○ br○ বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড Now, is he aware that even at the times of the Indo-Pak war in 1965 the US declared an embargo on arms sale and supply to Pakistan and yet the supplies continued? Now we find, according to the International Herald Tribune, that the US State Department spokesman Robert McCloskey has said that since 1966-67 the sale of military items to Pakistan had been running just under ten million dollars annually. Now the New York Times has disclosed that between 1967 and April 30, 1970, the flow of military equipment to Pakistan amounted to nearly 42 million dollars. All these facts were known to you, Should have been known to your Ambassador also. What is he doing? I should like to know. In this connection what policy decision is the Government taking? Does he not consider that this is a clear criminal abetment by the US of the genocide perpetrated in Bangladesh by Yahya Khan to suppress the 75 million people, to drown their aspirations in a sea of blood? If this is an abetment we think it is an abetment-he should tell the world, talk to the other countries, that America is guilty of violation of the UN Charter, the UN Human Rights Charter and other international conventions and commitments in so directly and openly abetting a crime like the genocide that is being perpetrated there. This is number one. Does he recognize, in addition, that this arm supply today is a provocation against India and indeed an instigation to Pakistan to prepare for war against India, that with the arms supply coming to Pakistan from the U.S.A tension on the border is mounting, that the West Pakistan troops are mounting up military provocation which indicates that they may even do something worse. Since our national interests are involved, this arms supply to West Pakistan by the U.S.A should be taken as not only an attack on the freedom loving people of Bangladesh but a hostile military action and military action and military preparation against the peace of our own country. If that is so, we are certainly entitled to call the attention of the world and take such action, including not only political but other actions also, to prevent this thing from materializing. Sir, there is no indication at all. He will say the Defense Minister is sitting by his side. MR. CHAIRMAN: Please put your question. SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA: His answer would be that the Defense Minister is sitting by his side to answer the question. When the Americans are arming the Yahya regime, the West Pakistan troops against our country apart from the people of Bangladesh, what steps are you going to take to forestall a situation of this kind? I think our answer should be recognition of Bangladesh, open assistance to Bangladesh including military assistance, supply of all types of weapons that are required in order to meet the situation and to intercept the ships on the high seas. Bangladesh certainly to do so. Where are they going to get the weapons from? Where are they going to get aircraft from? That should be though over seriously. In this connection nothing of the kind is being done. And we should take certain other actions also. We should declare on the floor of the House that we should consider the American action as being aimed against India, against our security, our independence, our people, and therefore, we consider this whole action to be hostile to our country. Take action against American business interests. Nationalize the American oil concerns. Seize some of their properties here and then they will understand your language, not the present language of Sardar Swaran Singh. Recall your Ambassador Mr. L. K. Jha..........
