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Saifur Rahman (Bangladeshi politician)

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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician (1932-2009)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Saifur Rahman
| native_name = সাইফুর রহমান
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = M. Saifur Rahman.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Rahman in March 2006
| office = [[Finance Minister of Bangladesh|Minister of Finance]]
| term_start = 10 October 2001
| term_end = 28 October 2006
| Prime Minister = [[Khaleda Zia]]
| predecessor = [[Shah A M S Kibria]]
| successor = [[Abul Maal Abdul Muhith]]
| term_start1 = March 1991
| term_end1 = March 1996
| predecessor1 = Mohammad Abdul Munim
| successor1 = [[Shah A M S Kibria]]
| term_start2 =
April 1980
| term_end2 = May 1981
| President = [[Ziaur Rahman]]
| successor2 = [[Abul Maal Abdul Muhith]]
| constituency_MP4 = [[Sylhet-1]]
| parliament4 =
| majority4 =
| term_start4 = 10 October 2001
| term_end4 = 28 October 2006
| predecessor4 = [[Humayun Rashid Chowdhury]]
| successor4 = [[Abul Maal Abdul Muhith]]
| constituency_MP3 = [[Moulvibazar-3]]
| parliament3 =
| majority3 =
| term_start3 = 15 February 1996
| term_end3 = 9 October 2001
| predecessor3 = [[Azizur Rahman (Bangladeshi politician)|Azizur Rahman]]
| successor3 = [[M. Naser Rahman]]
| prior_term2 =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|10|6|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mostafapur Union|Baharmardan]], [[Moulvibazar District|Moulvibazar]], [[Sylhet]], [[British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|09|5|1932|10|6|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Ashuganj]], [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]], [[Bangladesh]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br />[[Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales]]
| occupation = [[Chartered accountant]]
| children = [[M. Naser Rahman]]
| parents = Abdul Basit and Talebunnessa
}}

'''Mohammad Saifur Rahman''' ({{lang-bn|মোহাম্মদ সাইফুর রহমান}}; October 6, 1932 – September 5, 2009) was a Bangladeshi economist and politician. He was a leader of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] and the longest-serving [[Finance Minister of Bangladesh]]. He delivered 12 national budgets in three terms between 1980 and 1981, 1991–1996 and 2001–2006 over a ministerial life spanning from December 1976 until October 2006 in three different governments. He was Trade & Commerce Minister for the first three years, and thereafter Finance and Planning Minister for 12 years.<ref name="thedailystar.net"/>

In 1994, he was elected governor of the golden jubilee conference of the [[World Bank]] and [[International Monetary Fund]] in [[Madrid]], Spain.<ref name="thedailystar.net">{{cite news |title=Saifur Rahman's life sketch |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=19100 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=5 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007153636/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=19100 |archive-date=2012-10-07}}</ref> In 2005, Rahman was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]], the highest state honor of [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="thedailystar.net"/><ref name="finexpress"/>

==Life==
Rahman was born on October 6, 1932, in the village of Baharmardan located in current [[Mostafapur Union]], [[Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila|Moulvibazar Sadar]], [[Moulvibazar District]], in the [[Sylhet Division]] of [[Bangladesh]]. His father was Abdul Basit.<ref name=comtex>{{cite web|url=http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=106425322|title=Life sketch of Saifur Rahman|publisher=Individual.com|date=5 September 2009|accessdate=2009-09-07}}</ref> As a young man, he participated in the [[Bengali Language Movement]] of 1952, part of a growing nationalism. He was vice-president of Salimullah Muslim Hall while at [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name="thedailystar.net"/>

In 2005, he was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]], the second-highest state award, for his role in the Bengali Language Movement. A prominent chartered accountant, Rahman was one of the founders of Rahman Rahamn Huq (currently KPMG Bangladesh), a noted chartered accountancy firm.<ref name="thedailystar.net"/>

He actively advocated to establish three prominent educational institutions: [[Sylhet Agricultural University]], [[Sylhet Teacher's Training College]], and [[Sylhet Engineering College]].<ref name="thedailystar.net"/> Active in professional organizations, he was a founding member of the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biliabd.org/founder.php |title=Founder Members |website=Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref> and served as the president of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh]], and president of the United Nations Association of Bangladesh.

