বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র
In the background of all these international move and diplomacy where does Bangladesh Government stand? It appears that recently the Government machinery has lost enthusiasm and initiative to a great extent and the general impression is that everyone is waiting for something to be happened. The situation should have the other way round. It is true that we being in a situation like this have to depend on others particularly on India.
In my opinion India has done a great deal for the Bangladesh movement and its survival. As a matter of fact they have done beyond expectation. No one should have expected that India would really like to march into Bangladesh. But it is because of our own failures, contradictions and lack of initiative in pursuing a direct course of action emphasizing completely on the war front, that India has to re-think and take necessary action and advantage for her self-interest.
We should not think that we have no role to play at all. As a matter of fact we can play such a role which can change the attitude of other people and Governments including that of India towards our movement. If we Gould properly appreciate the ingredients of conducting a liberation war the whole complexion would have been completely different today. The time is still there and Bangladesh Government can still take measures which will bring initiative into our hands. This was is for our own liberation and considering all the circumstances within Pakistan, we are capable of winning this war ourselves. Instead of sitting and waiting for others to act I suggest that we do the following immediately:
i) Make a list of all the political leaders, workers, students and volunteers who are
now in and around Calcutta and in the border areas and enlist them as freedom
fighters;
ii) Divide the whole of Bangladesh into small military units comprising of a few
villages;
iii) Assign such freedom fighters who would mainly do the public relation work for
our guerillas inside, in every such unit under a coordinated organizational
framework. The selection should be made in such a way that people are
engaged in the areas where they locally belong;
iv) The Headquarters should be shifted from Calcutta keeping only a small public
relation office in the Mission besides the office or the Mission as such;
v) The Headquarters should be established in suitable border areas on mobile and
there should be no office excepting for defense, liaison, and finance. The
Cabinet members can stay as the headquarter for coordinating the war efforts.
If this can be done the whole complexion of our movement and that of our leadership will immediately change and our position will be much stronger in relation to other governments and powers who are thinking to solve our problem according to their own
