there are sharp differences of opinion among those in authority as to the line of action to be taken so as to create confusion and encourage others to perpetrate illegal acts.
5. In order to win the support of the people in general and particularly of the student community the point that is being stressed by the agitators is disparity in the economic development of the two wings of Pakistan. It is quite easy to confuse people on this issue as in fact disparity does exist. But the fact that the previous regimes during the period prior to Martial Law had failed not only to do anything to increase the tempo of development in East Pakistan but had no clear-cut policy as to how the disparity with regard to the development of the two wings could in course of time, be overcome, is either ignored or glossed over. A disparity that has arisen over a period of 11 years cannot be overcome overnight. It has to take time. The point that is important is that the economic development in East Pakistan during the last three years compared to the 11 years prior to October Revolution is many times more than what was achieved during the previous 11 years. The present Government have acted as a matter of policy to remove disparity in the economic development of the two wings. Your attention is invited to the broadcast talk of the President on the economic development in East Pakistan. Copies of this broadcast talk have been printed in thousands and are being distributed both in Bengali and in English so that people are aware as to what has been done during the last three years in the field of economic development of the province and of the definite policy that is being pursued by the Government with a view to bringing East Pakistan on the same level of development as West Pakistan in course of time.
6. Factual statements of the happenings in Dacca and elsewhere were published in the Press covering all incidents. I am also enclosing a brief statement showing the genesis of these incidents and its course so that coupled with the factual statements published in the papers you may have the fullest picture of the situation and place you in a position to counteract any false rumours that might be spread.
7. There is one aspect which is of vital importance to East Pakistan and about which all East Pakistanis must be acutely conscious. One of the reasons why East Pakistan lagged behind in development was the fear on the part of investors of riots and disorders in the province organized by extreme parochial or communist elements. The Adamjee riots of 1954 definitely made investment very shy in East Pakistan. Those willing to invest were either too anxious to take away the money invested as quickly as possible or refrain completely from investing in East Pakistan. It was with very great difficulty that during the last three years a climate has been created which is conducive to attracting large scale investors. East Pakistan cannot be developed by East Pakistani entrepreneurs alone. If we want East Pakistan to develop we must make sure that people both from West Pakistan and from foreign countries who have money and technical know-how do come here and invest. The incident in Dacca is bound to have repercussions on them and make them pause. If some more incidents like this take place the economic development in this province will suffer an irreparable setback. Those who invest money are overcautious and unless they are certain of stable administration and political climate they are not likely to invest their money in an area where troubles are likely to occur.