==Career==
Rahman graduated from Moulvibazar Government High School in 1949 and did his Intermediate from Sylhet [[Murari Chand College|MC College]] in 1951.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh|first=Urmee|last=Hossain|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rahman,_M_Saifur|chapter=Rahman, M Saifur|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> He graduated from Dhaka University with a [[Bachelor of Commerce|B.Com (Hons)]] in 1953. The next year he went to London and studied to qualify as a Chartered Accountant; he earned his certificate from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He became a specialist in [[monetary]], [[finance|fiscal]] and development economics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.silobreaker.com/saifur-rahman-11_353508 |title=Saifur Rahman |website=Silobreaker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723044510/http://www.silobreaker.com/saifur-rahman-11_353508 |archive-date=2012-07-23 |access-date=2009-09-05}}</ref>

==Politics==
Rahman joined a political coalition called the [[Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal]] in 1978, who were supporters of then-president [[Ziaur Rahman]]. The party was formalized in September 1978 as the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP).<ref name="thedailystar.net"/> The party came into formed its first administration after the general election in 1979 of the 2nd Parliament, in which Rahman won a seat from his home district.

Rahman was appointed as the finance minister of the first BNP administration under [[President of Bangladesh|President]] [[Ziaur Rahman]], in which he served until 1981.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 September 2009 |title=Ex-Bangladesh finance minister dies in car crash |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090905/wl_sthasia_afp/bangladeshaccidenteconomypoliticsobit |work=Yahoo News |agency=Agence-France Presse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916010236/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090905/wl_sthasia_afp/bangladeshaccidenteconomypoliticsobit |archive-date=2009-09-16 |access-date=2009-09-05}}</ref> Saifur Rahman prepared a record 12 budgets in Bangladesh; he has been praised for opening up Bangladesh's economy in the early 1990s and pioneering major economic reforms. He contributed to the expansion of the economy after the restoration of parliamentary democracy.<ref name=bdnews24>{{cite news |title=US condoles death of Saifur |url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=141948&cid=2 |newspaper=Bdnews24.com |date=5 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220191910/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=141948&cid=2 |archive-date=2012-02-20 |access-date=2009-09-05}}</ref> He served as a minister of Bangladesh for a total of 14 years.

Together with the BNP, Rahman was successful in the general elections of 2001. Contesting on behalf of his party in the parliamentary constituency [[Moulvibazar-3]], Saifur Rahman gained 52 per cent of the total votes.<ref>[http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=231&Year=2001 General Election Results - Bangladesh 2001], ''Moulvibazar-3''</ref> In another contest at the constituency Sylhet-1, Saifur Rahman secured 53 per cent of the total votes, again defeating a rival candidate from the Awami League.<ref>[http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=231&Year=2001 General Election Results - Bangladesh 2001], ''Sylhet-1''.</ref> As per the constitution, Saifur had to leave blank one of his won constituencies to proceed the house session. He decided to leave the Moulvibazar-3 seat which was later retaken by his son M. Naser Rahman, also representing Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref name=bdnews24/>

In the [[2008 Bangladesh general election|general elections in 2008]], Rahman was defeated in his two constituencies by the Awami League candidates. [[Abul Maal Abdul Muhith]] won in Sylhet-1, and was appointed as Finance Minister.

==Personal life==
Rahman married Duree Samad Rahman, daughter of Late Bazlur Samad Chowdhury, a reputed banker from Chittagong. Saifur Rahman's maternal uncle-in-law was late [[Abul Kashem Khan|AK Khan]], veteran industrialist and minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering the budget wizard |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2016/09/06/remembering-budget-wizard |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=6 September 2016 |type=Op-ed}}</ref>

They had three sons and a daughter together. Duree died of cancer in 2003. His son [[M. Naser Rahman]] has followed him into politics; in 2001 by-elections, he won his father's left constituency of Moulvibazar-3. His youngest son married a daughter of late [[Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf]], a renowned political figure and former Minister. Saifur's only daughter Saifa Rahman married Amer Siddiqi the son of late [[Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi]], also a former Minister and diplomat.

