CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF MINISTER PRAKASAN OF ANDHRA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R01012A000500040008-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 13, 1954
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: (,'{)lV~~uCl~j ?f01u :'li'ii C~ti.~~~' :tasam said set ara ~;1 d you. have come Z like .?amcricanem ~ ~a5.lol. visit
the United States rLe~t r o;~ th ~ {' ~: expressed s5rne surprise at this urze-~pected
announcement and at the same t~rre asscred him, that I ltnevr he would be
received >;?~th the honer a?iec r,~s,.ect c?~?e a great patriot
t3Yz leavir.~; ~ tal.lb~ed to his elder song ~tho ~~~d aC%s as his pr~.vate
secretary and has +~een a pijsot sot scandal: ax~zd reports of e~:tartion .
making appo~...n.trrrents T~tith i~.is Father o:i granting ather favors? -;at~.ur=iantha
~ arz urzprepassessinr,b fa.t~ oily character ~:alzo aorz appe2rance lends val.iditp
to all the nasty stor?ies told, about him
Hanumant'fl.e'i 5al..d i7 i$ :~atL~gr~ his wzother ~?~tlIC3 iz~so acts c'~3 a pe7'sona~,
assistarzt~secretary~,~ hi~as2lf a~~u. another secretary t~sould be leaving. by
plane for the UdF~ eax?ly inn Beciember~y `i'l~;y p3.an1?zed a brief stopover in
Rome and ~..n V-.~enrza there 11is :~a.t her vrculd be fitted for g7.assese, l~sked ~.f
the results of the cataract operatioxz Caere ;,u.ccessful.~ ~Iar~u;~razztha said that
the healir.,g etas progressing but that it lead been decided to go to ~ienz~a.
for t'~e f irate checkup and f ittin cif gl,as ses ~ I ixsf er:eed that the trap
onward from the U~K~ to the U~S~ etas mare car less incidental. to Frakasa~9s
proaected vis~,t to Japan and Chi~.? ~ianurnantha added that the programs was
still tentative but Mould be fina~zed on his fathers visit to Delhi. later'
3.ri the week F?owevera Prakasam canceled his Delhi trap follo.szg the
Governments defeat ors November 6s 1,9~1~s in a rzo-confidenc? nzotion~.
CST o Except for urgent medical treatment abroad, it ,seems urzlike~q'
that ~Sakasam will. leave Andhra during the present f lu.id state p?nding hest
e,3aecti?~~~ Despite h~ age and feeblenesse he has no intention of resi~~
aaag , 1,eadership~ Friends and Eves al.il~e sap that he wants t?~ be Cb~ef
meter as lung as he 13,ves? And he h~ stl,~ irXU.ch to give ang pat~p
become of h3,g eszzt3.nuing personal appeal, axzd h?l.d r~vez? the ~aassea~~
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As an sample in pointy ~attabhirama Race Minister for Education and
.~sohibitia~r~ told me that after the decis~.on had finally be~;n made to .locate
the capital ~ I~ur;2oa1 rather than Guntur or Vi,~awada9 there was great
r~sentMerxt even 3.rz Congress ranks in the coastal area A meeting eras card
by ~.acal Ca?xgressrren in Guntur whi.cLz turned out to be a mass C athering with
predam.~.:xant Corr~:~anist participation, The question arose as to who could
face 'the mob ar~ra quell their antaf;onisme ~Jhile the T~eputy Chief Minister
Sanjeevz.ah iLedcl~~, is a. fl'aent anu adroit speake.r~ the +,;ask was beyond Yzim~;
~alcasarn to rpeo. up to the :u kc n He said that noTa was not the timxe or the
place f'ar ?ry..i: ~ ~:,a set i ortli Vary they had decided on T~urnool as the capi,to7.
~~ but hhat ;,e 'Rod a secret book ~.n brYz%eh every reasons and there were many
was full~,~ docr? :~nted~, The peayJle :ere to believe him not to question hir=+.B
tlYzen the ti~-rre eras r?' peg he vao~a.ld open the boolt and tell them .brhy~, 1~aw they'
were to accept his Trard;,
1?ccarding to ~atta'ohirama. I~ao~ this was a most rema.rl{able demonstration
of bluff ~mich no one else in tk-e Congress could have done su.coessf.`ul7-arm
Gomrtnznists and Can;ressites alike accepted his word and departed peacefully
because Frakasarn had said itm
~akasam"s p~sence is same?rhat in the order of an emergency brake =,~
you, marry not have to use its but it i s very comfartin~; knot~ing -that it is
there, At the openang of the Assembly debate folloi~~i.rzg the Gavernores
address and sta?`~.ement o.f gaverxunent policy Prakasam ab,nounced that IZenee~-~
forth the deputy Cm?''i.~~ 5an..jeeviah Reddi~, would act as 7~eader of tY~ House
and would answer a1.1 questions on Lx.is behalfu Aieverthel~ess~ I'x?akasarn
attended and sat through evcr-~y session. of the AsNembl~r without a moment out
fcr relaxation or a sm.ol~ ~.xi the corridars~, fLe a_s rer~a;rkab3y al.ert~ hears
everything remembers everythin.gJ,
~'attabh~.z'a~a L~.ao recounted another incident that had happened that very
morrs.ng ~;~en araL~asarr~ at t.xe carc~.usian off' a series of speeches by the
Opposi ~i>on~ leGned across the ?t,aY71e ands quot:i.ns word for ~rord a point-made
by the Commzzn3st Copal. Y*aa mach earl..ier a.~. the c~.eba.te~ had reprimanded him
for parodyanL, ~1a;?T Z1Yl.at he had sa7.d :aan 19.2 brYien he was a ;nember of the
Confress o Go: `,al Itao shamefacedly admitted. the carrec.tness and the basis
of the xepra.,r",an.dm Bu.t t.e reproof came as a shook to the whole Assembly.
that ~raka,sarr~ old as he is~ bl:.L.nd as he is~, is still so al.ert~ so keen _
There LraSre t~..er~ ?~'k:.ny x.~tr~rors L~,hat ~'ra?~asa~.Vs dev:xtian tc~ his twc~ sons
and his ~.r151.~.1:f_:i.r,~news tia 7-a,?~texa 'La a~~}r cri%ic? srn ay. their corrupt practices
had weakened x:.3_s ~xi-~n presi~:L."e an Ar1dLYra.a As far as I calzld Bath, r theso
reports are ;xrf^i?nde~ ~ L rve-r;;-acre adra-~ is ~~liat I'ra,?asalrxY s sons are
unscrrapulous ar._d otrt ~Y,r> pro~'it an their .fatherY s na~rxe; at the s2.~ne tirxie the-
sons a e accepted. as sir?rply t~ealt spots and in na Tray da.~:a~;in?; to a great
mans reputatiaYx~, ?sx a way9 his bland a~:fection for them is an.a~t~~Qr tri~;ute
to his perscmal~.ty and. endears hire further to the peopie~ `file 5ecreta~riat
and his cabinet calleagues are9 however ~ completely aTlve to the situati.aa~
az~d feel t'nat they have fairly tiae? 1 isolated the sons ?'rc doing any damage o
all p~ ers -
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., papers are eompleted a~ a 7~inisterial level and mere],g sent to Prakasam
a~ a forms:li.t~rm ~o gaps are left for his decisions no alternatives left
1'or has choice ~~n.ioh the sons might exploit for squeeze mone~?
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