পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৩৫

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603 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড hands of military justice and he could not give any exact date for the trial. "He would be court-martialed, and I cannot say whether or not he would be alive when the assembly meets," he added. Asked what his government intended to do about the East Pakistan refugees now living in India. Yahya Khan said that he had invited all of them to return but was not sure that his invitation bad been communicated to the displaced persons, "Some 10,000 refugees had already returned borne and about 1000 were coming in every day through unofficial channels". India, however, was doing its best to prevent the refugees so because Mrs. Gandhi wished to use the issue as a political weapon against Pakistan. "India," the President said, "has set up training camps for rebels in its territory. Some 35,000 rebels are being trained and the displaced persons are being used as a means of pressure on Pakistan." We asked if it was true that a "new Tashkent", had been proposed by the Soviet Union. Tile President said he had no official information on this. "I am ready to meet the Indian leaders anywhere and anytime, provided we discuss the return of displaced persons, treating the issue as a humanitarian and not political." he said. "But they have refused all our offers of negotiations and sabotaged the work of the United Nations in this respect. They hope to break Pakistan and think they have no interest -in talking to , it ԱՏ . He added that India was openly saying it would not allow the refugees to return to "Yahya Khan's Pakistan but only to Mujib's Bangladesh". Under Pressure "This," he said, "is clear intervention in our internal affairs and obviously, we reject it". He repeated that he was a soldier and would not give in to any pressure. "They say", he went on, "that I am under pressure from this or that big power. That is nonsense. Those who say it don't know me. A man can be subjected to pressure only if he is interested in this chair. I am not. and I have made it clear that I shall throw any aid back in the donor's face if there are any strings attached." "Yahya Khan said that the Soviet and American governments had It' adopted "a correct policy" towards Pakistan right from the start of the crisis but he could not say the same about Britain. "The British government" he said, "has been openly hostile to us trying to meddle in our internal affairs. Their foreign secretary has made this clear. As a member of the Commonwealth we had expected Britain to remain at least neutral and not back India so openly. We told Yahya Khan of talks we had heard in Pakistan about keeping him President at least for a few more years.