বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড
| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
| সিনেটর কেনেডীর কাছে লিখিত পররাষ্ট্র দপ্তরের পত্রগুচ্ছ | সিনেট জুডিশিয়ারী কমিটির শরণার্থী উপকমিটির রিপোর্টঃ পরিশিষ্ট-৪ | ২৮ জুন, ১৯৭১ |
(Senate Judiciary Refugees Subcommittee Report Relief problems in East Pakistan and India: Appendix IV, June 28, 1971)
Washington, D.C., April 20, 1971.
Sub-committee on Refugees
Committee on the Judiciary
U. S. Senate
Washington D. C.
DEAR SENATOR KENNEDY: The Secretary has asked me to reply to your letter of April 6, 1971 concerning the civil strife in East Pakistan and expressing your views on the position which the U. S. Government should assume toward the situation there.
We are prepared to share fully with you our information on the situation in East Pakistan. In that connection I am pleased that Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher Van Hollen accompanied by Mr. Herbirt Rees of AID and Mr. Cleve Fuller of the Department discussed many aspects of the East Pakistan situation last week with Mr. Dale de Hanii and Mr. Jerry Tinker of the Committee staff. Assistant Secretary Sisco will be glad to give you any additional information you may desire.
As Mr. Van Hollen emphasized during that meeting, we share your concern about East Pakistan and have not been silent about the situation there. On a number of occasions since the military action began on March 25, the Department of State spokesman has underscored our concern about the death and destruction in the area, our willingness to assist the Government of Pakistan as part of an international humanitarian effort, and our hope for a political accommodation.
We have also expressed our concern over the use of American arms in East Pakistan, although, I should add, our information on the use of such arms is quite limited. It seems likely that arms acquired from a number of countries, including China the USSR, and the UK, also have been used. Since we placed an overall embargo on Map assistance to Pakistan in 1965, we have supplied no lethal end-items of military equipment to Pakistan. Last October we announced a onetime exception to sell to Pakistan a limited quantity of lethal arms. Nothing has been delivered following this decision nor is anything in the pipeline under this decision, Technical talks on the subject have not been held during the past six weeks. The matter is being kept under review.
In addition, we have a modest program of cash and credit sales to Pakistan of non-lethal military end-items as well as some spare parts and ammunition. We have been informed by the Department of Defense that none of these items has been provided to the
