India as he i s r e a l l y a fine man.

Thanking you for all that you have done for me

and w i t h our k indest r e g a r d s ,

Yours Vuxxxx xxxx

(P. Subbarayan)

Sri P.R.S. Mani, Under-Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.