Item 3 - Telegram from Edwin Montagu to Lord Reading

Refers to A3/8/1. He had feared that Gandhi would force Reading’s hand, and agrees that he must be arrested. Other arrests will probably be necessary, and Gandhi is likely to make good the claim that it was his influence alone which was safeguarding the country from violence. Asks what plans have been made to cope with the efforts that will be made to secure his release, and what bearing he thinks such considerations will have on the Prince of Wales’s visit.

(Typed, with handwritten alterations. Used for transmission.)