 Field Marshal Viscount Wavell succeeded Linlithgow as Viceroy in 1943 . In June 1945 , following the release of the Congress leaders , Wavell called for a conference , and invited the leading figures from the various communities to meet with him at Simla . He proposed a temporary government along the lines which Liaquat and Desai had agreed . However , Wavell was unwilling to guarantee that only the League 's candidates would be placed in the seats reserved for Muslims . All other invited groups submitted lists of candidates to the Viceroy . Wavell cut the conference short in mid @-@ July without further seeking an agreement ; with a British general election imminent , Churchill 's government did not feel it could proceed . 
