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460 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড 6. Planning Commission, op. cit. Appendix III. 7. The Six-Point autonomy program of the Awami League is (1) Establishment of a federation "on the basis of the Lahore Resolution and the Parliamentary framework of government with supremacy of legislature directly elected on the basis of adult franchise." (2) Federal government shall deal with only two subjects; that is defense and foreign affairs and all other residuary subjects should rest in the federating states. (3) There should be either two separate but freely convertible currencies for the two wings or one currency for the whole country, provided that effective constitutional provisions were made to stop the flight of capital from East to West Pakistan. There should be separate banking reserves and a separate fiscal and monetary policy for East Pakistan. (4) It denies the centre the right of taxation and vests it in the hands of the federating states with the centre receiving a fixed share. (5) Foreign trade: Five steps (a) There shall be two separate accounts for foreign exchange earnings. (b) Earnings of East Pakistan shall be under the control of East Pakistan and the same for West Pakistan. (c) Foreign exchange requirements of the federal government shall be met by the two wings cither equally or in a ratio to be fixed. (d) Indigenous products shall move free of duty within the wings. (e) The constitution shall empower the unit governments to establish trade and commercial relations with, set up trade missions in, and enter into agreements with foreign countries. (6) Setting up a militia or para-military force by East Pakistan. 8. Papanek, G. F. Pakistan's Development: Social Goals and Private Incentives, Harvard University Press, 1967. 9. The Washington Post, March 30, gives a graphic account of the massacres committed with the use of armored units in Dacca, the regional capital of East Pakistan. 10. Bowles, Chester, Promises to Keep: My Years in Public Life 1941-1969, p. 521, Harper and Row, 1971. 11. Bowles, op cit., p. 522.