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489 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র e পররাষ্ট্র বিভাগের উপসচিবকে লিখিত মিঃ উইলিয়াম | জন হপকিন্স বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | ৩ জুন ১৯৭১ বি. গ্রনোর চিঠিঃ পূর্ব পাকিস্তানের বর্তমান পরিস্থিতিতে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের নীতির অসারতা ব্যাখ্যা THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY School of Medicine 3 Jաne, 1971 Mr. Christopher Van Hollen Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 Dear Mr. Van Hollen: I very much appreciate the trouble you have taken to answer my letter to Secretary Rogers with regard to the situation in East Pakistan. It is encouraging to know that you have personally taken considerable time not only to respond to my assessment but also to listen to the appraisals given by several others of those associated with the Cholera Research Laboratory, in particular Drs. Lincoln Chen and George Curlin. First, let me be sure you realize that I am fully aware of the fact that you are in possession of virtually all of the information which I have at my disposal through your daily direct communications with Dacca. Hence with any factual or eye-witness information at my disposal, 1 am not pretending to convey any novel data to you. I, of course, as a layman cannot understand what has dictated your restricting access to this very comprehensive material that you have been receiving. In particular, I do not understand why you are not even permitting the use of this information for Congressional briefings. This is particularly worrisome to me since the bulk of information for our own legislators as to the actual situation in East Pakistan has come only through the many informal sources which we as private, and concerned citizens I have been able to muster. Fortunately these sources are multiple, accurate and confirm each other and are thus persuasive. I am not at all clear as to how our elected lawmakers can function in any sort of a responsible fashion without access to the facts available to our own Government. Perhaps you can clarify this for me. With regard to the statements issued by the Department of State, of course everyone would have "hopes", "concerns”, and "wishes" for a peaceful solution and expect that "discussions" would be in progress. This, however, is not news that has much clout when one looks at our actual involvement. The U. S. C-130 military transport aircraft (granted from Turkey) which provide the backbone of the logistics for supply of the army operations in East Pakistan and the modern Huey Cobra jungle warfare helicopters (latest