465 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ পাকিস্তানের প্রেসিডেন্ট-এর কাছে পূর্ব ওয়াশিংটন পোষ্ট ১২ এপ্রিল, ১৯৭১ পাকিস্তানের জনগণের ওপর নির্যাতনের প্রতিবাদে আমেরিকান ফ্রেন্ডস অব পাকিস্তান AN APPEAL TO PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN BY "AMERICAN FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN', PUBLISHED ON APRIL 12,1971 Your Excellency: Reports that have reached this country leave no room to doubt that the Government of Pakistan has abandoned peaceful negotiations and democratic procedures in East Pakistan and is seeking to subjugate a majority of its own citizens by military force. To this end, it has loosed the terrors of modern warfare, including tanks, planes, and artillery, against unarmed people, killing literally thousands. Outsiders can sympathies with the grave troubles and concerns of the Government of Pakistan, but they cannot remain silent when it is making war on its own people. We believe that no government has right to impose its will by force of arms on a populace that has spoken so unanimously as the people of East Pakistan and whose aspirations are so reasonable. All of us have been actively concerned for many years with the problems faced by Pakistan and with the struggle of its people, in both the West and the East, for a better life. We have been heartened by the progress that was being made toward, a more ample life and toward democracy. But we fear that the present course of the Government of Pakistan can lead only to disaster. We urge you, in the name of humanity and out of love for your country, to arrange for a truce before all is lost, and to restore legitimate and responsive government in East Pakistan with all possible haste. Dr Frank, C. Child. Dr.Edward S. Mason Dr.Edwin H. Clark H. Mr.John W.Mellor Dr.Paul G. Clark Dr.Gustav F. Papanak. Dr. James Coleman Dr.Hanna Papanak. Dr.Edward C.Dimock, Jr. Dr.Stefan H. Robock. Dr.Robert Dorfman. Dr.Peter Rogers. Dr. Walter P.Falcon Dr. James A.F.Stoner. Dr. John C.H. Fei. Dr. John W. Thomas. Dr. Richard W. Gable Dr.D.Wynne Thome. Dr.Robert Gomer Dr.Barbara Ward (Lady Jackson). Dr.Gary Hufbauer Dr.Stanislaw Wellisz Dr.John Isaacs Dr.Winston W.Wetzel Dr.Kiromitsu Kaneda Dr. Jerome B.Wiesner Dr.Mauric D.Kilbridge Dr.Wayne Wilcox. Dr.Stephen R.Lewis,Jr. For inquiries, endorsements, contributions write to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN. 81, Kiburn Road. Belmont, Mass 02178
