198 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড Robert G. McCloskey, the department's spokesman, said today that the Soviet Union and the United States were not in touch over the Indian Pakistani dispute. He was asked the question at the regular daily news briefing without reference to the intelligence reports on the Soviet role in the controversy. The Indian Government went out of its way yesterday to assure Secretary of State William P. Rogers that it’s new treaty or its allies. The assurances were conveyed by Ambassador Lakshmi Kant Jha and were r ported accepted by Mr. Rogers, American officials cautioned, however that the Indian-Pakistani tensions were not likely to diminish in the foreseeable future even if New Delhi continued to withhold recognition from Bangladesh. Intelligence specialists noted that Mrs. Gandhi was under pressure at home to recognize the rebel and to give the guerrillas even greater assistance in their efforts to end West Pakistani control of East Pakistan. This pressure, they said is likely to increase with guerrilla activities and the problems posed by the refugees, The United States agrees with India that the East Pakistani crisis can be solved only through a political accommodation under which President Yahya would grant the region autonomy. But it is recognized here that such an accommodation under which President possible in view of the mounting guerrilla war, Betrayal of Rebels Charged New Delhi, August 12 (Reuters). An Indian political leader today accused his country and Soviet Union of stabbing Bangladesh. Atal Behari Vajpayee, leader of the right-wing Jan Sangh party charged at a rally that there was no mention of Bangladesh in a Soviet-India issue yesterday. "On the contrary, it discusses the interests of the entire people of 'Pakistan. Mr. Vajpayee declared. "This is a stab in the back of Bangladesh and amounts to support for the indivisibility of Pakistan."
