33 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড The time has come, it is indeed overdue, for the British Government publicly to express its disgust, in far stronger terms than it has yet done at the course of events in East Pakistan. Using more traditional, and private, diplomatic channel, it needs to let Yahya Khan know (if it has not already done so) just how dangerous and mistaken his policies are. If necessary the possibility of concerted action among the suppliers of foreign aid to Pakistan should be considered-even if it is rough justice to make the people of West Pakistan suffer for the follies of their own non-elected military rulers. -Editor, Sunday Times, 18.4.71. President Yahya is undoubtedly facing an increasingly difficult situation. -The Economist, 10.4.71. East Pakistan action was one of the most callous and brutal aggression in the world since the time of Hitler. -Lord Brockway, 17.4.71. A resolution was passed at the conference of the Colonial Freedom Movement calling for recognition of an independent Bangladesh. Also in London a committee designed to help restore "justice for East Bengal" was formed with Bruce DouglasMann, Labor M.P. -Guardian, 19.4.71. We just don't see why the U.S. should go on supporting a regime that behaves in this fashion. -U.S. Visitor in East Bengal. Newsweek, 19.4.71. The U.S. government expressed its sympathy to the victims and hoped that it will be possible soon to alleviate the suffering caused by recent events in East Pakistan. -Charles Bray. U.S. State Department, Newsweek. It is neither proper nor possible for India to keep quiet (over the Hast Bengal situation). –Mrs. Indira Gandhi. Indian Prime Minister. The watch-and-wait policy assumed by most foreign government stemming from a widely held belief that the Pakistani Army will ultimately fail in its attempt to subjugate 75 million East Pakistanis. -Newsweek, 19.4.71. Politically, economically, socially the West Pakistan military regimes which have ruled both Pakistan have neglected East Pakistan and there is nothing at all surprising that the Bengalis of East Pakistan should have sought independence as Bangladesh. -Spectator, 17.4.71.
