East Bengla wishes to be Independent : Fazlul Haq’s Interview with New Yourk Times

New Yourk May 23: The New Yourk Times today published an interview with East

Bengla’s Chief Minister, Mr  A.K. Fazlul Huq, quoting him to say that East Bengla’’

Wished to become an Independent State”.

The dispatch filed by the Newspaper’s Karachi  correspondent,  who displayed on

The front page and also credited Mr. Huq as saying that ’’independence will be one

Of the first things to be taken up Minister.’’

Despatch said: ‘’Leaders of East Pakistan, the largest province of Pakistan, said today

It wished to become an Independent state.’’ Mr. Huq Chief  Minister  of  province of

Made this tement a few hohrs after a closed –door meeting with the Prime Minister

Mohammad Ali. Mr. Huq, an octogenarian with 50 years of political experience

Including Chief Ministership of his present domain, when it was part of Bengla

In Undivided  India, said: sepration of West and East Pakistan by more than thousand

Miles of  India was one reason for 42 million Benglaees  wenting  their freedom.