Your telegram No.3. [1] I just left Bajpai who is passing your
message [2] to Nehru. He confirms that conference is scheduled to
begin 20th January, the only acceptances which have come in so far
are from Australia and Burma, but reports reaching him, indicate
that Arab countries will accept as well as Ceylon. He understands
China will be represented as an observer; he said Siam is
'wobbly'.

2. He said Nehru greatly appreciated your decision to be
representative. He added the Indian Prime Minister is concerned
about criticism of his motives which has occurred in Australia,
and been reproduced in the Indian Press. Bajpai said that Nehru
desired to stress that conference does not represent an Asian bloc
created in opposition to, or intended to impede the United
Nations. Nehru desired particularly to emphasise however, that
communists cannot be permitted to be sole protagonist of the
Indonesian case.

3. Bajpai thinks conference will last for a few days, he said that
Indian Government have themselves not yet worked out even broadly
suggestions for an agenda.