পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড).pdf/১৬৯

142 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ শাসনতন্ত্র সম্পর্কে আলোচনার জন্য প্রেসিডেন্ট আইউব কর্তৃক পূর্ব সরকারী ২৭ ফেব্রুয়ারী, ১৯৬২ পাকিস্তান থেকে ত্রিশটি নাম চেয়ে পাঠানোর প্রেক্ষিতে একটি চিঠি DEAR MR. HASH IM RAZA, I received a telephonic message from Rawalpindi requesting for 30 names who might be addressed by the President personally regarding the Constitution. I am enclosing herewith a list of 30 names which has been drawn up in consultation with the Chief Secretary, Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners who happened to be here in a Conference. The Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners were of the view that it would be extremely difficult to find the person who is held in respect throughout the district. They felt that it would serve more useful purpose if at least one prominent citizen per subdivision could be addressed. I am enclosing herewith a list of names from Subdivisions at Appendix B. I personally am not in favor of this idea for the following reasons. (a) The Head of State should write personally only to persons who are of national or all-Province importance. I cannot think of more than five or six persons in East Pakistan who are of such stature. It may be a good gesture on the part of the President to write to them. (b) As most of the persons mentioned in the list are not of all-Pakistan or of allEast Pakistan stature and as they may be interested in the future elections the letters from the President, I fear, will be used as indications of President's preference for these gentlemen. This would invariably give rise to hard heartburning and jealousy. (c) The gentlemen named in the list are by no means the most outstanding personalities even in the Subdivisions. There will be two/three other such persons in each Subdivision or district. President's writing to these gentlemen would certainly offend those to whom letters will not be sent and unnecessarily make them feel as if they have been ignored. There is another very serious objection to this idea. The non-official members of the various tiers of Basic Democracies-particularly of the P.A.C. will feel extremely hurt if all of them were not in receipt of letter from the President when somebody else at Subdivision/District level did. The list sent herewith did not include name of all members of the Provincial Advisory Council. The nonofficial members of the Divisional Council and District Council would certainly expect to be included in a list like this. For obvious reasons they cannot be included as their numbers are far larger than thirty. With kindest regards, Yours sincerely, A. M. S. AHMAD Director. 27-2-1962. S.H. RAZA, ESQ., C.S. P. Secretary to the Government of Pakistan, Ministry of National Reconstruction and Information Camp, Dacca