74.1 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড Interest in the Russian offer to evacuate the diplomats of the two countries from Dacca and Calcutta. Then the Iranians were brought into the picture with the Government of India agreeing to provide facilities to an Iranian plane to land at Calcutta. Finally, Pakistan had on its own approached the Swiss to intervene. Now that the Swiss Ambassador here and other Swiss Government sources elsewhere have moved in the matter, Pakistan has subverted the whole thing by going back on its word. The Pakistani rejection of the Swiss offer to mediate between Mr. Masud and Mr. Hossain Ali, who declared his allegiance to the Bangladesh Government, was announced by a Foreign Office spokesman at Islamabad. In a statement, the spokesman charged India with attempting to shift its responsibilities on the dispute over the Calcutta Mission to the Swiss. The spokesman said India was committed to arranging a meeting between Mr. Masud and the ex High Commissioner, Mr. Hossain Ali, to ascertain the wishes of Mr. Ali's staff regarding repatriation. Oddly, the spokesman, ignoring his previous statement on the matter, added that "there is no need for mediation by Switzerland or any third party to bring about this meeting.
