as a : 104-10071-10122 7 fh, ' oR pe ¥ | RETURNTOCIA *~ - Background Use Only. “ 7 * Do Not Reproduce a 3 | TO Spief, MEA FROM Senior Hepresentative, ‘y ' GENERAL Operational/ INTEL specric «© CPAYLIPFER - Pransoitteai of Reporte oe 3, Preaamittod herewith are copies of THERIAULT roparts and notes pa Listed below, Hot jneluded ave carbon copies cf the 4nitial report (plans undated) and the report covering the period 28 Deceaber = 14 January as the third copy was not aado. . 2, TRERIAUL? requested that, 4f possivle, a eet of his report be made availabis to him on hie return to facilitate preparetion of a easter roport on overall findings and dapreceions. v4 y Phannas ¥, uw Enclesures Uader soperate cover . (Pouchod 7 Hay 1955) “ib Joa = 23 daa vbw 7 ber 25 Jen = 30 Jan 1 8 Bor - 16 ar 30 Jaa » 8 Feb U18 Kar =~ 30 Mar -G Vos ~ L7¥od Intorview with! U8. THEBAR i. 18 Feb (1 yp) uo apr ~ 12 apr” ." 20 Feb ~ & Har Note book of Diatributioa: eos St tony ee Z Orig & Yo Hye ood pole t coe sir = 9 Kay 55 Z =~ Files boas Foidu + 3 &. ae : a: Sep e ° . /] a ee; ey 634i vant meat then we dad gap 01-28 A
14-00000_ ae ine in aeRO, Steen Ne ee oe 1 ke uebr t La May 1958 ; aot velirinery lebrieltrg Siita THER LA LT / York to handie the preliminary i. Frtor to my departure Tor Vee LT, 7 the foliowing subjecta with CMA@#5; 1 efing ef THERTAULT, I discussed i} In view of the fact that T*ERIAULT's expenses on her recent ‘rip te Imlia have been greater than was anticipated, 1,000 aijitional funds have or are tc te shortly deposited tc her bank. Trig will be done by sterile check. It {8s to be accounted for ander the terms of the original centract. 2} CuFA-~5 sugested that 7 take per reports up with me for vesaible annetation and expansicn. ipon examination on 14 May, this avpears unfeasible in view of the fact that there are cra como Indicators and RI symbols attached directly to the reports 3) CNEA-5 sigiested thet © pursue with THEKIAULT the vossibtitty of developing an interest in Krishna Menon, utilizing a cleared putlisher who conld request Menon te write a book, This 2 preack to be based on Menon's acute suaceptability to flattery. 4) CNEA-§ sugcested that THER LAULT be asked to review the areas of her influence in order to lav the groundwork for an affietal invitation to visit this country being extended to the ‘ydea “Uniater in the future. Ue suggested Sen, George and Chester Rowles ag possirie points of departure. 5} THERTATLT is te be informed that her reports have been of i:nensurable aggistanee te the Ambassador and to the U.S. Gevernment vigea-vis policy :lanning for india. 6) THERTAULT is to be asked tz come to Washington for a day or sc in the very near future for further debriefing. This is te be arranged at her convenience. 2 , & 7) In view of the fact that THERIAULT hae been umvitting tan of the Agency's role in sponsoring her trip, I suggested that I 3° new make her witting in terng of the security involved. It 2. seemed advisable to me since it is likely that there will be ae! future contacts with TIVRIAULT, CNEA-5 agreed to this. &/ ‘ &, 2) THERIA'LT ig to be advised that she is at liberty to af digeuss any and all aspects of her trip with anybody with the =; e ception of the Agency's role in sponsoring it. OZ. <7
fee ts ad tre Beg. ome ATE NE tegen, Prtey nog a kt RACED Rate COCO: wea LE Pee ERNE Ga ei oO} In view of the vast amount of work that must be done, syyested that 7 plan to spend two days ~ 16 and 17 May ~ ‘¢ 4t hecemes necessary. on previous trips to discuss TESIATLT ta mizsion wit! her, I found that she frequently “ad other commitments which made it difficult to cover If thie ie the adejnately the material which T had amassed, tase on this trip, % should prefer not to press her. One day's latitude seema the better pert cf wisdom. CNLA5 Ne shall see, however. agreed, ‘nh the event that it becomes necessary to reach me, wife be asked tc get in touen with me, @6¢ iAckson 7-7018)) and that T be asked simply to call my o"fiee, Twill then call on the sterile phone. For the os record, my telephone number _'n dew Yorx ie GELHAM & 253090 cron ak, eo, Surcest that Aten REPROD UETiOonS AR ~~ RETR ashi te Og oh aba le TE ite Hidliten GET IS mph pg dt Rea pane eae ’ . avi yrange? No
