Letters to Indira Gandhi from Chester Bowles, Asoka Mehta, J.J. Singh, U.N. Dhebar, Karni Singh, Y.B. Chavan, B.N. Antani, William H. Flynn, S.A. Dange and others regarding matters such as bifurcation of Intelligence Bureau; electronics; drought and food shortage in India; Israel; settlement of the Kashmir question (or special status for Kashmir); Sheikh Abdullah�s release; Privy Purse; offshore drilling in Gulf of Cambay; and problems in Bombay pertaining to Bank nationalization, unemployment, housing, textiles etc. The file includes notes titled �Reorganisation External Intelligence�, �Reaffirmation of the Economic Policy of Indian National Congress�, on appointment of Finance Secretary and records of discussions in the Ministry of petroleum and Chemicals on fertilizers. It also contains a press clipping titled �Time to release the Sheikh�, and handwritten notes by Indira Gandhi and P.N. Haksar
Papers and letters exchanged among P.N. Haksar, Indira Gandhi, Yavar Abbas, T.N. Kaul, K. Brahmananda Reddi, H.R. Gokhale, C. Rajagopalachari, K.R. Narayanan, D.N. Chatterjee, L.K. Jha, Ramesh Sanghvi, Bhupesh Gupta and others regarding matters such as: a film called �India! My India�; Sheikh Abdullah; Telangana region; d�tente between China and U.S.A.; IndoAmerican relations; IndiaPakistan relations; diplomacy; Unit Trust of India; poems of Karim Bux; gold smuggling; and establishment of Vivekananda Kendra. The file includes an interview on Middle East, a record of Indira Gandhi�s conversation with Billy Graham, �CPM�s report on party congress at Madurai�, notes on situation in AssamMeghalaya border, on Nixon�s China visit, on shifts in CPI�s tactics and policy, and on design and development in the field of Aeronautics. It also contains Law Commission of India�s Fortysixth report on the Constitution (TwentyFifth Amendment) Bill, 1971; articles titled �The Asian Balance of Power� by K.R. Narayanan, �How the young are taught in Mao�s China� by Rhea Menzel Whitehead etc.; and a booklet titled Mukundamala of Kulasekhara Alwar (Gulmarg, 1973)
Sheikh Abdullah; Telangana; IndoAmerican relations; IndiaPakistan; Unit Trust of India; Vivekananda Kendra
Letters exchanged among P.N. Haksar, R.C.S. Sarkar, G.M. Parthasarthy, Hossainur Rehman, B.R. Bowry, Vishnu Ahuja, S.K. Singh and V.B. Singh on matters such as: appointment of chairman of UPSC; application for the post of reader in Contemporary History at JNU; smallscale industries; Bangladesh; ChinaIndia relations etc. Includes notes on Raj Narain and on polls in Assam, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Also, includes �WorkerManager: A report on Yugoslavia and German Democratic Republic by V.B. Singh� and papers regarding a car company formation
Correspondence between P.N. Haksar and B.G. Verghese, D.P. Dhar, Nagendra Singh, M.G.K. Menon, D.N. Chatterjee, Tarapada Basu, Daniel P. Moynihan and others regarding matters such as: GangaBrahmaputra basin and other eastern rivers of the Indian Subcontinent; Kashmir; Pakistan; military equipment of Soviet origin held by Indian Defence Services; agreement between ISRO and Academy of Sciences (USSR) concerning launch of a satellite, designed and fabricated in India, with the help of Soviet rocket carrier and from the territory of Soviet Union; Jaguar and Mirage aircrafts, The National Textile Corporation of India etc. The File includes notes on Simla Sumit Conference and press clippings titled, �Waters of Hope�, �Sir Alec�s muffled voice�, �Tragedy in Pakistan,� etc.
Letters exchanged between P.N. Haksar and G.L. Mehta, K. Natwar Singh, S.C. Israni, Ranjit Gupta, Subrata Banerjee, D.P. Dhar, Stephen Clarkson, M.C. Setalvad, M.V. Desai, G.N. Mathrani and others regarding personal matters and matters such as liberation of Bangladesh, IndoAmerican relations, SinoSoviet relations, IndoPakistan relations, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Beru Bari, Indian Oil Corporation, supply of tractors and a volume of Abhinandan Granth to commemorate Indira Gandhi. The file includes notes on politics and events in Tamil Nadu, CPM, Holding Company for iron and steel industry and �Report on an official visit to Bangladesh�. It contains Stephen Clarkson�s note on his book on Soviet theory of development and G.L. Mehta�s skits and letters to newspapers. Also, includes press clippings titled �India�s alternative to balance of power thesis� and �Senate unrest builds at inaction in Bangladesh� and a pamphlet titled �Mumbai Pradesh Congress Committee�
Bangladesh; IndoAmerican relations; SinoSoviet relations; Tamil Nadu; West Bengal; Beru Bari
