DRAFT OF DECLARATION FOR DISCUSSION WITH INDIAN LEADERS   
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
The conclusions of the British War Cabinet set out below 
      are those which Sir S. Cripps has brought with him for discussion 
      with the Indian leaders and the questions as to whether they 
      will be implemented will depend upon the outcome of those discussions 
                   which are now taking place.              
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
His Majesty's Government having considered the anxieties expressed 
      in this country and in India as to the fulfillment of promises 
      made in regard to the future of India have decided to lay down 
      in precise and clear terms the steps which they propose shall 
      be taken for the earliest possible realization of self-government 
      in India. The object is the creation of a new Indian Union which 
      shall constitute a Dominion, associated with the United Kingdom 
      and other Dominions by a common allegiance to the Crown, but 
      equal to them in every respect, in no way subordinate in any 
           aspect of its domestic or external affairs.      
 
                                                            
 
 
 Majesty's Government therefore makes the following declarat
 
                                                            
 
 
A. Immediately upon the cessation of hostilities, steps shall 
      be taken to set up in India, in the manner described hereafter, 
      an elective body charged with the task of framing a new constitution 
      for India.