| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
|---|---|---|
| অস্ট্রীয় বেতারে প্রচারিত প্রধানমন্ত্রীর সাক্ষাৎকার | ভারত সরকারের পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয় | ২৭ অক্টোবর, ১৯৭১ |
PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI’S INTERVIEW OF THE AUSTRIAN
RADIO, OCTOBER 27, 1971.
Q.-What expectations do you connect with your visit of Austria and your world tour generally?
A.- Only the expectation of understanding and friendship.
Q.-India and Pakistan are virtually on the threshold of war. What would happen If your visits in Austria and the other foreign capitals are unsuccessful?
A.-Well, as I said that I have just come to gain a greater understanding of the European situation and to try and give an understanding to the leaders and the people of the countries I visit about the situation in India and in Asia. So, there is no question of success or non-success on this. I will just say that I have not come with any goal of end in view.
Q.-What must happen in your opinion to avoid an armed conflict on the soid of the Indian sub-continent?
A.- Well, political settlement in East Bengal which is acceptable to the people and to the elected representatives of East Bengal.
Q.- Pakistan has accepted proposal of the United Nations to station U.N. civil personnel on Indian and Pakistani soil to observe the repatriation of refugees. Why has not India done so?
A. Firstly, we have got 10 people from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees already there in India visiting the camps and the border. Secondly, what are they going to supervise if they come to India? They have first to stop the further influx which is taking place at the rate of anything from 30,000 a day to 42,000 a day. There is no point in telling people to go back when everyday they see that 30,000 more people are coming with tales of atrocitics, repression and so on. Therefore, the first task of anybody who wants to interest himself in this matter is to prevent the further influx of refugees into India. Then only you can consider the next step.
Q.- The British Sunday paper “Observer” has called you a dove with sharp claws. What will happen if the situation worsens in East Pakistan; there is a famine to expect? What will happen and what will the situation be, at what point of the situation will it be unbearable for India?
A.- The situation is very grave today because we feel that our stability and security are threatened. We do not believe in war as a solution of problems. We have done and we
