INDIAN ATTITUDE ON KENYA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02497466
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2017
• Case Number: F-2016-02190
• Publication Date: January 20, 1954

COUNTRY'
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Indian Attitude on Kenya (W(1)
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1. The marked hesitancy of the Indian Government towards the agitation in Kenya is
Clearly marked by several incidents. Joseph Murumbi, though he met with a
l'peaitive", or friendly, reception in the beginning, got absolutely no further
(W(1) support of any kind. He was traveling to secure support for the Kenya African
(b)(3) Union.
This was at the instance of Indians in East
Africa. In the same way, the subscriptions for Kenya and the Mau Mau movement
have dwindled off to nothing and have met with no success. The Kenya propaganda
conducted by the India-Africa Council (IAC) has likewise lost its impetus.
2. The IAC, incidentally, was organized in the early part of 1953 and has been
managed by Valvant Rai Mehta and S. K. Patil.
3, The reason for all this hesitancy is the interest and influence in this matter
of the big Indian property owners in Kenya. They want to choke off the rebellion.
Otherwise they will be compelled to make common cause with the white men.
Another informant suggests that the views expressed above fail to take into
account other motives of the Indian Government due to its international relations.
Egyptian influence on the African emancipation movement
is likely to lead to renunciation on both sides.
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