194 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ৭৮। কূটনীতিকদের পাকিস্তানী পক্ষ নিউইয়র্ক টাইমস ৫ আগষ্ট, ১৯৭১ ত্যাগ THE NEW YORK TIMES, THURSDAY AUGUST 5, 1971 14 PAKISTANIAIDES QUIT MISSIONS IN U.S. Bengalis Charge Crimes by the Yahya Government-Some Request Asylum By Benjamin Welles Special to The New York Times Washington, August 4-Fourteen Pakistani diplomats-all of Bengali originresigned today from their embassy here or from the mission to the United Nations in protest against what they caned, "crimes against humanity" in East Pakistan by the Government of President Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan. A spokesman for the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service said that some of the Pakistani diplomats who resigned had applied for permission to remain in the country under political asylum. The spokesman said the State Department would be asked for its views as soon as personal data on the diplomats were collected. Although State Department spokesman declined comment on the matter, there were indications that the Bengali diplomats whose cause has strong support in Congress, would be permitted to remain. A. M. A. Muhith, economic counselor of the Pakistani Embassy and leader of the group, said at a news conference at the National Press Club that he and his colleagues felt they could no longer remain silent while the Pakistan Government "violates elementary norms of civilized conduct and commits crimes against humanity." The group announced that it would shift its allegiance to the "Government of Bangladesh," or "Bengal Nation," which it said represented the "hopes and aspirations" of the majority of the people of "what used to be Pakistan." The Pakistan Army moved last March to crush a movement for political autonomy in East Pakistan. Some of the movement's leaders subsequently proclaimed independence for Bangladesh, and guerrilla resistance against the troops in the east has been reported. East Pakistan, which is separated from West Pakistan by 1,000 miles of Indian territory has 72 minion people, mostly of Bengali stock. West Pakistan has a population of 55 million, mostly Punjabis and Pathans. The resignations appeared to reduce the Pakistani Embassy's staff here by half. Of 10 civilian attaches listed in the State Department's Diplomatic List, six have resigned. Atrocities Are Alleged Mr. Muhith declared that Bengalis in East Pakistan are being hunted down by the army, Villages are being put to the torch, he said, women are being abducted and raped
