"Elections to Constituent Assembly have left ruling group in central position, with reasonable prospects of retaining power, though this will certainly be diluted by need to strike bargain with non-Muslim League elements and to broaden base of Cabinet. Their position by no means as strong as it was, and any vulnerabilities will be vigorously exploited by opposition."
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U.S. Ambassador on a telegram sent from Karachi to the on 30 June 1955, quoted from Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, South Asia, Volume VIII, page 432.
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