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On the 10th of February at about twelve o'clock Rahmat Khan came to me and informed me that Subhas Bahu had taken ill. He had dysentery owing to the bad food from the bazar. There was no chance of his being examined by a doctor. So it was decided that he should come back to my place. He came at about 7-30 p.m. the same day and in several days he regained his normal health. This time my wife made fool-proof arrangements against any untoward happening.

A week passed and there was no message from the Italian Legation and Subhas Babu sent another note to Signor Karoni [Quaroni] through Herr Thomas reminding the Italian Ambassador that since he contacted him three weeks had passed and no message had come about his passport from the Embassy at Moscow. The following day Signora Karoni [Quaroni] came and delivered a sealed envelope conveying the message that there was some difficulty at Moscow about the passport. This news disturbed us all. Subhas Babu then wrote out a detailed letter for the Russian Ambassador. He narrated in the letter the whole story of his escape from India and requested him for an interview. The letter was strictly to be delivered to the Russian Ambassador himself. In spite of our best efforts the letter could not be delivered direct to the Russian Ambassador.

Two days later Signora Karoni [Quaroni] came with another note. It was quite clear from the note that there was some trouble at Moscow about the passport. With the greatest difficulty Russia agreed to the Axis request and couriers were reported to be coming from Rome and there would be no further difficulty for the passage. Another week passed and there was no message.