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Death of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Telegram from Zafrullah Khan, Foreign Miniser, Pakistan to George C. Marshall, Secretary of State, USA, in reply to condolence message: September 19, 1948

Your Excellency's most kind message of sympathy has touched us very deeply. As you have yourself observed our beloved Quaid-e-Azam was a leader unique among men. Our loss is therefore irreparable and we have been plunged into the greatest sorrow. We deeply appreciate Your Excellency's generous tribute to our departed leader and beg you to accept on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan our most grateful thanks. We assure Your Excellency that your words of hope and consolation have been of real comfort to us in our great grief.

Zafrullah Khan, Foreign Minister, Pakistan.

RICHARD HOUGH

In fact, politically Gandhi now carried little weight, but it was of the utmost importance that Mountbatten should have a close understanding and friendship with India's beloved prophet, and this, he succeeded in achieving. The other major politicians and statesmen, in turn, warmed to the aura of affection and goodwill and at the same time recognised Mountbatten's genuine love for their people. But the one man who could drive home the bolt and secure the lock of united India was Jinnah. 'Jinnah was the Muslim League' said Mountbatten. 'He held the future of India in his hands. I tried the same technique with him but it was almost impossible to warm him. He had only one dream and that was a separate Muslim state.

The Hindu leaders, trained by Gandhi, dropped him as of no use when the decisive moment arrived. The Quaid could not be budged - He wanted Pakistan, and he won it!

Mountbatten, Hero of Our Time, Weidenfels & Nicholson, London, 1980, p. 218

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