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PERSONAL/ CONFIDENTIAL

Lahore Cantt.
16 June, 62.

No: MAK/X/P.

To

 FIELD MARSHAL MOHAMMAD AYUB KHAN. N.Pk., H.J.

 President of Pakistan,

 Rawalpindi.

SIR.

 I am extremely surprised and pained at the contents of your letter No. 374PAP/62. dated 7th June, 1962. Before dealing with it, may I remind you of your letter, dated 12th April, 1962 wherein you have observed

 “Whilst regretfully accepting your resignation I repeat my appreciation of the excellent work you have done and say that I shall always entertain the highest of regard for you besides wanting to assist you in any legitimate manner I can.”

 This I took to be a genuine appreciation of my services on your part-not realizing that you were playing politics with me. As I now find from your letter of 7th June, 1962 that you did not mean what you said in your former letter and desisted from expressing your dissatisfaction so that I might not leave the Province at once and thus deprive you of the opportunity of using me to complete your programme of elections. As you have now come out with serious allegations against my work in East Pakistan for the purpose of as you say 'keeping the records straight, I feel, I should in fairness to myself and to the people do some plain speaking and request you to keep this my reply on record, in order to complete it.

 I simply fail to understand why, if you really thought I had the defects now imputed to me, you insisted on appointing me as the Governor of East Pakistan, kept me on for two years and when I resigned instead of accepting my resignation, sent General Burki to persuade me to stay on and then you yourself did your utmost to dissuade me from leaving the Governorship. The aspect of the matter by itself is sufficient to show that there is no force in the points now alleged against me and your letter of 7th June. 1962 is clearly an after-thought. IIowever, I shall meet your points individually.