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Fix this textAs I gather that the question of Pakistan becoming a Republic
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Fix this textyour people have had frustrations and disappointments. But they
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Fix this textPakistan has remained, as in her brave and loyal past, a staunch
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Fix this textthing to many millions of us if we found that the character of this
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Fix this textIt has been my privilege, as you know, since my close and
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Fix this textto help Pakistan in a small degree in ways published and unpublished.
Fix this textYou are my colleague and friend. Could I, without abusing friendship,
Fix this textremind you that the independence of both Pakistan and Australia is
Fix this textcomplete. It is not limited by the Throne. On the contrary, our
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Fix this textPlease regard these remarks as a sincere expression by one who
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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