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PART III – My Return to the United States 185 Washington DC. They also asked what I meant when I said, “If you don’t make an arrangement for me, I’ll make it myself. ” I replied, “To make another phone call to arrange a meeting to meet Mr. Bhutto. ” I then asked them what this activity would be filed under. They would not answer me and they left shortly later without making any charges against me. When this came to the notice of the Ambassador of Pakistan, he discussed this incident with Mr. Bhutto. Mr. Bhutto informed him that there will be no meeting with the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam under the heading of a threat. The Ambassador responded that the Ahmadiyya Jam ā ‘at did not make any threat against him, and suggested that he proceed to meet with the Ahmadis. At this, Bhutto agreed to meet with us, but in New York, not in Washington DC (this conversation was conveyed to me by the Ambassador himself). On the agreed upon date, Mr. Bhutto announced that he would only have one meeting that day and it would be with the Ahmadiyya Movement. I went to New York with a delegation consisting of Abid Haneef of Boston, Muzaffar Zafar of Dayton and Sa diq White of Boston. As we were awaiting our appointment time there was an announcement that Sherpao was killed. Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao was the Governor of the Frontier Province [Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa] of Pakistan and was assassinated on February 8, 1975. Bhutto informed us that he must immediately return to Pakistan and that we should meet with Aziz Ahmed, his Foreign Minister.