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51 | বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড રેલt ASIAN TOPICAL TALKS DESPATCH FROM EVAN CHARLTON AT THE LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE: STATEMENT ON PAKISTAN 7th October, 1971 Edited by Mark Tully (s) The first business on the agenda of the Labor Party's Conference this morning was the adoption of statement on Pakistan presented by the National Executive Committee This was expeditiously done, less than half an hour being allotted for the discussion. There was no dissent from the statement which expressed the belief that a political solution of the situation in East Pakistan can only be reached after military repression has ceased and the political leaders of East Bengal and in particular Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have been released. Mr. Bruce Douglas Mann M.P. Supporting the executives call for the British Government to raise the issue at the current session of the United Nations, thought that unless this action was taken, the world would see the greatest tragedy it has ever known. The war being fought by the East Bengali guerrillas was a just one, in his view, and one which had to be won. Mr. Douglas Mann believed that Pakistan was dead and he would go further than the support was Mr. John Stonehouse, M. P. Who regarded it as a disaster that the United Nations had not raised its voice in condemnation of what had happened and he too thought that the creation of Bangladesh was the only realistic way out. Mr. Tom Tomey, M.P. for South Bradford spoke of the split between immigrants from the two wings of Pakistan in his own constituency and said that it was necessary to recognize that two strongly opposing views of the situation were held by the people of Pakistan. Britain's main concern should be to stop the holocaust and persuade the people concerned to get round a table and talk. He wanted pressure on the British Government to take more action to bring this about. Mrs. Judith Hart wound up the debate with a can for more overt pressures on the Pakistan Government to reach a settlement She said that the Executive's statement was based on an analysis of events which placed the responsibility for the tragedy on the Government of Pakistan. The only answer in the long term was a real political solution but she thought that the danger to the continent of Asia of war breaking out was grave and that it was of immeasurable importance that the world acted promptly through the United Nations. The Statement on Pakistan was passed unanimously and the conference went on to discuss East-West relations in Europe. ૨૭ | ASIAN TOPICAL TALKS PRESS REPORTS ON INDO-PAKISTAN SITUATION 12th October, 1971 Edited by Evan Chariton (S) Peter Hazelhurst, in a cable to The Times from New Delhi reports that Mr. Jagjivan Ram, Indian Minister of Defense, has warned President Yahya Khan that if Pakistan