And they will have to prosecute Senator Edward Kennedy, who declared in. New Delhi on August 16, that Pakistan is committing genocide in East Pakistan. And the World Council of Churches, which visited the refugees in India and ascertained that the Pak army has committed “the most terrible cruelty”.
But undersigned and De Tijd will probably not be prosecuted. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs passed the letter on to the public prosecutor in Amsterdam. He ordered the CID to interrogate me. I asked the CID officers to include in' their report that in my opinion the article is not “insulting to the Pak President, unless a critical examination of his policy insulting by definition”.
This happened six weeks ago and I have not heard from them since.
The case has probably been put apart. A pity, for I would have liked to explain to the judge that the Pak Embassy has been giving false information on the situation in East Pakistan, that I was “distressed and pained” by the fact that such a shameless insulting and humiliating policy can be followed by the President of Pakistan, with which The Netherlands maintains such friendly and happy relations.
I would also have said that President Khan has hurt my most elementary humane feelings, that he is sowing hatred against the Pak Government. I would have strongly protested against his policy and I would have expressed the hope that appropriate measures will be taken in this case.
But I would probably have failed to seize that opportunity to renew the assurances of my esteem for His Excellency the Ambassador of Pakistan.”
