473 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড certainly not longer than a week or so, It is now dragging toward the sixth month with the hope of victory fast receding beyond the horizon with every sunrise. Like a drowning man Yahya now wants to survive by holding on to any piece of weed coming his way. His latest strategy has been one of creating a famine, as wide-spreadly as possible, in the occupied areas of Bangladesh. He, hopes that with this famine, when he will have millions more die in Bangladesh, the resistance will crumble assuring a lasting victory for his colonial army. That he is bent upon this trebly more infernal, sadistic madness has been proved by several recent happenings. He received from U.S.A. and China boats and coasters, allegedly to facilitate the distribution of food following total disruption of the communication system by the Mukti Bahini. These have been duly transformed into gunboats and army supply crafts. This week Mukti Bahini captured a Pak army supply convoy. It was carrying ration that included dozens of cartons of relief food meant for cyclone and flood victims of Bangladesh donated by World Red Cross and CARE, the American relief organisation. Not only that blankets, tents and other relief materials donated by various world organizations for the victims of great November cyclone have been supplied to the killer-army. Thus, deliberately hungry millions are being forced to die of hunger not only by not doing anything for supply of required food grains in the occupied areas, but also by depriving them of the food supplied by outside agencies. This monstrous vengeance against the people of Bangladesh is being practiced within full knowledge of Nixon administration that claims to have a lever with the killer junta by virtue of its policy of appeasement. The critical month of October is approaching. Unprecedented famine is perhaps imminent. We shall soon know that the United Nations has proceeded to justify this premeditated mass murder like the way it condoned the Pakistani genocide. But can this apocalyptic design of the killer junta be successful in destroying the liberation war? Obviously, Yahya and his collaborators are working keeping Biafra in view. In Biafra the severe famine was responsible for the defeat. Can the same thing happen here too? The fallacy of the murderous logic of victory through famine lies in the very nature of the war and in the geographical conditions of Bangladesh. In Biafra, the rebels were trapped by the federal army in a land that was contiguous to Nigeria. They could not even seek sanctuary in another friendly country. Thus, with famine, their war economy crumbled. The conditions in Bangladesh are just the opposite. Here the colonial army is trapped and totally surrounded by the liberation forces who do not depend on the economy of the occupied areas. In fact, in the 85-90 per cent of the areas controlled by the People's Republic of Bangladesh, there will be no question of famine whatsoever. Already measures are being taken to meet any food shortage during October. Hence, a famine in the occupied area will have no effect whatsoever on our march to victory. The murderous famine strategy shows once again that Yahya may be a monstrous killer but a lousy military strategist. And the way he fled from Dacca on March 25 had proved already that he is also a disgraceful coward. The man seems to be going round the bend-as the net is steadily closed in. The writing is getting larger on the wall.
