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along with detailed assessment reports, covering every constituency, tothe then Prime Minister by the Director, Intelligence Bureau. A summaryof the assessments was also attached, which is shown at Annexures 187-Aand 200-A.”These continuous exercises would not have been necessary or carried outif the policy was to rig. Pages 205, 206, 207 and 208 of the White Paperindicate that objective and honest assessments were sought and given.This shows that objective and honest assessments were sought and given.This shows that there was no thought of malpractices either in the mind ofthe ruling party or the administration.(f) In Chapter X, entitled “The Aftermath,” at page 382, in its own wordsthe White Paper conclusively shows that rigging was not my crime, that itwas not my policy. What is at issue is not whether a meeting was held orwhether what was stated in the meeting, if held, is correct. Rigging as apolicy of my government is at stake. This is what the White Paper report:The People’s Part’s clean sweep at the polls on March 7 th stunnedits opponents and a vast section of the people generally. Even Mr.Bhutto’s own reaction was not without an element of surprise. Hehad organized the formidable machinery at his disposal for alandslide victory; what he got was something even more massivewhich, he could see, vitiated the credibility of the result. Theopposition’s successful boycott of the provincial elections on March10 th darkened the shadow of doubt. Three days later Mr. Bhuttoaddressed a high level conference at the Prime Minister’s Housewhich was attended among other by all the DivisionalCommissioners. There, according to the findings of an inquest bythe present administration, he distressfully opened his discoursethus: ‘Why have you done this to me?’ Meaning that the civiladministration had over-played its’ hand.If I had been the captain of the crime, I would not have distressfullyopened the discourse with the words “why have you done this to me?” Thisshows beyond all doubt that, if there had been rigging, it was on an individuallevel and that I felt a distressing sense of betrayal over the malpractices at thatlevel. I felt that their selfishness and myopia had been a blot on the “formidablemachinery” I had organized for a fair and impartial election. Their individualfollies had marred my strenuous efforts. This is the only conclusion that can bedrawn. If there is anyone who can claim exoneration from this passage of theWhite Paper, it is Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.If I am Assassinated; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 102