135 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ৬২। পাকিস্তানের জন্য মার্কিন অস্ত্র : ওয়াশিংট পোষ্ট ৫ জুলাই, ১৯৭১ একটি গ্লানির ইতিহাস THE WASHINGTON POST JULY 5, 1971 U.S. ARMS FOR PAKISTAN: A SHAMEFUL RECORD The Pakistani army undertook to crush the autonomy movement in East Pakistan on March 25. Soon after, as word of the army's appalling and indiscriminate slaughter begins to seep out, the question was asked in Washington whether arms sold or given by the United States were being used and, further, whether the supply of these arms was continuing. Here is the record of the answers given in Washington. April 2: The State Department said it could neither confirm nor deny reports from the scene that American equipment was being used. On April 20, the fact no longer deniable, the Department informed Senator Kennedy that it had "expressed our concern over the use of American arms in East Pakistan"; it added that "arms required from a number of countries, including China, the U.S.S.R. and tile U.K., also have been used." Three days later: The Department specifically acknowledged to Senator Fulbright that "some M-24 tanks and F-86 aircraft have been observed in use East Pakistan in recent weeks." It did not acknowledge that these tanks and planes had been employed against ragged desperate men armed with little more than rifles, if that. April 6: Mr. Fulbright had asked Secretary of Stale Rogers for information on the "status of any current Shipments" of military equipment to Pakistan. The following week a department spokesmen, speaking to reporters, denied that the United States has "a large on-going military assistance program with Pakistan" and declared, "There is no-repeat-no equipment in the pipeline and none has been delivered" under a one shot October, 1970, arms deal. Referring to a "modest" sales program dating from 1967 for "non-lethal military equipment, spare parts for equipment already in Pakistani hands and some ammunition," he said: "Insofar as shipments under these agreements are concerned, we have this matter under review." April 14: An unattributed report appeared in The Washington Post saying that arms shipments were continuing but with minimum publicity. The next day, however, a department spokesman concluded a review of the subject this way: "In short, no arms have been provided to the Government of Pakistan since the beginning of this crisis, and the question of deliveries will be kept under review in light of developments." April 20: The department told Senator Kennedy: "... none of these items (on the 1967 'non-lethal' list, including ammunition) has been provided to the Pakistan Government or its agents since the outbreak of fighting in East Pakistan March 25-26, and nothing is presently scheduled for such delivery."