==Death==
[[File:Moulvibazar Govt. High School Auditorium.jpg|thumb|The Saifur Rahman Auditorium in Moulvibazar Government High School.]]
Rahman died in a road crash on September 5, 2009, in [[Brahmanbaria District]] on his way to Dhaka from his home district of Moulvibazar. Taken unconscious from the car, he was declared dead after being rushed to a hospital.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saifur Rahman killed in B'baria crash |url=http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=141946&cid=3 |work=Bdnews24.com |date=5 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722134305/http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=141946&cid=3 |archive-date=2011-07-22}}</ref> On Friday he was in [[Sylhet]] visiting the shrines of [[Shah Jalal]] and [[Shah Paran]], then headed for Moulvibazar. A total of five [[Salat al-Janazah|janazah]] prayers were held for Rahman, the first of which took place in [[Gulshan Thana|Gulshan]] Azad Mosque, then at the BNP offices, Parliament buildings, Shahi Eidgah Maidan and Moulvibazar Government High School.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saifur dies in car crash |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=104584 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=6 September 2009 |access-date=2009-09-05}}</ref> The BNP began three days of mourning for the passing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saifur's third janaza held |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=19109 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=6 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007153702/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=19109 |archive-date=2012-10-07 |access-date=2009-09-05}}</ref> Rahman was buried at his family graveyard beside his wife's grave in Baharmardan village after the prayers.<ref>{{cite news |date=2003-10-22 |title=Saifur's wife buried |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/10/22/d31022060156.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |agency=UNB |access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2009-09-07 |title=Saifur laid to rest |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-104901 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Saifur Rahman is credited with being the architect of Bangladesh's economic transformation and [[trade liberalization|liberalization]] in 1990s by introducing [[VAT]], [[tax reform]]s and free market policies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rahman |first1=Jyoti |title=Saifur Rahman's legacy |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-105538 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=12 September 2009 |accessdate=5 November 2022}}</ref> [[Abul Maal Abdul Muhith|A M A Muhith]], the Finance Minister, characterized Rahman's death as "a loss to the nation."<ref name="finexpress"/> The United States mentioned his "critical role in improving the lives and bringing prosperity to millions of Bangladeshis by opening Bangladesh's economy and promoting free market reforms."<ref name="finexpress">{{cite news |title=Ex-finance minister Saifur Rahman dead |url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/09/06/78271.html |newspaper=The Financial Express |date=6 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909150609/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/09/06/78271.html |archive-date=2009-09-09}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Ekushey Padak]], 2005 for role in [[Bengali Language Movement]]<ref name="thedailystar.net"/><ref name="finexpress"/>
* Order Nationale, Highest National Order of [[Senegal]]<ref>[http://news.silobreaker.com/biography-for-saifur-rahman-5_2260451637329920000_4 "Biography for Saifur Rahman"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130216192712/http://news.silobreaker.com/biography-for-saifur-rahman-5_2260451637329920000_4 |date=2013-02-16 }}, Silobreaker</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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Saifur Rahman (Bangladeshi politician)

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Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi

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{{short description|Bangladeshi diplomat}}
{{other people||Mostafizur Rahman (disambiguation)}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2017}}
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| name = M. R. Siddiqi
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| birth_place = [[Sitakunda]], [[Chittagong]], Bangladesh
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1992|2|06|1925|3|01}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| office = 1st Ambassador to US & Mexico
| term_start2 = 1975
| term_end2 = 1978
| president2 = [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
| term = 1971 (Govt.-in-Exile)
| office3 = 1st Minister for Commerce & Foreign trade
| term_start3 = 1972
| term_end3 = 1973
| office5 = 1st Member of Bangladesh Parliament Chittagong-2
| term_start5 =1973
| term_end5 = 1975
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| term_end6= 1970
| spouse = Begum Latifa Siddiqi
| party = [[Awami League]]
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'''Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi''' (1 March 1925 – 6 February 1992) was a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, politician and diplomat. He set up a number of manufacturing and finance businesses during the 1960s. He played a prominent role in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971, organising resistance within Bangladesh and travelling to the US to represent the [[Mujibnagar|Bangladesh Government in exile]]. He became Minister of Commerce and Foreign Trade in the newly formed state, and ambassador to the US and Mexico.

