ROBERT B. BOETTCHER, Subcommittee Staff Consultant
JOHN P. SALZBERG, Special Consultant

THOMAS R. SMEETON, Minority Subcommittee Staff Consultant
JEANNE M. SALVIA, Staff Assistant
JOSEPHINE WEBER, Staff Assistant
RICHARD MAUZY, Research Assistant

CONTENTS

WITNESSES

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Wednesday, June 23, 1976:

Dr. Homer A. Jack, Secretary General, World Conference of Religion

for Peace --.

Prof. Ainslie T. Embree, associate dean, School of International Af-

fairs, Columbia University..

Tuesday, June 29, 1976:

Prof. Ved P. Nanda, School of Law, University of Denver_

Rev. James K. Mathews, Bishop of the Washington Area, United

Methodist Church

Jagjit Singh Chohan, President of the International Council of Sikhs_

Tuesday, June 29, 1976:

Ram Jethmalani, Chairman, Bar Council of India.

Charles Reynolds, International Secretary, Ludhiana Christian Medi-

cal College----

Thursday, September 16, 1976:

Leila Kabir Fernandes, wife of George Fernandes, chairman of the

Socialist Party of India and president of the All-India Railway

Men's Federation___

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Shrikumar Poddar, founding member of The Indians for Democracy--

Thursday, September 23, 1976:

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Adolph Dubs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South

Asian Affairs, Department of State__

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Hon. Arthur Z. Gardiner, Jr., Assistant Administrator for Asia,

Agency for International Development_

Claude-Armand Sheppard, attorney, observer of the trial of P. R. Sar-

kar in Patna, India (leader of the Ananda Marga religious society)_

Craig Runde, former director of P. R. Sarkar International Defense

Committee___

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APPENDIX

1. Exhibits submitted by Dr. Homer A. Jack:

Report entitled "The Erosion of Fundamental Rights in India

Today," by Dr. Homer A. Jack___

Reports of ill-treatment of political prisoners held under emer-

gency legislation in India (by Amnesty International).

Letter to Prime Minister Gandhi from several Indian citziens___.

Report on "Torture of Political Prisoners in India" submitted by

the International League for Human Rights and Indians for

Democracy

Letter to Secretary General of the United Nations, Kurt Wald-

heim from the International League for the Rights of Man----

Article entitled "80 Americans Appeal to India to Restore Funda-

mental Rights," from the New York Times, March 5, 1976____.

Article entitled "India: More Repression," from the New York

Times, February 5, 1976_____

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2. Letter to Prime Minister Gandhi from Hans Ehrenstrale, Deputy Sec-

retary General of Amnesty International (London)

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3. Mailgram to Prime Minister Gandhi from Manoranjan Dutta, presi-

dent, the Association of Indians in America, Inc___.

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4. Article entitled "Fading Hope in India", from the New York Times,

April 30, 1976__.

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APPENDIX-Continued

5. Article entitled "Economic Prospects Bright, Says World Bank Re-

port" from India News (published by the Embassy of India) May

28, 1976_____

6. Selected exhibits submitted by Mrs. Fernandes:

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Exhibit 1: Letter of George Fernandes to Indira Gandhi_.

Exhibit 6: Letter from Alice Fernandes to the President of India

concerning her son, Lawrence Fernandes_.

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Exhibit 7: Letter to the Editor, The Times (London) from politi-

cal detainees in Tihar Jail, Delhi__---

Exhibit 8: Christmas Newsletter by George Fernandes from the

Underground in India, 1975_.

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7. Statement submitted by Prof. R. P. Misra, New Jersey Institute of

Technology, Newark, N.J....

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