Letter from Ismail Merchant, Mumbai, India, to James Ivory, New York, New York, [1964] April 27 : typescript signed.

Telling Ivory he is sending him a copy of the letter he received from the MPEAA (see MA 23840.133a), and that Columbia's representative in India has been instructed to pay them and put the release in motion; saying he has met with Stella and discussed possible locations for the actors film ["Shakespeare Wallah"] but "nothing much" can be done until Ivory returns; asking Ivory to find out when "The Householder" will open in London so he can coordinate a publicity campaign to support it; asking if Ivory remembers all the things he has written asking for him to bring when he comes-- if not he will send a fresh list; reminding Ivory of the date when Ruth will be arriving in Bombay to go to Juhu Beach, and begging Ivory to come before that; signing off, "How anxious I am to see you all these six months waiting and hoping. Finally it is going to happen."