Netaji: Living Dangerously

by Kingshuk Nag

Clement Attlee, who had taken over as Great Britain’s prime minister after Winston Churchill lost to the Labour Party in the 1945 general elections in the United Kingdom. The letter said, ‘Dear Mr Attlee: I understand from a most reliable source that Subhas Chandra Bose, your war criminal, has been allowed to enter Russian territory by Stalin. This is clear treachery and betrayal of faith by the Russians, as they were allies of the British-Americans. Please take care and do what you consider proper and fit.’ This damning piece of evidence was not acknowledged by the Khosla Commission, which perhaps had its own reason to doubt the authenticity of the testimony. Perhaps the Commission felt that the testimony of a stenographer could not be taken so seriously.