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Description
Cabinet Mission April 1946
- Stated Aim
- To listen to Indian's ideas on how they
could set up an independent state
- Set up provisions for independence
- Set up provisions for independence
- To listen to Indian's ideas on how they
could set up an independent state
- Actual Aim
- Confidential Brief
- Create positive desire for a speedy transfer of power
- Create positive desire for a speedy transfer of power
- Confidential Brief
- Key Members
- Actual Leader
- Stafford Cripps
- President of Board of Trade
- trying to make up for failure of
1942 mission - over eager
- Held secret meetings
- Made his love of Gandhi public
- Shows he's biased towards Congress
- Shows he's biased towards Congress
- Made his love of Gandhi public
- President of Board of Trade
- Stafford Cripps
- Stated Leader
- Pethick-Lawrence
- SoSI - should be basically in charge
- Aging genial socialist
- Wanted independence so much that he
just agreed to every demand
- No Bargaining power
- Pathetic Lawrence - Promises too much
- Pathetic Lawrence - Promises too much
- No Bargaining power
- SoSI - should be basically in charge
- Pethick-Lawrence
- 3rd Key Member
- AV Alexander
- First Lord of The admiralty
- Very traditional Labour Politican
- Would expect right wing tory
views as he's a military man
- Would expect right wing tory
views as he's a military man
- Very traditional Labour Politican
- First Lord of The admiralty
- AV Alexander
- Actual Leader
- Gandhi's view
- Wanted power to be transferred to Congress
- As they won the elections so have the right to make decisions about India
- As they won the elections so have the right to make decisions about India
- Wanted power to be transferred to Congress
- Jinnah View
- Knew he would never get Pakistan if Congress put in charge
- Also knew British needed Muslim cooperation to avoid disorder
- Jinnah avoided confrontation and just wanted for British to make their decision
- Wants to keep British in Power, not Congress
- Knew he would never get Pakistan if Congress put in charge
- Two Important Minorities ignored by Cabinet Mission
- Princely States
- Princes have treaties to say that British cannot force
them to become part of new independent state
- Don't want British to leave - will lose power
- Princes have treaties to say that British cannot force
them to become part of new independent state
- Sikhs
- Geographically, gonna be on borders on Muslim States
- Also would like own independent state
- Also would like own independent state
- Geographically, gonna be on borders on Muslim States
- Princely States
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