14-00000. bs 26 2. XY SX FL fle.) : ONES = rove ions VP Fold; fs > ~66 PS GG Joo 6 Box: eee a a Se Peongag frea F; t - Pe jJoneral Consents. |” 1 beve no. talued wath aany Ford Foundation .eop4@ and « TG4 peopie. 44 darregaed theds qualdty. They oO woresky hrrd and ere doing &t in a oclfecffooing zammer. & have nob heard one criticdsm of t.ca frog enyvodze Thero are a foa Gus, of cour X hove not yet got thas. the? “re here ®to help Ind4oa cayay Gut ber projcota and her ddoas® na one put it. and they seca te Co G@& not only derocreticasly but with a very real warath end syip.thy «= yet they otrey quietly in the background smd teke none of the ercd4s,. But J foal nore .trongly osch woek I om hare thet the works fa eoldd and 43 having Srzmendously geod effest in relieving tension end hostility between the two coumtricds Fhe resuite of the pQtuad work dre spppren® now and hope hss recently increased anong Indiens; also their seif-confidense, Whm confidenae ineren: 08, consitiveness decrerses, of courses Froa ail J have picaed up, the feeling ids wideaprond that imbreandor tllen did » good job out here. sa one put Ab, She var axnetly raght for the period he was heres just ao Bowles wae right for the special pmetemtxi problesw of his two yesra.® Both Indian and .190rie-us highly raise bath aca. @ hive a prize in Evelyn Heresy and soagvody ghoujd thank God every night that ene is here. she and. end i lace are pose the rt rldved suericens in north India, certrinly. “velyn Hersey ig dnown throughout India. Sho was Soéial Welfare nttrehe nt the tnb-say beginning I thins in 1843. The only cas attached to a enubssay anywhere, I understond., Her tors baa to interpret the sociad ch nges £ wking pdace Sn Indfag to bees nware of the needs ang probiens and bow these neegs and probicess were being aety -né to offer her services end her experiensa whenever or vhereves it wes asked for, hon the edainistratica eh nged, she wne dis alaced Ropubléecan"0a the groeurmis that this unc a new Sdeag nobody elso had ever done such a thing, that ia nu other foredgn service snd eo why should the U.Sedem Ab Hr. Ailen’s urgent insdatenas, che waa sent baek, this tise undies the »ogia of Ti- She is, however, doing the sano job. Eer iufi.ense is very wide; she io sdaired end loved by literalig thou: -nde of Indians froa the high eanoloms cowa to the ovecpera ano -ther herdjans. che do exlied on for e: vice 49 mmercss ficlds and by very high offA4csala.. Sho works behind ths eccncs and fools thet her vork vould be ruined were she given oredasg ‘for what she hos ectually done. sho 4s véviG ond fall of 18%0 and one would hardidy -all her self effacing; and yet her wore 4c done alaort anonysouely, I heave bean sreund her enough to ses how wido her c4rele of Indian friends 153 end hea eonatontis rod contisnou: sy they etresa through her house, Sho goeg eld ove indie. Hse travelicd mush wre than 209 thougand m4acs.. she say in reoaat tontha she hp: felt absolutely ng sntagonica towerd her ra rn égerdorn. she is ohrewd, hea sherp eyes and earag bs knovwlegzanle politécnd ayy 4s nobody?s foeh, 49 strongly cntde coamuntst ; 4s warahe rted and inte cotually Genible, Gne of the beat ainds J heve rum 4ntoe since conding ott. a They cores fvd Thy Bsa Nba oy ead J wash <3 had fdve tinea the 025 @ in TG. oWOSd polities, I. thins it ds Wise. , . . eof Poe S yee peg oe. So @. coe coats ere oh nr ay ae at = Loma E ES ©) aa oat
