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281 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ বাংলাদেশের সংগ্রামের সমর্থনে আয়োজিত ‘সেভ ইষ্ট বেঙ্গল কমিটি’র ৮ জুন, ১৯৭১ সমাবেশের বিজ্ঞপ্তিসহ মার্কিন জনগণের প্রতি প্রচারপত্র সাহায্যের আবেদন MASSACRE - GENOCIDE – BLOODBATH - TERROR AND NOW STARVATION ALL PART OF A GAME' THE TRAGEDY OF EAST PAKISTAN (BANGLADESH) As a result of devastation and dislocations caused by war, floods, cyclones, in addition to the persistent food shortages between 10 & 30 million of East Pakistan's 75 million inhabitants face starvation within the next few months. Contrary to bland assurances which continue to emanate from West Pakistani spokesmen, the situation is unquestionably desperate and will require a large-scale international relief effort, if a tragedy of major proportion is to be averted. The months required to return the system to normal would probably exceed the time during which the food reserves could sustain the population. The factors that determine mass famine are irreversible after a certain point. When the first stories and photographs of starving families are published, it will be too late to protect thousands of others. International action, immediate and strong, is perhaps the only defence the people of East Bengal now have. On May 12, President Yahya Khan of Pakistan refused U.N. Secretary-General's offer of aid for East Pakistan. After having unleashed one of the most brutal bloodbaths in all history, he is now planning to starve out the resistance. In November it was a cyclone that took a toll of lives. That was nature. In March Bangladesh was hit by another disaster, systematically eliminating the country of its young men, intelligent and millions of innocent victims. This time the perpetrator is ΥΑΗΥΑ ΚΗΑΝ.