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It is a memorandum for "Chief, ... (censored) ..."
and the sender is Deputy Director of Security. The subject
has been blacked out but Subhas Bose's name appears in ink.
The document reads as follows:
1. Reference is made to your telephonic request of 19 February
1964 that the Subject be interviewed by a representative of
this office.
2. Attached is the report of the interview conducted on 27
February 1964 at Washington D C. No further action will be
taken in this matter unless requested by you.
The document carries the following attachments:
"At Washington D C :
On February 26, 1964 at approximately 1345 hours, ...(censored)...was
interviewed...(censored)...? ...(censored)... relate a story
concerning the possible return of one Subas (or Subhas) Chandra
Bose. This individual is a former deposed president of the
Indian National Congress, 1938-39, and is believed to have
died in an airplane crash after the war. However, there now
exists a strong possibility that BOSE is leading the religious
group undermining the current Nehru Government."
"Subject desired that his story be presented to the
proper persons in the agency for evaluation and to alert those
concerned of the previously mentioned possibility. Subject
also advised the [sic]...(censored)... was a former member
of the British Counter Intelligence Corps and could provide
some factual information regarding BOSE and his operations
with the Indian National Army during World War II.
"SUBJECT was dressed neatly in a designer suit and his
conversation were intelligent. He did not appear to be alarmed
or emotional about his story and was merely offering it as
a guide to the Central Intelligence Agency for whatever action
they deemed advisable".
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