498 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড Dr. Wali Khan wrote from St. John Nfd: “Where is the humanity of the Washington leaders who uphold the traditional image of concerned and compassionate America, the champion of democracy? Is the U.S. condoning genocide in Bangladesh in the interest of stability rather than morality?” Dr. Albert Blaustein, a professor at Rutgers Law School feels distressed when he SayS. “Its incredible to conceive so many people are suffering so seriously. We have such a mess in Vietnam War. We have forgotten we are a humanitarian nation”. The international Conference of distinguished scholars, editors and parliamentarians held in Toronto, observed in “Toronto Declaration of Concern”, that the Parliaments were “horrified by the events of recent months in East Pakistan which have resulted in one of the major disaster in man’s history”. “.... The present situation is a threat to peace both in the Sub-continent of SouthEast Asia and throughout world with the danger of great power involvement in a familiar pattern of escalation. Inspite of repeated warnings including that of SecretaryGeneral U Thant the World remains largely indifferent. The staggering costs of refugees operations have been left prominently as a burden for India to carry. No effective political pressures have been brought to bear by the World community to end the mounting tragedy”. Even Katherine G. Kelley of American Embassy-U.S. AID in Islamabad marked; “If the U.S. has to agonize over the question of supporting a democracy as opposed to a military suppressionist regime that has murdered a million of its citizens and driven more than 6 million from their homes and country, then the United States has forfeited the right to ever again purport to exercise moral leadership or promote democracy”. The humanists are distressed, to hear the bells tolling for the humanity. They are bewildered to see the upholders the makers of the great charter of “Human Rights and Dignity’ digging the grave for humane values and beliefs by their own hands. The world to-day is posed with a big question where is the Truth? The truth is in the minds of the people of Bangladesh, the truth is in the action of the Mukti Bahini. It is a faith with the Bengalis. The people of Bangladesh, which once went by the names of East Pakistan, wanted to live with all human dignity, to create a society free from political domination, economic exploitation, cultural annihilation. It is their wish. When the people wish who can stand on the way? Who constitute the country? It is the people. What is a government? It is, to quote, “of the people, by the people, for the people”. So, the truth is, when the people of Bangladesh wish to be independent, sovereign, and to be the master of their own affairs, what authority, legal or moral, Yahya Khan has to murder a nation?