==Early life==
Siddiqi was born on 1 March 1925 in [[Sitakunda]], [[Chittagong]] (then [[East Bengal]], now [[Bangladesh]]). He was the son of Mohammad Hossain Chowdhury. After his schooling in Sitakunda, he pursued higher education in Calcutta, India. He completed his M.Com. from [[Calcutta University]] in 1947. He served as lecturer at [[University of Dhaka|Dhaka University]] from 1948 to 1950. He then went on to take a degree in commerce from [[London University]] and followed with the final examination of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales|Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales]] in 1954. He was elected a member of both the [[Royal Economic Society]] and the [[Royal Statistical Society|Royal Statistics Society]].<ref name="Banglapedia" />

==Career==
His career as an entrepreneur started in 1962 and he played a leading role in the establishment of a number of new ventures as managing director and/or chairman. These companies were, A.K. Khan Jute Mills Ltd, Eastern Insurance Company Ltd. (now part of [[Sadharan Bima Corporation]]), S.K.M Jute Mills Ltd, National Motors Ltd, Crescent Motors Ltd, Therapeutics (Bangladesh) Ltd, Sidko Limited (Trading Division), Sidko Limited (Garments Division), Federal Insurance Company Ltd, Sponsor Director of the Eastern, Mercantile Bank Ltd. (First East Pakistani Bank, at present [[Pubali Bank]] Ltd.), Founding vice-chairman of Al-Baraka Bank Bangladesh Ltd.<ref name="Banglapedia" />

Siddiqi was elected member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|Pakistan National Assembly]] in 1962 as an independent candidate. He joined the [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League Party]] in 1964 and was elected as its treasurer. He was also president of Chittagong District Awami League from 1964 to 1972. He was again elected member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1970 and member of Bangladesh Parliament from the [[Chittagong-2]] constituency in 1973.<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite book |last=Kamal |first=Mohammad Mostafa |year=2012 |chapter=Siddiqui, MR |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Siddiqui,_MR |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-1st-parliament-members |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=22 January 2016}}</ref>

As president of District Awami League and Convener of Sangram Parishad of Chittagong, Siddiqi organised the resistance against the Pakistan Army, and helped establish the [[Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra]] (radio station) at [[Kalurghat]]. He was the Chairman of the Eastern zone (command) comprising five districts of Chittagong Division and districts of Barisal, Faridpur and Dhaka. In July 1971, he was sent to USA and Canada as envoy of the exiled government to lobby support from the US and Canadian Government.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bangladesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TWEwAQAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Embassy of Bangladesh.}}</ref><ref name="Biśvāsa2005">{{cite book|author=Sukumāra Biśvāsa|title=Bangladesh Liberation War, Mujibnagar Government Documents, 1971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U-1tAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Mowla Brothers|isbn=978-984-410-434-1|page=258}}</ref>

