56. Letter From the Bangladeshi Embassy in the United States to the Department of State1
The Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh presents its compliments to the Department of State and has the honour to request the following message received from President Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh to His Excellency Mr. Jimmy Carter, President of the United States of America be transmitted to its high destination:
Message begins:
“Dear Mr. President,
I was delighted to receive your message of July 10th.2 Our meeting at Tokyo was short but very useful.3 It gave us an opportunity to exchange views on some important matters of mutual interest. I fully agree with you that meetings of this sort, at a high level, are essential to strengthen the ties of friendship between our two countries. I am also looking forward to meeting you again.
With warm regards,
Sincerely yours
(Signed) Ziaur Rahman”
Message ends.
The Embassy of Bangladesh avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Department of State the assurances of its highest consideration.
- Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P800098–1772. Confidential.↩
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- Carter visited Tokyo July 9–10 in order to attend former Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira’s funeral. No memorandum of conversation of Carter’s meeting with Zia was found. Telegram 3776 from Dacca, July 5, reported Kibria’s July 4 telephone call to Schneider, during which Kibria informed him that Zia would attend Ohira’s funeral and wished to briefly meet with Carter. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800323–0060) Telegram 179560 to Tokyo and Dacca, July 8, informed the Embassies: “The President’s schedule as of the party’s departure from Washington does not include a meeting with President Zia. The President’s stay in Tokyo will be very brief, hence, his schedule there will be quite limited.” (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800327–0469)↩