Letter from Ismail Merchant, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Cyrus Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1967 January 5 : autograph manuscript signed.

Thanking them both for the gift of a scarf, which he says he is wearing "all the time," and for their birthday wishes; saying they have completed "the arrangement" with Paramount and he is looking forward to seeing the completed script for the sequel to "Shakespeare Wallah"; saying Ivory is in Dinuba working on it; telling them that "Shakespeare Wallah" has appeared on several year-end best-of critics' lists; telling them that he feels "very strongly" that Catherine Freeman should be in charge of arranging the "Shakespeare Wallah" premiere in Delhi, and he may be able to be there if he can get the requisite permissions from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; saying he misses them and sending love to their daughters.