However, a whole series of "events" have taken place after the air crash, which I have collected form different sources and need special attention now.

1. I found in the "closed" files of the British government in London the following news :

Reuter (Chinsura, West bengal) 20 December, 1945

"S.C. Bose is still alive, said H.V. Kamath….he was able to make his assertion on the basis of certain information made available to him". This was a newspaper report on which the following note was made :

"Thanks. I am asking DIB(Director, Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi) whether it is possible that this is true.

Note B IPI 31/12

("IPI" is "International Political Intelligence")

2. Shri Shyam Lal Jain of Meerut, while he deposed before Khosla Commission said : "I solemnly affirm and state on oath that one evening (the date may be 26 or 27 Dec. 1945) I was told by Shri Jawaharlal Nehru on the telephone to come to the residence of Shri Asaf Ali with a typewriter as he had a lot of work to be typed by me, with which I complied. After getting some papers typed by me. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru drew out a paper from the pocket of his achkan and asked me to make four copies of it for him. The said paper was a hand-written matter and somewhat difficult to read. Now what was written in that paper, I am trying to reproduce from memory :

"Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose proceeding by aeroplane from Saigon, arrived today August 23, 1945 at Dairen (Manchuria) at 1.30 afternoon. The said plane was a Japanese bomber plane. It was full of gold in the shape of bars, ornaments and jewellery. Netaji carried two attache cases, one in each hand. On alighting from the plane Netaji took tea with bananas.

"When Netaji finished tea, he alongwith four others, of whom one was Japanese, named Gen. Shedei (and others have lapsed from memory) took their seats in a jeep standing nearby. The said jeep proceeded towards Russian territory. After three hours the said jeep returned and informed the pilot of the plane who flew back to Tokyo".

"After handing over the said paper to me for typing, Shri Jawaharlal Nehru went to Mr. Asaf Ali and remained busy in conversation with him for 10-15 minutes.------I could not complete the work, because the name of the writer on that letter was not readable and I kept waiting for Shri Jawaharlal Nehru to come and tell the name. In the meantime I went through the letter several times and this is all that I could remember to the present day. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru could not discern the name of the writer and asked me to pull out the papers and hand them over to him as they were."