Wikileaks on Sanam Bhutto's admission to Radcliffe College

25 March 1974 from US Charge D'Affaires Sidney Sober

 

ENTRANCE OF PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO'S DAUGHTER TO RADCLIFFE

 

PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR FROM SOBER

 

1. I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH RADCLIFFE ADMISSIONS OFFICE ON SANAM BHUTTO'S APPLICATION. EXCERCISING REASONABLE DISCRETION, I NOTED WE HAD HAD QUERY AND EXPRESSED OUR FIRM OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE WORTH TO RADCLIFFE -- A POINT WHICH THEY READILY UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED. I ALSO VENTURED TO GIVE STRONG PERSONAL PUSH ON BASIS SUCH ACQUAINTANCE AS I HAD WITH THE YOUNG LADY AND HER FAMILY; THIS TOO WAS RECEIVED POSITIVELY AND WITH THANKS.

 

2. RADCLIFFE TELLS ME THAT DECISION NOT YET MADE ON THIS APPLICATION. (FYI THEY SAY HER GRADES NOT AS GOOD AS THEY PERHAPS SHOULD BE.) FULL FACULTY COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING MARCH 28 AND WILL CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION THIS CASE. I WAS ASSURED THEY DO WANT HER BUT NEED TO CONSIDER IN CONTEXT COMPETING APPLICATIONS. RESPONSES TO APPLICATIONS FROM FOREIGN STUDENTS ARE SCHEDULED BE SENT OUT LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 STATE 059632 BY RADCLIFFE ON APRIL 6.

 

3. I THINK I MAY HAVE WORD FOR YOU BY END OF THIS WEEK. MY HOPE IS THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT HER BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO BE OPTIMISTIC.

 

4. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TELL BHUTTO THAT I WAS HAPPY TO BE IN TOUCH WITH RADCLIFFE ON THIS MATTER AND AM ASSURED THEY GIVING APPLICATION CAREFUL STUDY WITH DECISION EXPECTED SHORTLY. I WILL TRY TO LET HIM KNOW THROUGH YOU AS SOON AS I CAN FIND OUT HOW THEY HAVE DECIDED. WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ADDING THAT I SEND MY OWN WARMEST WISHES TO HIM.

 

5. BEST REGARDS. RUSH

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