if there was any. These posters were generally picked up before anyone saw them. Reactions happen in such matters only when the people feel that what is propagated is intended to be executed. This was so in the case of Maulana Bhasani's speech at Kagmari. If anything Hast Pakistanis are intelligent-they know what these posters represent and would have ignored them though they would have felt burnt and unhappy. If there is a rape they feel shocked but they do not publicly demonstrate their sense of shock they expect the culprit to be dealt with according to law.
7. From what has been slated in the preceding paragraphs it can be confidently asserted that East Pakistanis will never join the West Bengal Hindus unless they are remorselessly pushed by forces beyond their control to do so. East Pakistani altitude is governed both by emotional and material reasons. They are clever enough to fully understand that they have really large slakes in Pakistan and that they can never have the position they have in Pakistan, in spite of all their grievances, outside Pakistan. Their grievances, however, are far less acute today than in the past years. They have no grievance against the regime or its leaders they know that they are trying Their best to do justice to East Pakistan. The grievance they have today is against the Central Government machinery as distinct from the regime. They complain of lack of participation in the running of the Central Government machinery. They do not expect that overnight a large number of East Pakistanis will fill the central secretariat and attached departments. They do, however, feel that very little is being done to take in a steadily larger number of people from this wing into the Central Government services so that in as short a time as possible East Pakistan has adequate representation in the Central services.
8. It is slated in the paper that once Martial Law is lifted “anger and hostility" will break out. The question is whose anger and hostility and will it be confined to East Pakistan only? The politicians and their henchmen, the black marketers, the anti- social elements in both the wings and the feudal class in West Pakistan have all suffered under the present regime. They are certainly quiet today because of Martial Law. They will not be quiet when the Martial Law is lifted and they will certainly try and create confusion, most of the newspapers are directly or indirectly controlled by this group of people. The “anger and hostility" that is likely confined to East Pakistan. It is a national problem and ways and means to provide a cushion against it will have to be carefully thought out. This should be a matter of urgent priority.
9. A screening of officers in key position in East Pakistan has been suggested. A comprehensive screening was done and all undesirables have been eliminated. No grounds have been furnished which would justify such a measure again. As with the people in general in East Pakistan the officers in East Pakistan get infuriated when their loyalty to Pakistan is suspected unfortunately they know that this is so in certain quarters of the Central Government. As they value their jobs the only way they can react is to recoil into them, thread the path of least resistance, be afraid of taking any initiative. A Government servant is of little use unless he has confidence acts fearlessly and expresses himself in his official work without restraint. The tremendous national mischief that has resulted from such unthinking suspicion of a fellow countrymen's
