Washington: Admiral (Retd) Michael Mullen on Thursday confirmed receiving a secret memo that was reportedly given to him by American-Pakistani businessmen Mansoor Ijaz, US Foreign Policy magazine reported.
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani in the mid of the storm, as Ijaz claimed that he was given the memo by Haqqani on behalf of President Asfi Ali Zardari to be handed over to Michael Mullen.
Ijaz alleged in an Oct. 10 op-ed in the Financial Times that on May 10, in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing in Abbottabad, Zardari had offered to replace Pakistan’s powerful military and intelligence leadership and cut ties with militant groups. Ijaz said he was directed to craft the memo by a senior Pakistani official close to Zardari. Ijaz has implied — and the Pakistani press has speculated — that this official was Haqqani.
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