Record of a conversation between Lord Ismay and Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Karachi, 3 October 1947)

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On 3 October 1947, during a conversation between Lord Ismay, Chief of Staff to the British Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan, Jinnah particularly discusses the consequences of the partition of the British Indian Empire, which include population movements. Jinnah believes that the violent clashes between communities brought about by these movements are the fault of the Indian Government, Gandhi, the Sikhs and the British.

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Source: Record of a conversation between Lord Ismay and Mr. Jinnah at Karachi on 3rd October, 1947. Great Britain. Dominions Office and Commonwealth Relations Office. 03-10-1947. Conservé à: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). DO - Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Dominions Office and Commonwealth Relations Office: Private Office Papers India and Pakistan. Various memoranda, including a report on the departure of Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, India; memorandum on aid to Pakistan; report by Lady Mountbatten on situation in India; personal notes by Lord Ismay, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations; and an appreciation of situation in India and Pakistan by General Scoones. 01/01/1947-31/12/1947, DO 121/69.

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