পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৪৯

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517 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড have been taking place in the streets in daylight. According to Clare Hollingworth there are three groups of guerrillas deployed inside Dacca, and bank robberies are frequent Schools have been attacked and many parents are keeping their children at home. Clare Hollingworth says that the army, position is over-stretched. They are manning the frontiers, leaving too few men to control the countryside. According to her, the authorities are pressing the government in Islamabad to introduce collective fines on areas where guerrillas have been operating, but she thinks such a measure would be difficult to enforce. According to Clare Hollingworth, 1000 guerrillas held a conference near Barisal last weekend within three mile" of an army outpost, he conference had apparently followed the killing by the Mukti Fouj of a rival Naxalite leader. A rival guerrilla group had then agreed to join forces with the Mukti Fouj, reports Clare Hollingworth in the Daily Telegraph. In the Times a report from kuldip Nayar in New Delhi says that Hast Bangali leaders were taken by surprise and were unprepared for president Yahya Khan's military campaign Kuldip Nayar says that Delhi's strategy seems to be to sit quiet and give as much help to the guerrillas as it can. He says that the extremist group in the Mukti Bahini is putting pressure on its leaders to look more for Chinese support in their campaign. According to Kuldip Nayar the extremists argue that India is not willing to fight the Bangladesh battle. 19షి || ASIAN TOPICAL TALKS SITUATION IN EAST PAKISTAN 11th November, 1971. by Mark Tully (S) It was reported earlier this week that the Pakistan government had decided to impose collective fines in areas where subversive or anti-state activities have been going on. Mark Tully looks at the situation in East Pakistan in the light of the latest reports from the province: The Pakistan government's decision to impose collective fines shows how seriously the government now views the law and order situation in East Pakistan. Previously, the government always denied that it held local communities responsible for sabotage or other guerrilla activities in their areas. Although there was occasional evidence that after some acts of sabotage the army or the police burnt houses in the surrounding areas the government always denied that this had been done as part of an official policy. The Pakistan government has been doing their best to persuade the people of East Pakistan and indeed the world that they are not only fully in control of East Pakistan but also getting cooperation from the vast majority of the people. The government must realize that by its collective fine decision it is admitting that this is nOf SO. Reports from East Pakistan all speak of a marked increase in the activities of the guerrillas. One of the guerrillas, targets appears to be schools and colleges. The guerrillas want to dissuade students from returning to their classes. The economy has also been a