Political Correspondence and Telegrams with Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Sub title : High-Level Negotiations with the British Government, the Cabinet Mission, and Indian Leaders

Subject: Cabinet Mission | Wavell Archibald Percival Wavell Earl of 1883-1950 | Nehru, Jawaharlal | Churchill, Winston

Date of publication: 1939

Language: English

Page: 31 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27806

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- Cabinet Mission 1946 -- Viceroy Wavell | Winston Churchill -- Jawaharlal Nehru -- Simla Conference -- Constitutional Negotiations | World War II and India -- International News Service -- Secretary of State for India -- Transfer of Power

Abstract: This collection comprises high-stakes political correspondence and telegrams addressed to M.A. Jinnah from 1939 to 1949. It includes confidential letters from British Viceroys (Linlithgow and Wavell) and the Secretary of State for India, detailing wartime governance, constitutional proposals, and the specifics of the Cabinet Mission negotiations. The collection features a significant telegram from the International News Service seeking Jinnah's exclusive statement on the failure of the Viceroy's Conference for a U.S. audience, a personal letter from Jawaharlal Nehru arranging a meeting, and Jinnah's direct communication with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Description: This archive provides a critical window into the top-tier political negotiations that defined the final decade of British rule in India. The documents reveal M.A. Jinnah's central role as the key interlocutor for the Muslim League, dealing directly with the highest levels of the British government and the Indian National Congress. The letters from Viceroys Linlithgow and Wavell show the British government's attempts to secure Indian cooperation during World War II and their subsequent efforts to broker a political settlement. The invitation to the 1945 Simla Conference and the telegram from the International News Service underscore the national and international significance of these failed talks. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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