46 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড When all our peaceful attempts were tailed and on the night of" the 25th of March Yahya's army most shamelessly cracked down on the unarmed people of Bangladesh, we had no alternative hut to proclaim independence of Bangladesh to safeguard the very entity of 15 million democratic Bengalees of Bangladesh. Our Prime Minister was talking to a correspondent of the Times of London. He said What I cannot understand is how the democratic govt. of the world could afford to continue supporting a dictatorial regime of a military junta in preference to a nation involved to the last in a democratic struggle for survival with democratic values of life and hopes of a statehood. West Pakistan will be bankrupt by the end of the Summer and will be unable to sustain its struggle against Bangladesh according to leading economist of Pakistan. Dr. Robert Dorfman, the Harvard economist, said yesterday that West Pakistan cannot continue without some kind of aid from outside which can be diverted towards military efforts in Bangladesh. He said : It appeared that West Pakistan was desperately seeking a moratorium on its dept installment which fall due this month. Therefore the continued flow of American grants and loans is the most immediate objective in West Pakistan strategy, more important by far than any military operations. He said that the U. S. A should therefore refuse to finance any military operations. The Pakistani arrogance has at last been swallowed by them when they agreed to accommodate representative of Secretary General U Thant, to coordinate relief work in Bangladesh. This was made clear in a letter from the Pakistani representative in the U. N. O. Mr. Agha Shahi. The letter was published in the U. N. O headquarters yesterday. Previously no less a person than the President of the now defunct Pakistan, himself declined to accommodate such representatives of the U. N. O. The Soviet Communist Party Paper, Pravda, today highlighted the firing by the Pakistani army into Assam on Monday, thus reflecting Soviet concern over growing tension in that region. The report depicted the incident as an act of provocation on the part of the Pakistani Army in occupation of East Bengal. The U. N. O. Secretary General U Thant has expressed his final decision not to contest for the office for another term. The Indian Prime Minister. Mrs. Indira Gandhi, appealed to the world community to intercede for restoration of peace and democracy in Bangladesh. She was replying to a 8 hr. long debate in the Indian Lok Sobha yesterday. She emphasized that the refugee influx and other developments caused by Pakistan's calculated genocide in Bangladesh threatens the peace and security of India and indeed of South-East Asia. The Soviet President Podgorny accompanied by his military, economic, and political aids has started discussion with his Egyptian counterpart President An war Sadat. Podgorny reached Cairo on Monday last and met the Egyptian President in the night. The meeting continued yesterday.
