Letters from Srila Prabhupada Vol.1 1947-1969 (in pdf) - Krishna Path

344 Letters from Srila Prabhupiida
68-3-4
My Dear Sri Krishnaji,
Los Angeles
1st March, 1968
Please accept my greetings. I received
your letter dated February 2, 1968 duly
but I am delayed to reply because I was
consulting my colleagues about you and
the kirtana parties coming here at our ex­
pense. To call a man from India and to ar­
range for his stay here at best for six
months in different branches of our city
means rupees 20,000/-or $2,000 per
head, If we call for you and a party of nice
kirtana singers, five men altogether, it
means rupees 100,000/-the Society is
not in a position to spend such an amount
at present period. I am therefore training
local boys and girls for kirtana and very
soon we shall be out on world tour with
this kirtana party. In India, however,
many rich business men maybe ready to
spend this amount to spread the kirtana
movement. But the Govt. will not allow us
to spend Indian money in such fashion
without special sanction. I have written to
authorities at the Govt. of India for sanc­
tion, but I have received no reply til now.
You assured me that you would be able to
get such sanction from Dr. Zakir Hussein
but you are now silent on this format. Why
not take sanction from him for this pur­
pose and I will arrange money from India.
Another proposal is that many Indian
gentlemen request of me to sponsor them
to come to U.S.A. In that connection, I
may inform you that if somebody is ready
to spend rupees 20,000/-at least I can ar­
range for his coming here U.S. A. and stay
with us as our guest for six months in our
different branches. If somebody is ready
to deposit this amount in India then I shall
arrange to send him a return ticket by air
with letters of sponsoring for six months
as our guest and Mr Singh who you intro­
duced to me in Delhi may be interested to
accept this proposal then you can talk with
him if he is serious about this. Not only
Mr Singh but anyone who is ready to
spend like that will be sponsored by my
Society to come here and stay with us for
six months in different branches as our
guests. I hope you are well. I am going to
San Francisco on March 8, 1968. So you
can reply me there.
Yours, etc.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
68-3-5
Manager
Punjab National Bank, Ltd.
Vrindaban, India
Dear Sir:
Los Angeles
1st March, 1968
Kindly refer to your letter number
153, dated at Vrindaban, Feb. 19th,
1968, addressed to United Shipping
Corp, 14/2 Old China Bazar Street,
Room No. 18, Calcutta, regarding ship­
ment of 15 cases of books to New York
per S.S. "Flying Enterprise" a/c A. C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami. With reference
to the above, I beg to inform you that the
remittance of more than Rs. 13,000 as
was received by you for credit of my ac­
count on 5/8/67 includes the price of the
books shipment, by S. S. "Flying En­
terprise." This was already declared by
me to the shipping agent as it was
needed by the exchange authorities. As
such you can forward the documents im­
mediately to me as it is needed that the
documents should come through you. I
hope you will kindly do the needful
without delay.
In the meantime, I have advised you to
transfer Rs. 3,500 to your Brabourne
Road branch for credit of my account
there, and I hope you have already done