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বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র

complete support of the population and continues to achieve more successes every day. The world is gradually recognizing this fact.

 David Loshak in a despatch from Sylhet writes in DAILY TELEGRAPH on April 15 “their own losses have been so far, heavier but Bengalis in their thousands are continuing the fight and constantly replacing the dead. I found of their morale consistently high despite their desparate situation, and there is no doubt of their readiness to fight to the death".

 The SUNDAY TIMES of London writes on April 18 “the independence of Easi Pakistan is inevitable. What started as a movement for economic autonomy within the framework of united Pakistan has been irrevocably transformed by the wholesale slaughter of East Pakistani civilians into a movement that sooner or later will produce an independent East Pakistan-'Bangladesh is a matter of time."

 THE SUNDAY TIMES of London writes on June 20, 1971 “frequent grenade blasts rock Dacca, apparently the work of the Mukti Fouj. Most young people between the ages of 16 and 26 have joined the Mukti Fouj. Their widespread fear is that to be young in East Pakistan is to be killed. They mentioned the hope also that they may one day live in a free Bangladesh."

 Martin Woollacott writes in THE GUARDIAN, London on June 23 “but outside Dacca and not only in the border regions, the army still faces the almost impossible task of guarding a vulnerable communication system and rural economy against sabotage by the guerilla groups of Mukti Fouj who still have bases in the interior of the Province."

 Clare Hollingworth writes in the DAILY TELEGRAPH of July 6 referring to the West Pakistani troops vis-a-vis freedom fighters “but the position of the armed forces grows more difficult everyday as the training and efficiency of the Bangladesh guerillas increase." She further writes in the same despatch from Dacca, “and unless dramatic efforts at conciliation are made and made soon, Bangladesh will become an independent state whether it takes the guerillas 5 years or even a decade to make their points; for they have the everwhelming support of the population as the 96% vote in the election for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman suggests."

 Sydney Schanberg of NEW YORK TIMES wrote on July 13 “outside Comilla not long ago the guerillas blew up a rail bridge, a repair train was sent out with armed guards. The guerillas attacked the repair train in broad day light, killing the firemen and taking a hostage. The train sped back into town."

 Schanberg writes again on July 15 after he was expelled from Dacca “guerillas (of the Mukti Bahini) have recently carried out several raids in and around Dacca, knocking out Power Supply Stations, attacking on Ordnance Factory and damaging a plant that Was converting motor launches into gun boats for the army. This correspondent found that poor Bengali villagers, though too occupied with daily survival to think about defying the army openly were quietly cheering the insurgents on and hoping for a chance to help them."