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Vol. 5 Num 627 Sat. March 04, 2006  
   
Letters to Editor


US Presidential visit


Many thanks for the online publications of The Daily Star. For those without access to the print-edition such online material is an important source of information published in Bangladesh.

On that note, I want to refer to an article that I came across yesterday at the US Department of State web page,http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/in1/wwwfspjanfeb067.pdf about US Presidential visits to India. According to it, and other independent sources, the current visit is the fourth by a US President to India. The first US President to visit India was Dwight D. Eisenhower (1959). I wanted to point out the minor factual data, contrary to what is noted in your Op-Ed section by Ambassador Harun ur Rashid, "Bottom Line: Why is President Bush Visiting India?" published on March 1, 2006.