a . - + ’ . , . . . ~ \ . - * . : AT eRe eS Ue PEE sata : >> Genera. loamente. (continued.) &. 4 very good projeit has regentiy bee: isunched, It ide ‘  eriied Phe Dalhi fredining and orientation Gentee for Poroign Teehniei: na in Indie. Tiis ia the segond time 4¢ hone been held, I think. Jit begins today, Jan. 24, Gontimes for two weeks, (The first one worked out a fine short bibliogrsphy on India, and a iittic broctmre on "Peods eveliable in North India.) fhie seoond course covers the Indien villrge, with visite out to villYeages, Indian art, erchitescture, danee; Indian history; religion teien in india, other religiona and ,hilosophieas Indian fendly life and customs; Kealth prob.ens and reo Urocay educational problens y urben probleag; rurel une:ploynent and efdy the roie cf foredgn aid in India; diecuasion of the Pive Year Plan. bb ee phe om It ie the Kind of briefing that evry foreigner soning to Indié& Shousd have. It is open to sli of then’ We were dovdted einuply es gueste and anali attend sang of the meetings. Paias sre chown; trips to art gslleries and suseums, ete, Mise Hersey har hed much. to do with this; sleo Dr. douglas Eeminger. and jrobrbly others, too. Indians will @o zoet of the briefing, Be i ehell write later stout the Pive Year Plan, am sti FER etudying 4%. Shell have a number of interviews with the e planners, or with « few of thea. Shall elso go out om eoveral 2 of the projeets., Thie eeezs inportant to ne for soesal changes and how they sre mede broed €3- Fhe political pioeture’ oan oert-inly not be tnderstood ¢f the cuitural and eotial pdeturee are not atudied and analysed aarefully. speeahea made by 4 We «re enclosing » fed excerpte of 2 ‘y thie pyet weak at the Sy. Nehru, Ur. Menon, anc Yr. Ghee b« Gongreags Party vi gts ing.
1400000. ~ v ‘ . to . ; . . ; . ome EY OS OEE aE LOS ARETE RT ts cret | : anion aA A RH ond 165 oddg end Enda of Information, e2 1368 1. Hy Piok.,told me that the Goamnists are organising the ; donestie workers of New Delhi . Lest woes there wad a { moating 2f oyahs at Endda Gate endled together for this pur coe, The weex bef ro the bearers (er tho oucep era) wore eslled together. The Gomunista are godng about 36 fn s chresd way; taking very reasonable denands, sueh 08 o half day off eo. ch woek, n rise of perhaps 4 or & rupees a zonth in wages. A Coumunist in every home will reslly be sonothings Re <ryu there is iittle eetivity of Gongresa party or Soedelist ( party azong lebor groups. The work da be Gone by Gousurists. Phey, sonehow,’? have the soney Go thes organisatinal work wha.e there is little noney ansng reguler a workers due to weakness of industry, cuall mumber ond low tages q 4Se5 of the workere,sd. He is troubled over lesk of sotivity esong the denoerrtla groupa in isbor cireles. Seya he haa been here cniy 3 sonths end érnnot ca yet see the picture aleserly. g, fhe stato Dept.%s coldness about peradtting fn..idea to vindt the -iracn 4n Ghina g:-ve the U. S. a very bad press ont here. it woe very clover otrategy on the part of Ghinag &t uno bad td strategy on our part to appear cadious to the feclings of the | 3 fesilies. Pamiily affection rugs deep out here. It enoth ar one of our many sanil blugdera whieh sonchow loan so large when viewed the hundreds of aillions out here. , If, sozehou, everytody coudd count up to ten before opoaking, and {nank e983 hov China is going to tele 46 but how tho entire area of anda ill reect. Those fnailies couad have been teld quietly end personelly that if they wanted to go they vould rot be prosested by en daericen prosport,; they cou.ad even havo been evarctly urged not to gogy but the blatant press relesoe. . . . Forgive ey efitorielising, J aa sure XJ am not supposed to do At; bod ono i very cleae here to tho nind and heart of 4s4q and oonsot help boing ruare of these reactions of the peuple. anyone who loves the U. Se cennot help but wish thet mmx our ocekesmaen would oneek gore Coftiy and nore tnotfully. a braggart or tally is dial fge ty ell Hugen bodnga. Yo have strength to fino; to brendich thst etrangth