AS                       New Delhi
This telegram must be 
closely paraphrased be-       Dated April 11, 1942
fore being communicated 
to anyone.    ( SC )               Rec'd 7:10 a.m.
 
 
Secretary of State,
 
     Washington.
 
 
     MOST IMMEDIATE
 
     RUSH
 
     170, April 11, 9 a.m.    (SECTION FOUR)
 
     Nehru has been magnificent in his cooperation
 
with me.  The President would like him and on most
 
things they agree.  I have his personal promise to
 
proceed to Calcutta immediately in effort to allay
 
fear, settle general motors and steel strikes, and 
 
keep industry operating there.  I shall have his com-
 
plete help; he is our hope here.  I trust him.
 
     Of the 1,350,000 kilowatts of installed electric
 
generator capacity in all India, 1,100,000 kilowatts
 
is located east of the line Bombay-Cawnpore.  In the
 
area west of this line, the only area in which addi-
 
tional industrial capacity may be located with reason-
 
able safety, electric power supply is limited to 250,000
 
kilowatts of which no surplus is available.  Therefore
 
 
landing or bombing in present industrial area will mean
 
the end of India's ability to aid herself materially
 
industrialwise.
 
                    JOHNSON,
                    PRESIDENT'S REPRESENTATIVE