Diary 1963 - Murshid Sam's Living Stream

Diaries 1963-3M. T. Kirby yelling to me that the Japanese planned to attack Hawaii (I did not believe that);Clifton on Laos, Vietnam, etc. Nicol Smith of Burma Road, concerning Tibet; I myself on Baghdadand Cairo attacks on our Embassies. Robert Kennedy thanking me for a note on Indonesia and tellingme in his own hand that he did not believe in my view and within twelve hours the mob attackedour Embassy—it is getting to be too much. So I got my interview.It was a repetition, but on a larger scale of my final interviews at Fort Mason during the war.There it was the officials who told me they held my cards. Here it was the opposite only it wasamazing—my contacts over-evaluated everything. But after all I have been at the Imperial Groundsin Japan and the Palace in Thailand and I have met the biggest big shots of Japan, Thailand, Burma,India, Pakistan and UAR while visiting and Indonesia without visiting. I do know the history, thecultures of these people—at least they say I do and they have invited me all the time all over and it isbecoming monotonous.Now my autobiography is wanted, the money put up and a delegation of my closest friends—who are also close to President Ayub, are planning to come here. I am getting out the press notice (inUrdu) where I spoke to 20,000 people, my biggest occasion, and will have it translated.I have addressed universities and specialists on subjects from which I have been excluded here.I have been at top scientific conclaves abroad. I have met top scientists here. (I have yet to get one rejectionfrom any scientist on anything.) I have taught top people on certain technical matters abroad.In some instances I have the pictures, in other cases the press notices.And here, I was not permitted to attend one Asian conference after another; or when I did attend,the chair, recognizing me, refused to let me have the floor. And America is the only country inthe world that hires Europeans to act as “experts” on Asia, We don’t hire Americans excepting twowho are loathed in Asian lands, and we don’t usually hire Asians either. And this is known—all theConsuls-Generals here know it and of course the Embassies also know it. And I have been a channelfor the intelligence service of at least three foreign nations and it was only because of the mob attackon the Embassy at Cairo and my own (fourth) stepping into a communist nest, that got me even seriousconsideration.In Egypt it was declared—I did not save the press clippings either in English or Arabic—thatI was a wizard, could perform miracles, etc. and when I protested they said; “Can’t you, we don’tbelieve it!” And do you want to know something, darlings, they were nearest right than wrong!A certain person who was once my confidante and then betrayed me—it is a long and horriblestory—returned my papers and I found among them my poems written in 1932 on the death of Hitler,the fall of the British Empire, the independence, of India and the return of Jews to Palestine.