Action, and speedy action, is necessary, if the United States is to maintain its position, and its stature, in this strategic part of the world. The United States as an immediate measure should move along the following lines:
1) The United States should cease all aid, military and economic, including any in the pipeline, to West Pakistan until its troops are withdrawn from East Pakistan.
2) The United States should put pressure on the Government of Pakistan to allow international relief efforts to aid distressed Pakistanis in areas under its occupation. In the liberated areas, relief can be provided through the newly formed provisional government of Bangladesh, if necessary in cooperation with the Indian Government.
3) The United States should recognize the provisional government of Bangladesh, as the democratically expressed will of the people of East Pakistan as soon asn possible.
4) The United States should support the idea of a U.N. observer mixtion to go to East Pakistan and report on the situation to the Security Council for appropriate action.
Your sincerely,
Sd/-
KAZI S. AHMED.
PRESIDENT. THE EAST PAKISTAN
LEAGUE OF AMERICA, INC
