Letter from Freeland K. Abbott to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Request for campaign speeches and expressions of opinion for a volume on politics in Asia

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Presidential Campaign | Correspondence | Freeland K. Abbott

Date of publication: 1966

Language: English

Page: 1 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29395

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Abstract: This is a typewritten letter dated June 3, 1966, from Freeland K. Abbott, Chairman of the Department of History at Tufts University, to Miss Fatima Jinnah. Abbott reminds her of their meeting in Dacca in 1954 and expresses his admiration for her recent presidential campaign. He explains that he is preparing the Pakistan section of a study on politics in Asia, intended for wide use in American colleges and universities. He requests that Miss Jinnah select what she considers her best expression of the Pakistani political scene, particularly her campaign speeches, and asks where such remarks can be found or if she could send a copy. He also mentions his intention to ask Mr. A. K. Brohi for similar material.

Description: Letter on the official letterhead of Tufts University, Department of History, located in Medford, Massachusetts. It is dated June 3, 1966, and addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah in Karachi, East Pakistan. The writer, Freeland K. Abbott, Chairman of the Department of History, refers to meeting Miss Jinnah in Dacca in 1954 and admiring her recent campaign for the presidency of Pakistan. He states that he is helping to prepare the Pakistan section of a study on politics in Asia, expected to be widely used in American colleges and universities, and requests her selection of material that truly reflects the Pakistani political scene, specifically her campaign speeches. The letter is signed "Freeland K. Abbott" and bears the initials "FKA:cmn" at the bottom left. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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