Letter from the Embassy of Pakistan to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (No. 2145-F-113/54)

The Embassy of Pakistan present their compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China and have the honour to state that Syed Ahmah Shad, a Pakistan national in Yarkand (Sha Che) has informed this Embassy that he has been dispossessed of his house, landed property and fifty pieces of timble valued as below:-

1. Cost of 261 mow of land @ 20 Eq-tanga (Silver Coin)……………5,220 Eq-tanga
2. Cost of 3 roomed house…………………………………………… 300 Eq-tanga
3. Cost of 50 pieces of timber…………………………………………25 Eq-tanga

He has also alleged that he was charged Grain Tax for two years (1950 tax = 3,876 catties and 1951 tax = 726 catties) viz. 1950 and 1951 but deprived of the produce during these two years valued at about 5,220 Ex-tanga. He has further claimed that when his 261 mow of land was leased in 1950, he was paid only one third of the consideration, the rest having been forcibly realized by one Alu Qurban.

2. The Embassy would be grateful if an investigation could be made about the circumstances leading to deprivation of farm produce and dispossession of property of the said Pakistan national, and the result communicated to the Embassy.

The Embassy of Pakistan avail themselves of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China the assurances of their highest consideration.