Pakistan's Founding Father Mohammad Ali Jinnah apparently had an aversion to Jews. If the now declassified medical transcripts relating to his final illness in 1948 are to be believed, Jinnah and his family members specifically requested an American doctor to attend to him four days before his death. According to the recently released material, on 09 September 1948, Jinnah's assistant secretary sent an urgent telegram to Pakistan's Ambassador in the US Mirza Abol Hassan Ispahani asking him to immediately provide the names of specialists to be sent to provide medical treatment to Jinnah. It was, however, emphasized "that the doctors must not be Jews." The American chest and lung specialist, Dr. McLeod Riggins, who was eventually sent to treat the sick leader only reached Pakistan a day after Jinnah's death.