635 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড Legal Counselor of the BDL explained the legal framework of the organization and clarified various legal points for the benefit of the participants. BDL accountant presented appropriate procedure for collecting funds and channeling them to the central fund. Other organizational matters were discussed in detail and arrangements for closer cooperation to achieve continuity and maximum efficiency in the efforts of the individual units were agreed upon. A Board of Directors, under whose guidance the co-ordination of activities will be undertaken, was formed with on representative from each group. This will later be enlarged to include representation from all other groups not yet presented. Mr. Mahmud Ali, former Vice-Consul of the Pakistan consulate in New York, who served his relations with the Government of Pakistan and declared allegiance to the Bangladesh Government, also attended the meeting and presented a report. The meeting approved the budget of the Bangladesh Mission in New York and the amount was released from the BDL fund. The meeting also allocated funds to immediately establish a Mission in Washington D.C. The meeting approved a guideline for all members of the BDL to the effect that each member will contribute a minimum of ten percent of his take-home salary to the BDL until the invaders of Bangladesh are driven out. Bangladesh Government is in urgent need of large sums of foreign exchange. All members and sympathizers are urged to donate maximum possible amount. I was further decided that a research unit under the title ‘Bangladesh Research Center’ be established as a subsidiary of the BDL. The Research Center will be responsible for bringing out timely books, articles, papers, brochures, to advance the cause of Bangladesh and counter the false and malicious propaganda of the Pakistan Government and its embassies around the world. Bangladesh Research Center will welcome materials for publication and distribution. Please send us your suggestions. The President of the BDL will visit the West Coast and contact the Bangladesh groups to change ideas with them with view to coordinating their efforts with other groups. A nation-wide campaign for donation to the Bangladesh Emergency Welfare Appeal is being worked upon. A brochure to accompany the fund raising appeal is under preparation.
