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702 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ পাকিস্তানের প্রেসিডেন্টের উদ্দেশ্যে এ, এম, মুহিত সংকলিত ১৯ এপ্রিল, বাঙালী কূটনীতিক এ, এম, মুহিতের "Thoughts in Exile' Տի, ԳՖ স্মারকলিপি MEMORIAL TO PRESIDENT YAHYA KHAN A. M. A. Muhith July 21, 1971 Almost fifteen years back I was appointed to the Civil Service of Pakistan by the President of the country and it is with a heavy heart that I am giving notice of my dissociation with the government of Pakistan as it is constituted now. As a young man of 22, I joined the Civil Service of Pakistan with high hopes for myself and my country. Pakistan was the dreamland of my adolescent years-the fulfillment of a revolt by Muslims of India against civic and economic exploitation and religious and cultural subjugation by the more advanced majority community. Civil Service appeared to me to provide not only a decent means of living but also a vehicle for serving the poor people of my country. To the best or my knowledge I tried to serve my country with loyalty and dedication which was recognized at various stages of my career. I was called upon to shoulder responsibilities in positions of trust and confidence, I enjoyed my busy but brief term as a Deputy Secretary to the Government of East Pakistan, General Azam Khan. I considered it a privilege to work as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet for almost three years under President Ayub Khan and then for a short period under you. I was also given the civil award of Tamigha-ePakistan in 1966. In the course of my service with the government which I have spent evenly between East and West Pakistan, I have like many others of my colleagues after found that justice was not being done to the cause of East Pakistan and the Bengalis were being discriminated against. It cannot be denied that we did not live up to the ideals on which Pakistan was founded-exploitation of one community by another and one region by another continued to flourish, equal opportunity never became available to citizens irrespective of class, language and domicile, democrati sation of society and political institutions was deliberately and constantly hindered. But the situation never seemed totally hopeless. Participation by Bengalis in civil administration was gradually though agonisingly slowly increasing. Your good self held out the hope of their participation in political decision-making and there was every reason to believe that it would come tine. Acceleration in economic development was receiving attention even though not without grudge from many quarters. It appeared that the exploitative design of many of our compatriots from West Pakistan was at last on its way out. In our system party politics is not the cup of tea for a civil servant but what I am referring to is not a mater of party politics, it is the question of welfare of the majority of our people, it is an issue which has become very basic to our existence as d IldtIOI).