Letter from Ismail Merchant, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1970 May 4 : typescript signed.

Recounting the issues he encountered on his trip to New York, including a delayed plane and a lost suitcase; relating the steps he took to remedy the situation ("I decided that on Monday I would go and see the chief at BOAC but I could not see him. [...] Meanwhile, I had collected all kinds of odds and ends from various friends."); giving his opinion on New York; describing how sad "Only One Year" by Svetlana Allilueva has made him feel; asking about how the filming and editing process is going; wishing her well.