483 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড weapon-modern or indigenous-would prove useful against an army on the run and short of ammunition. In fact, indigenous arms might play a decisive role in the final act. If the Pakistanis surrender-take them prisoners and treat them well. A note of caution. All the guerrilla groups that have developed within the occupied areas independently of the central command of the Mukti Bahim must fight unitedly irrespective of their political beliefs. This is a war of national liberation. The country and its freedom come first. Any parochialism or partisan attitude resulting in a mutually annihilating conflict would, tantamount to a betrayal of the cause of the] people of Bangladesh. After much suffering our people deserve a better patriotism from those who have taken upon themselves the noble task of liberating their fellowmen from the yoke of Pakistani colonialism. Let the slogan he-Unite for victory. Victory to Bangladesh. ১৬ সেপ্টেম্বর, ১৯৭১ COLLUSION WITH IRAN Yahya's hurried trip to Tehran did not really come as a great surprise. With the military defeat approaching fast in Bangladesh he must find some way out. Not that he is giving up the hope of victory altogether. However ridiculous the military position might be-he is still moving aroused with mischievous ideas. The joint communiqué issued from Shah's Palace, however, indicate that for the first time since his genocidal attack on the people of Bangladesh Yahya has been able to make the Iranian monarch talk in favor of Pakistan's interest. It is significant that after the failure of his agents including Zulfi Bhutto in getting the Iranian regime to side with Pakistan in its crimes Yahya himself had to have a go at the House of the Pahalvis. But even such high level overture could not produce what he really wanted. Shah eventually stuck to his original title over Bangladesh-that of no commitment. The joint communiqué does not say that Iran considers Bangladesh issue an internal affair of Pakistan. But Yahya's gains are fairly considerable from another point of view. For the first time since United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Yahya has not been able to sell his idea about the basic nature of the conflict. He has been insisting, without any rhyme or reason, that the war between the People ofbangladesh and his junta was actually an Indo-Pakistan confrontation. We are amazed that the Shah swallowed the pill and apparently offered his government's good offices for a meeting between India and Pakistan for a settlement of the imaginary conflict. New Delhi is certain to prove rather cold to this dubious move. India, however, is not surprised to see the Iranians play the Pakistani game. During Ayub's war against India in