offends. Bo The Fines of India (Jan. £6) has exocllens editorial ca the o53 seciolistia soodety good aa ocutitacd by Belru and Gongress Barty j jeadcra. "Does avadi anré ea rovolutdonery shift in GonsPres3s po toy o + e o All that it scant was on ecknocicdgaent of the imsvenging) 4. inpertant role of the public sector in the aational coomeay as 6 ia role thet was already defined with greater preeladica En tha : enaustrdal poliey resolution. There was nothing to indicate thst there wovid be any neu exgroaghuent oa the sphere reserved to private enterprise, and the fears expressed cutside the Gongreas cn that score were, therefore, unjustified, Hoither tas these 2 eny juotification bor the apprehension that the acy ebjestiva is £000% o radical departure fro. the eaciedam ideal. 0 o o Bast matecred really unas not the label chia Wos given the ec7 c7eed on Cat the exten’ to which in qotual preotios it would be? ia ' the proGustion of greater wealth end in ita mre egaitskle Cistwatation.s o . . What tas cdgnifieant . . . vag that Lt should (oan este cen nves oe ame hoe StL SEU Jo Moss E> er ONE MAECURE CARD ,REPRODUSTIORS
14-00000° At+(We omy WES. ‘an . és have been ooapelled at this stage to ceck s sore ,opular abel for ita eoonoade and soadnl podiedea,. . . &f this coumiteacnd in te be sore than a design to steal the opponentea! elesteral thuadey, the fy Gongreas Governaents at the Geatre and in he Statea have : daaediately to aat sbout the task of transiating the nev prigsiples dnto policies. . . . Fhe only way to aake the polisy of Gongress Governnenta eaeord with Gongresa principles ia self eriticisa and yet there mmm vere responsible Gongresamen at avadi who sau deager even in the condeanation of nelpraetices by Gongmsenga. o « « . Fhe roed to full enployaent o- for which tho Gongresa hes for the firet ting leid down e time=limit - = is by no geans easy. Xt Geuenda e coapkete ranovation of sife in the countryside on the one head and speedy industrialisotion making the country as ealfe eufficient ns possdble on the other. (eta.) BDagest of . te pecihmithis apeeah on Jan, 24th. Do spoke of the unsuitebslaty of totelitardonisa in the deseoratia Republic of Indie and the ingdoquacy of ca ,dtolien, stating that there was left only e Soeialiatia approach open to the sougtry,. He states that the aceoptapee of the Socdalistia society as &dend meant the nationalisotion of institutions thet could iepediat aly. nationalised with pdventego. Pho presugdion in so Going, gaig Ur. Geshrashh, waa that Socislised prodletdon vould bo aste pFolstable. Ho, hovever, cautioned that 4f experfense balded that vicu, the stop aight have to be retrpccd, Q Ho otated that a Socdnlistio ddeal which roseived the support of the people could achieve the tuo objectives of ineresaing Hational inevo:e snd enhancing individual dividend, He otated that Indio hed catablished econoate otability though at a rather low lovel of preaperity during the féra% Plan perisd. lio ogid the credit for the ochiavesess went BRS Bopely to egenoasa Cabageacat end planning but ingade’d other fad, srajanong thea eeciotence froa fricadly nations. Phe United Gtates, he said, hed contributed the largest share of foredga pila. oO. + ga Removed from rrosooe( FAYE L i PRER eh. CS Classification: We =] qpenitas. S02 eb. Cel 8 Boxy Poldh 3 q| Wssco Sind’ ond ie. Uoden (pravate seerctar? of ra. Geadbira st and reseption calor at Prine Udniatcsie Bouse) over a eo3y Balt cup of tea in theds qiartera teld Ex the fo owing etory, Sa While n Ghins, ot firot big banged gdvea thea, lr. Batse end po St pe oa gates (and others) were oerved tiny baty live lice 4 pee PPGa 4s honcy. ro. Gandhd (his daughter) was co ehocc) ; could one eee ea at the sighs end burned ore Eone of thea ax, ward es leacy. ft W : a : while thoy were ia Ghia.” a@ not ever garved again to thea 4 type Ue ee ee Ea oie time rasta ee a ee a Ae too cre ee adic sete eS