31 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড of Western Generals, and wild Western foot soldiers, have ripped apart this mandate in the cause of a "national unity" which is now, certainly, dead for ever. Atrocities cannot yoke two lands together. -Editor, Guardian, 3.4.71. Indian sympathy for Sheikh Mujib arose from the fact that he stood for values cherished by India-democracy, secularism and socialism. Me also had the backing of his people, almost to a man as the election results and other developments had shown. Finally tanks were being used to crush the democratic verdict of the people of Bangladesh. -Indira Gandhi, Indian P. M. Senseless murder, hysterical cruelty. From the evidence available, one must conclude that the aim (of Yahya) was to wipe out the Awami League leadership that it could no longer provide an effective leadership for any resistance movement. - Editor, Times, 3.4.71. Soviet Union is concerned about the arrest, & persecution of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Bengali leader, who had received such convincing support by the overwhelming majority of the people of East Pakistan. The use of force will only make the problem more serious. Most urgent measures must be taken to stop the bloodshed and repression against the population of East Pakistan. -President Podgorny of Russia. India could not remain a silent spectator at events in East Pakistan. What is happening in Bangladesh is something quite out of the ordinary. It is something that is going to have global repercussions. -Indira Gandhi, Indian P. M. Diplomatic sources in Geneva thought the Pakistan government wanted to keep the Red Cross out of Hast Pakistan for the same reason that it expelled the newspaper correspondents-the desire to have no international witnesses or observers there. -Patrick Keatley of Guardian, 6.4.71. Can Pakistan be permitted by the world community to commit this aggression against a defenseless people and continue the wanton destruction and killing of men, women and children? -Swaran Singh, Foreign Minister. India. But the alienation of Bengalis from Pakistan is now so complete it seems impossible they will not win in the long run. -Martin Woollacott, Guardian, 7.4.71. What is happening in East Pakistan in unjustified military oppression. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office still seems to believe the fact that a foreign government is
