602 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ Recognize Reality Bangladesh Today 1 November, 1971 Justice Choudhury VO]. 1 : NO. 5 Urges U.N. Members RECOGNISE REALITY JUSTICE CHOWDHURY URGES U.N. MEMBERS Mr. Justice Abu Sayeed Choudhury, Special Representative of the People's Republic of Bangladesh for Overseas and leader of the 14-member Bangladesh delegation to the United Nations called upon UN members to "get over technicalities and come forward in reality which Bangladesh is." Mr. Choudhury told PTI in an interview in New York "We are fighting with our backs to the wall. We have no doubt that victory will be ours." He recalled the events in Bangladesh leading to the declaration of independence by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and said "tile only thing left now for us is to throw out the last soldier of the invading West Pakistan army of Yahya Khan into the Bay of Bengal." He paid tribute to Mukti Bahini and the countless young people of Bangladesh who were engaged in this task. The leader of the Bangladesh delegation reacted contemptuously when asked about the credentials of the few Persons from Bangladesh in the West Pakistan Government delegation to U. N. and said. "They have been sent here to speak the voice of their dreadful master (Yahya) and they are regarded as quislings in the UN lobbies." Mr. Choudhury also added that according to information received from Bangladesh "the families of these quisling members were being kept in Dacca as hostages. If they do not speak, the way Yahya Khan wants them to, revenge will be taken on their families. Therefore, I say that these gentlemen do not represent even themselves because they are here at gun point." Asked about the steps being taken by Yahya Khan to hold by-elections and install a so-called civilian government in Bangladesh. Mr. Choudhury retorted, history will repeat itself. Quislings cannot delay independence. They met with a quick fate in the last great war and so they will in Bangladesh.
