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...British Government offered an
administrative bolus to its No. i political ward case-India. From his
palace in New Delhi, Field Marshal Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of India,
broadcast a new proposal to break the country's three-year political
deadlock and put her "on the road to self-government." In London,
Leopold Amery, Secretary of State for India, announced the proposal to
an approving Parliament. High points:
Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of India, did not return to Britain merely to have his head modeled by modernist Sculptor Jacob Epstein. From Indian sources in London, TIME was informed last week that the British Government had drafted a new, far-reaching, administrative plan for India. The chief planner was Viscount Wavell, who brought with him to London Sir Francis Mudie, constitutional expert of the Indian Civil Service, and Rao Bahadur Menon, secretary of the Reforms Committee of the Indian Assembly...
...Soon the Viceroy will return to New Delhi. There he will reportedly take three steps: 1) release all Indian political leaders from internment and otherwise restore civil liberties; 2) call a joint session of the Legislative Assembly and Council of State (upper house of the Indian Legislature) and announce London's new proposals for breaking the long-standing deadlock between Indian nationalists and the British Raj; 3) meet with Indian political leaders of all parties to discuss the proposals...
Plan, which would be effective until the granting of Indian independence or dominion status, is a modified Cripps Plan. Under the Cripps Plan, the Viceroy had complete control over defense and foreign affairs. Under the Wavell Plan, the Viceroy will also control finance. Under the Cripps Plan, the Assembly could not overthrow the Government by a vote of censure. Under the Wavell Plan, the Assembly can overthrow the Government and cause a change of Executive Council (Cabinet) on any issue except defense, finance or foreign affairs...
...Wavell Plan fails, the Viceroy has the full approval of the British Cabinet to use the Indian Army to keep order and suppress any revolt quickly. He has asked for an increase of British officers in the Indian Army...