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though we are not known to each other?’’ Dr. Murphy replied that while talking

to Mr. Modi, he was hypnotised and charmed by the simplicity and high charac-
ter of the members of the Modi family. The American collaborators were indeed

surprised when in Paris the previous year they noticed that both Mr. Kedar Nath
Modi and Mr. Krishna Kumar Modi had abstained from drinks and all types of

sexual indulgence or entertainment so common in western countries.

The American firm wanted Mr. Modi to go to America to finalise the deal for the
new venture. But he declined the invitation on grounds of health. He received

two more invitations to go to the United States. One of these was to negotiate a
deal for the export of sugar from India as President of the Sugar Mills Association

and the other was to preside over the Labour Conference at San Francisco. Both
these invitations were also declined by him on medical advice. The American

collaborators, therefore, decided to come over to India to fina-

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