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The CSDIC report records: B1189 ( Gen Bhonsle) also confirms
that it was Bose's intention to try to find his way into Russia.
… B1189 gave the impression that he - and some others
- had some idea of Bose's plans in Russia… He evaded
all questions relevant to this subject, merely saying that
'if Bose's exact plans were known by trusted henchmen, none
of them latter would ever reveal them know.'..."
On April 8, 1946 the British Intelligence were still investigating
Bose's presence in Russia, reveal British declassified files
from the National Archives.
The report while referring to a report in Pravda denying
Bose's presence in Russia, also refers to the statement of
the Russian Vice Consul General Moradoff's statement that
Bose is in Russia where he is secretly organizing a group
of Russians and Indians.
The report also mentions the Governor of the Afghan province
of Khost who had been informed by the Russian Ambassador in
Kabul that there were many Congress refugees in Moscow
and Bose was included in their number.
Significantly, the report says: "There is little reason
for such persons to bring Bose into fabricated stories."
Another declassified British Intelligence document from the
National Archives of India has a report dated January 16,
1945 from the Deputy Inspector General of Police to J.R
Chazel, assistant director, Intelligence Bureau.
It says: "Today as the relations between Russia and
the Western countries are strained, it is also possible that
Russia ... has given sanctuary to S.C Bose...
At the highest echelons, the International Political Intelligence
(IPI) , intense vigil was maintained on reports concerning
Subhas Bose's presence in Russia.
A report from the IPI to the India office, dated May 2, 1946
records: "The Director, Intelligence Bureau, while in
London had received information of reports from India that
Bose is in Russia.
The conclusion states that it (IPI) is "not more than
90% sure that Bose is dead".
It might be worthwhile, at this point, to recall the case
of the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg who disappeared into
Soviet-occupied territory. Fifty-six years later, in December
2000, the Russians admitted responsibility for his imprisonment
and death. They acknowledged that Wallenberg had been held
as a suspected spy until his death in a Soviet prison.
Earlier, the Kremlin had claimed that Wallenberg perished
during the fighting in Budapest, and later said he had died
of natural causes in Moscow. Sweden never accepted these explanations
and pressed Moscow for a full disclosure.
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