পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৬৭

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635 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড These moves will only make the Bengali more bitter; they don't recognise Governor A. M. Malik as one of them, the cabinet consists of hated members of rightist parties throunced in the election, the by elections are for seals arbitrarily denied to elected members of the Awami League. What could help the freedom fighters still more, however, is unrest in West Pakistan. The Bengali struggle may slowly be having an effect on tribal movement for autonomy in the Western wing. The Khaiber Mail recently reported the activities of the Baluchistan national front for liberation, Kabul (Afghanistan) Radio recently broadcast a report about mammoth meetings by Pathans demanding a sovereign Pakhtoonistan, Perhaps more significant politically is the growing unrest among workers and students in the urban areas. For the moment they seem to be, looking to the effervescent Zulfiqar AU Bhutto to lead them to the Promised Land. Bhutto is maneuvering. He is still believed to be on friendly personal terms with his cocktail companion. President Yahya Khan, and was recently credited with the suggestion (hat Yahya become the "national Prime Minister". On the other hand he is cementing his relations with the younger middle-ranking officers who an known to be disenchanted with the old men at the top. It would not be beyond imagination for Bhutto to consider the possibility of a coup d'etat using the younger officers for the principal thrust and perhaps Yahya as a temporary unifying symbol. If Bhutto gets into the driver's seat, he can be expected to go to any length lo hold on to East Pakistan. But others could intervene-a decision by the younger officers not lo continue military repression in the east, a well-timed military move by India, a decisive strike by the, Bengali forces themselves at the right moment, The very fact that talk of all kinds of possibilities has started in West Pakistan is significant. There have even been public demands by some leaders for an end to the excesses in the eastern wing. By any reckoning, October–November could be a decisive period for Pakistan.