424 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড No such example of oppression, which the military junta is inflicting upon the innocent masses of Bangladesh, will be found even in times of Chiang Kai-Shek's rule in your own land, Czar's rule in Russia and in times of British Imperialism in proindependent India. The reports of atrocities and oppression, which are being given publicity by various Indian agencies, are in fact the smallest portion of the volume and nature of oppression and atrocities which are really happening in wretched land of Bangladesh at present. World will come to know the true picture and actual nature, and will know the truth of many complaints, if the journalists, intelligentsia, politicians of any country, even of the countries friendly to Yahya's government, made field survey. You are well aware that there are tremendous people's support behind the independent Bangladesh Government than that of Sihanouk Government's of Cambodia. I, therefore, earnestly request you to please extend your support, recognition and all possible help to the Government of Independent People's Republic of Bangladesh. I had to undergo 31 years of imprisonment to achieve independence of Indo-Pak sub-continent and to achieve people's rights in Pakistan. I am at present an old man of 89. At this stage of my life my humble residence has been gutted by the barbarous soldiers of Yahya Khan. My precious collection of books from different countries has also been burnt by them. I do not know what has happened to the fate of my family after my house was set on fire. III SECRETARY GENERAL BREZHNEV, PRESIDENT PODGORNY, CHAIRMAN KOSYGIN, KREMLIN, MOSCOW, U. S. S. R. On behalf of the 75 million people of Bangladesh may I convey to you our appreciation of the statement issued by the Presidium of Supreme Soviet through President Podgorny on the situation in East Bengal? I should, however, like to point out that more positive action is urgently required to stop the barbarous massacre of hundreds of thousands of unarmed, helpless masses of Bangladesh by the brutal military dictator ship of General Yahya Khan. These massacres are being perpetrated by the West Pakistani army with modern weapons of war supplied by U. S. A. and China. People are being butchered by the trigger happy soldiers of West Pakistan irrespective of caste, creed and sect, including women, children and even new- born babies in their mothers' arms. They excel in their brutality anything that has happened in history before. I earnestly appeal to you to stop this bloody massacre and not supply any aid to the military dictatorship of Pakistan. Your country and your people, under the enlightened and wise leadership of Lenin, have stood for the rights of oppressed peoples to self determination, and have given moral, political and material support to national liberation movements in various parts of the world. I would, therefore, appeal to you to do the same for Bangladesh and give it immediate recognition and all possible help of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The Soviet Union is part of Asia as well as Europe. The Leninist policy of peace is a great stabilizing factor for development throughout the world, particularly in the
