Indian Letters
Jinnah
Extracts from Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Correspondence & Select Documents by Valmiki Choudhary.
150 Fifth Avenue
New York
May 1, 1947
Dear Dr. Prasad,
I wrote to you on April 28
th. regarding a conversation with Mr. Jinnah. The substance of the conversation was this: Mr. Jinnah said, "Your suggestion is absurdly simple, but if the Congress would say that it would concede Pakistan, then I am prepared to say I will enter a union with the rest of India."
"And mean it?" I asked.
"Yes, and mean it," he replied.
I am compelled to report the sequel.
When one of the Congress leaders raised the question of what Mr. Jinnah meant by "union", I wrote to Mr. Jinnah on April 27
th. as follows:
In continuation of our conversation I write for clarification regarding one point.
When you said that "If the Congress would say that it would concede Pakistan, I would say that in that case, it is my intention to enter a union with the rest of India", I take it that you meant federal union. Is that correct?
This reply was received today:
Regret it was your own suggestion, thoroughly impracticable and contradictory.
From this complete repudiation of what he said to me, you will have to draw conclusions. I have drawn mine.
Very respectfully yours,
E. Stanley Jones
Hon. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Food Member
New Delhi
1 Queen Victoria Road
New Delhi
The 6th. May 1947
Dear Dr. Jones,
Many thanks for your letter dated 1
st. May 1947. I am not at all surprised at the issue of your conversations. It only confirms our own experience.
Yours sincerely,
Rajendra Prasad
Dr. E. Stanley Jones
150 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y.
Extracts from Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Correspondence & Select Documents by Valmiki Choudhary.