পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/২৬২

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বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ৯৫। মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র নিউইয়র্ক টাইমস ১৯ অক্টোবর, ১৯৭১ পাকিস্তান ও ভারতকে সংযত হতে বলেছে THE NEW YORK TIMES. OCTOBER 19, 1971 U.S. URGING INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO SHOW RESTRAINT AT FRONTIERS PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY' By Bernard Gwerizmam Special To The New York Times Washington, October, 18- The United States expressed concern today over the heightened tensions and build-up of opposing forces along the Indian- Pakistani border. Charles W. Bray 3d. a State Department spokesman, said that the United States was urging both India and Pakistan to show restraint in the situation and was practicing "a form of preventive diplomacy" with other nations as well. Among the nations reached by American diplomats, officials said, were the Soviet Union, France and Britain. The United States Government acted a day after it was reported that the President of Pakistan Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan, had proposed that forces be withdrawn from both sides of the borders between his country and India. According to the official Associated Press of Pakistan, President Yahya Khan offered to pull his troops back from defensive positions along the borders if India would withdraw her forces and cease what he termed infiltration and other hostile acts. Pakistan has accused the Indians of assisting the Bengali separatist guerrillas in East Pakistan. The report said that the Pakistani leader made his proposal during a meeting in Iran last week with the Soviet President, Nikolai V. Podgorny. Through the officials in the Washington refused to disclose the size of the military buildings along India with East and West Pakistan, they indicated that they were sizable and exacerbated the situation. "We've been concerned over the reports of heightened tensions in the subcontinent including what appears to be build-up of forces on both sides in the border area" Mr. Bray said. "We have been and continue to be in touch with both Governments with a view to urging restraint by both sides in the situation." He said "we are also in touch with other Governments on this matter as well."