Suhrawardy on the US
Lately we have seen many a letter and article catalogue the wrongs allegedly done by the United States. To put the matter in fuller perspective, I would like to share the following remarks made by one of the architects of Bengali nationalism about America:
"It is not a small matter for a nation to undertake the task of spreading prosperity and happiness, of undertaking to assure peace and progress, and of assuming the responsibilities of insuring to mankind freedom and liberty. This is not a small task which the United States of America has undertaken, and the impact of its efforts is today felt throughout the world. To undeveloped and underdeveloped nations you have given hope that they will be able to reconstruct their lives."
Those are the words of Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy, hardly the proverbial 'American agent', spoken in his July 1957 address to the United States Senate.
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