Correspondence between the Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom and Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Letters from Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith and Viscount Addison conveying sympathy

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Laurence Grafftey-Smith | Viscount Addison | UK High Commission

Date of publication: 1949

Language: English

Page: 8 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29410

Keyword: Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith -- Fatima Jinnah -- Sympathy -- First Death Anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam -- Correspondence | Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith -- Fatima Jinnah -- Condolences -- Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah -- Correspondence | Viscount Addison -- Fatima Jinnah -- Sympathy Message -- His Majesty's Government -- United Kingdom -- Correspondence | Fatima Jinnah -- Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith -- Thank You -- Sympathy Message -- Correspondence | Fatima Jinnah -- His Majesty's Government -- Thank You -- Condolence Message -- Correspondence | Correspondence -- Fatima Jinnah -- Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith -- Viscount Addison

Abstract: Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith, representing the Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Karachi, writes to Miss Fatima Jinnah on September 11, 1949, conveying deep personal sympathy on the first anniversary of her brother's death. A second letter of the same date forwards a message from Viscount Addison, the Lord Privy Seal, extending the sincere sympathy of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. On September 13, 1949, Miss Jinnah replies from Flagstaff House, thanking Sir Laurence and Lady Grafftey-Smith for their letter, and also sends a separate reply thanking His Majesty's Government for their message of sympathy.

Description: This file contains four letters exchanged between the Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Karachi and Miss Fatima Jinnah. The first, dated September 11, 1949, is from Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith, conveying deep personal sympathy on the first anniversary of the death of her great brother, the late Quaid-i-Azam, and noting that his wife associates herself with the message. The second, also dated September 11, 1949, forwards a message from Viscount Addison, the Lord Privy Seal, extending the sincere sympathy of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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