659 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম ংবাদপত্র তারিখ Editor’s Note Bangladesh Newsletter 5 August, 1971 Chicago : No. 61 EDITOR’S NOTE We are sorry for the slight delay in the publication of this issue of our Newsletter. Both of our editors were out of town and our chief editor is still in Washington, D.C. helping lobbying efforts at the Capital Hall. We hope our readers will appreciate our difficulties. There is a good chance that by the time this newsletter reaches you, the House of Representatives of the United States Congress will be considering the Gallagher Amendment and acting upon it. At least it is on the agenda for floor action on Tuesday August 3, 1971. Our Washington lobbyists feel encouraged by the responses from the majority of Congressmen and their aides they have contacted. We are very much hopeful that the amendment will pass the House. The similar Saxbe-Church Amendment in the Senate will come up for floor action sometime in September when the Senate reassembles after summer recess. There is a stronger bipartisan feeling in the Senate in favor of the Amendment. (Both the Gallagher Amendment and the Saxbe-Church Amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 will stop economic and military assistance to the Pakistan military regime till a political solution is found in East Bengal.) Already 32 Senators have cosponsored the amendment. But it is important that we get more support. So please keep up the drive to have more letters sent to all the Senators during the month of August. Make your American friends write to their own Senators. And if for some reason the House fails to act on the Gallagher Amendment before the summer recess, letters and cables to all the Congressmen should also continue to flow in. We are fighting for a just cause. Never have a people been so wronged as we have been at the hands of Pakistan. It is, therefore, comparatively easy for us to win support to our cause. Just let more and more people know about the facts and they will support us. Let us work a bit harder in August. If we can stop the U.S. government from aiding the tottering government of Pakistan, the battle in Bangladesh will be half won. The Mukti Bahini (Liberation Army) will do the rest for us, Joy Bangla! ΑΤΤΕΝΤΙΟΝ 1. The Bangladesh National Anthem on Record. The BDL has made arrangements with a recording company in this country to produce a 45 r. p. m. disc record containing the national anthem of Bangladesh: “Amar Sonar Bangla”. Already the preliminary for the recording. Two renowned singers from Bangladesh sang the anthem for the recording. The record will be available from the Bangladesh Defense League office. Please place your orders with our office.
