Days and months passed by and Subhas Bose was still detained in the Presidency jail Bose had to take advantage of Britain's weakness. This meant getting assistance from her enemies if nationalist resources were unavailable ;
1. Britain would lose the war and the British Empire would break up,
2. Inspite of being in a precarious position , the British would not hand over power to the Indian people and the latter would not hand over power to the Indian people and the latter would have to fight for freedom.
3. India would win her Independence if she played her part in the war against Britain and collaborated with those powers that were fighting Britain. The conclusion was that India should actively enter the field of international politics.
During 1st World War Indian revolutionaries had sought help from the Central Powers, [particularly Germany. After the Great War the Soviet Union was willing to back the development of a Communist movement in India with some of its resources . Bose knew his nationalist and revolutionary history. While studying in Scottish Church College and the officers' training corps, he had a larger aspiration. If he was to work from outside India with foreign help , he wanted to prepare a military force that would challenge the British in India.
He wanted to find out a force having war with Britain. Analysing the position of war in the 1st part of 1940 , he found that Germany was at war with Britain nor Japan, nor Italy nor USSR. Although he had met with German officials in Bombay in Dec 1938, he did not have good response from them.
During 1939 and 1940, he tried to send out feelers to the Soviets and to Japan . His nephew , Amiya Bose , second son of Sarat Bose , was a student in England . upon returning to Europe in 1939 after a summer in India he took massages from his uncle , one of them for Comintern officials in Europe.
In 1938 Bose met with Japanese officials in Calcutta, including Mr. Ohasi, a high foreign ministry officer , at a house rented by the wealthy Communist S.K.Acharya, in Ballygunge . He thought it wise to use a Communist's house and Acharya was agreeable. In 1940, Bose sent of his trusted followers Lal Shankar Lal , General Secretary of Forward Bloc , to Japanseeking some response tghere. After all Japan was talking of 'Asia for Asians' and had been a haven for nationalists from Vietnam , China, as well as for Rash Behari Bose. Lal with the help of Dwujen Bose , another nephew, obtained a pass port under the name Hiralal Gupta , and went on a Japanese ship from Calcutta to Japan. Then he met Rash Behari Bose and Japanese officials in an effort to learn of their plans and how India might fit in. Later Lal was caught by the British and his mission revealed.
Just what Bose learned from sending out this mission is not known.
Bose also wanted to know what the CID knew about him and who was their informer. Several Bose associates claim that one night in early 1940, he was given his own police file which he had gone through and handed over. he learned that one distant cousin gave detailed information on the doings at 38/2, Elgin Road.
He also contacted allies in the Punjab and NWFP to cross Afghanisthan. The Kirty Kisan Party of CPI helped him though he had some difference of opinion with them.Bose finally decided to go out of India during july to October, 1940.
He undergone hunger strike at the end of Oct. 1940 for his unjust imprisonment and did not concede to forced feeding giving a threat to the authority that in that case ' he will commit suicide'.
He was released on 5th Dec 19440.
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