957 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের প্রতিনিধি জর্জ বুশ- জাতিসংঘ ডকুমেন্টস ৬ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ এর বিবৃতি STATEMENT BY MR. GEORGE BUSH, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE U.S.A. December 6, 1971 I should like, first, to make a very brief comment regarding the statement by the Ambassador of India. I appreciate his omitting certain passages from the column that he quoted. In all sincerity, I say that this was most considerate and courteous of him. But I do believe that a brief reply is in order. He insists on deflecting the Security Council's attention from the fire on the subcontinent by using this ageless device of quoting selectively from columns or editorials printed here that are unfavorable to the policy of the United States Government. Let me, here and now, assure this Council that our people-and that is what counts in this country- support what the United States Government has been trying to do, selective columns to the contrary notwithstanding. Our people, our policy, supported the Secretary-General in his call for help for the refugees, in his call for observers. Where not those efforts by our SecretaryGeneral even-handed? We think they were. Our people supported the massive relief effort for refugees in Pakistan and the massive relief effort for refugees in India. Our people supported the vigorous private diplomacy in which our President engaged in trying to get the forces of both sides to pull back. And our people supported, happily and proudly, the recent visit of the Indian Prime Minister to our soil. I can also assure our colleague that the American people strongly support the United States draft resolution which received such an overwhelming vote in the Security Council, a resolution to stop killing, a resolution for a ceasefire and withdrawal, resolution-and let me quote it very briefly: . . toward the creation of a climate conducive to the voluntary return of refugees to East Pakistan". Our people support that, as they did a resolution supporting the Secretary General's offer for good offices for peace. That is what we support, selective columns to the contrary notwithstanding. This is not a one-sided policy. I hope it is a compassionate policy, a compassionate policy towards a continent in flames, 1 wish the draft resolution had garnered even more votes than the overwhelming number it did receive. I wish it had received the unanimous support of the world community. In summary, we can find voices of dissent on our policy in this country; we can find editorials. But I do not want this Council to be diverted by this device of shifting the focus to our Government by quoting unfavorable domestic sources. No matter from
