275 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড Denver (Colorado) I. Dr. Mr. Sher Ali 6401 West Colfax Denver, Colo, 80214 Tel: (303) 237-7375 Tucson (Arizona) 1. Dr. M. Shafiqullah 1736 E. Broadway Tucson, Arizona 857.19 Tel: (602) 624-5458 RESISTANCE NEWS (Excerpts from Bangladesh Newsletter May 17, 1971 published from Chicago) The Pakistan government through its embassy is trying to convince Bengalis of this country with a flood of propaganda materials that conditions have returned to normal in Bangladesh, and that the entire independence movement was engineered by a "handful" of India-inspired "miscreants". All of this is pure nonsense. You will be better of throwing away this rubbish in the wastepaper basket if you can't stop it from coming to you. The main reason why the newspapers in this country do not carry any resistance news these days is that the Pakistan army has successfully sealed off the only motorable road between Calcutta and the western sector of Bangladesh. It was from this region that foreign newsmen based in Calcutta used to gather news during the first two weeks of the war. However, most of the 1300-mile border between India and Bangladesh is wide open. Indian newsmen and our own men are constantly crossing the border with news about resistance activities all over Bangladesh. A Bangladesh representative who has just arrived in this country writes: "Sylhet (district) where forests in the Tea Garden areas provide natural cover is still under control of the Bengal regiment. That a force is still holding out in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. That all over Bangladesh armed Bengalis have withdrawn into rural areas and are harassing army units through guerilla action. This may be expected to increase in frequency and intensity as the resistance acquires more skill at this type of warfare, gets additional supplies and weaponry, of which sizeable quantities have already been captured from' the Pakistan army and when the monsoons make the logistical problems of the army more insecure. The capability for waging a prolonged war is there because the political motivation of the people has been guaranteed by the indiscriminate character of the war waged by the army. By destroying villages within the range of their artillery and declaring these areas as 'free fire zones' they have made the Pakistan army an object of hatred and a direct threat to the security of 75 million Bengalis who will be willing to resist or aid any resistance to this alien forces.”