After the liberation of Bangladesh in 1972, he was appointed Minister for Commerce and Foreign Trade in the first [[Bangabandhu]] cabinet.<ref>{{cite web |last=Boster |first=Davis |author-link= |title=Biographic Information on Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi |id={{WikiLeaks cable|1975DACCA03598_b}} |publisher =[[WikiLeaks]] |date=24 July 1975 |url=https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975DACCA03598_b.html |access-date=22 January 2016}}</ref> In 1973, as special envoy of the Prime Minister Sheikh [[Mujibur Rahman]], he met the heads of state and governments of the US, Canada, Britain, Italy, France and West Germany and lobbied for the repatriation of stranded Bangladeshis from Pakistan. He was appointed Ambassador to the US<ref>{{cite book|title=Diplomatic List|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyJIAQAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Department of State|page=iv}}</ref> and Mexico in July 1975 by the Bangladesh Government.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/broadcasts/214395 |title=Bangladesh Mission / Washington, DC |work=CBS Evening News |date=17 December 1971 |access-date=2018-07-21 |via=Vanderbilt Television News Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/broadcasts/13835 |title=India-Pakistan War |work=ABC Evening News |date=17 December 1971 |access-date=2018-07-21 |via=Vanderbilt Television News Archive}}</ref> In 1980, he retired from politics.<ref name="Banglapedia" />

==Social work==
M. R. Siddiqi was also known for his social work. He joined the [[Lions Clubs International|Lions movement]] in the then East Pakistan when it was founded in 1958 and became President of Chittagong Lions Club. When a devastating cyclone and tidal bore hit the coastal areas of Chittagong (Halishahar, Kattali and Sitakunda) in 1960, it was under his leadership that a massive relief operation was undertaken, for which he was awarded "The Lions Humanitarian Award", the most prestigious in Lions International, and was also made an honorary "International Counselor". Through his initiative a separate provisional Lions District 305E (Pakistan) was formed in 1962, with him elected as the first District Governor.<ref name="Banglapedia" />

In 1966, Siddiqi formed the "Chittagong Lions Foundation", the first such Foundation in the history of Lionism. The Chittagong Lions Eye Hospital (the foundation stone was laid by Siddiqi on 5 January 1963) was initiated by the Lions of South East Asia and Indo-Pak Sub-continent. Subsequently, The Bangladesh Lions Foundation and The Lions Eye Hospital at [[Agargaon]], Dhaka were established in 1983, again under the chairmanship of Siddiqi. After the emergence of Bangladesh in 1972, Siddiqi again took the lead in organising the Lions Clubs. He served as District Governor of District 315E from 1972 to 1974, and together with his friend, Deputy District Governor Mohammed Khaled, he re-organized and formed new clubs all over Bangladesh. He was the Forum Chairman of "The 17th Africa and South West Asia Lions International Forum" held in Dhaka in 1989.<ref name="Banglapedia" />

==Other organisations==
Apart from Lions, he was President of OISCA (Bangladesh Chapter), Chairman of Under-Privileged Children Education Programme (UCEP) and Founder of Latifa Siddiqi Girls College and Girls High School of Kumira, Sitakunda. He held many leadership positions in associations and organisations of various types, including presidency of Insurance Association of Pakistan, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bangladesh Aushad Shilpa Samity. He was also the founder President of Bangladesh Japan Friendship Society. He was the Governor of Bangladesh Chamber of Industries, which he helped to established in 1985.<ref name="Banglapedia" />

==Personal life==
{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2021}}
Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi was married to Begum Latifa Siddiqi, eldest daughter of industrialist and former Pakistani minister [[Abul Kashem Khan|A.K Khan]].

He had 5 sons altogether: Feisal Siddiqi (Bogey), Kamel Siddiqi (Kamel), Shams Siddiqi (Jojo), Amer Siddiqi (Gucchu), and Omar Siddiqi (Sodi). He had 9 grandchildren altogether. He was also the Paternal Grandfather of Miraan Rahman Siddiqi.

Mustafizur's fourth son, Amer Siddiqi (Gucchu), married Saifa Rahman, the only daughter of former finance minister [[Saifur Rahman (Bangladeshi politician)|Saifur Rahman]].

== Death ==
Siddiqi died at the age of 67 on 6 February 1992 in Dhaka.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
===Discussions with US presidents (pdf files)===
* http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/memcons/1552583.pdf
* http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/memcons/1553309.pdf
* http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/diary/pdd751121.pdf

===US Department of State documents===
* https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve08/d51
* https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve08/d49
* https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve08/persons#p_SMR1
* https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve08/d46
* https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve08/d50
* https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve08/d52

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