Armed Revolution by Subhas Bose (contd- 6) - Europe Sector

The Soviet refusal forced Bose to turn to the Axis Powers and decided to approach the Italian or German legations.Bhagat Ram who had accompanied Bose in his sensational escape from Calcutta, accordingly went to the Italian Legation in Kabul and told them of Bose's presence. The Italians were extremely pleased at this news - Bose's arrival came as a total surprise to them - and arranged a  meeting at their summer residence outside Kabul at Paghman,( Paghman is a town in the hills near Afghanistan's capital of Kabul. It is the seat of the Paghman District which has a population of about 120,000 , of which 70% are Pashtun and 30% are Tajik)
 where German representatives were also present. The Italians took a lot of trouble to arrange for a passport and a visa. They arranged for a Sicilian Passport in the name of an Italian Orlando Mazzotta with visa.
The exchange of telegrams between Dr. Hans Pilger, German Minister in Kabul, and the German foreign office proved that Nazi Germany took keen interest for the safe arrival of Bose in Berlin.
On personal intervention of Schulenberg, the German ambassador in Moscow,
( Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (20 November 1875 – 10 November 1944) was an early Nazi supporter and German diplomat who served as the last German ambassador to the Soviet Union before Operation Barbarossa. He began his diplomatic career before World War I)
the Soviet Foreign Office reluctantly gave permission for to travel on a transit visa,. Bose left Kabul on 18th March, 1941, and arrived in Berlin on 2nd April, 1941.
On arrival he met the under secretary of State for Political affairs , Dr. Ernst Woermann, ( Ernst Woermann (1888-1979) was a German diplomat, who served as Ministerial Director and Chief of the Law Department of the Reich Foreign Office (1938-1943). AfterJoachim von Ribbentrop's reorganization of 1943,^[1] in which he was replaced by Erich Albrecht, he became German Ambassador to Nanking (1943-1945). Earlier in his career, he had been an expert on international law ) at the foreign office. Bose explained his purpose of visit and spelt out out three points for which he had come;
1. To form a provisional free India Govt. ,
2. A Radio propaganda campaign aimed to create revolution within India; and
3. An invasion in India to free it from British rule.
Woermann assured that his plan regarding India's Freedom would be reported to the German authorities.
Dr. Adam V
on Trot, (left) and Dr. Alexander Werth (right) from the information department were to look after him.
Bose wanted to establish a Free India Govt. in Europe and then obtain international recognition for it. He felt that this would incite a full scale military and civilian rebellion against the British in India. He neither admired Hitler nor his National Socialism, amply proved  by the fact thjat his closest collaboration in Berlin was Barron Von trot zu Solz, the man who plotted the assassination and overthrough of Hitler together with Count Stauffebbergand others on20 July 1944.Baron Von Trot , as the head of the Indian Section of the German foreign office , was not only in daily touch was Subhas Bose , he was also his only friends and guide in Berlin.