660 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড 2. We have reprinted several thousand copies of a booklet entitled "Why Bangladesh" (46 pages) originally published by the Public Relations Department, government of Bangladesh. We would like to sell this book in order to raise funds and also for publicity. We would like our readers to help. Please let us know how many copies you want for yourselves and how many you can sell. We would like to sell it at 50c a piece. 3. Senator Kennedy is expected to make a trip to the refugee camps in India sometime in August. Please write commending Senator Kennedy on his action and ask your friends to write too. 4. The format of the brochure for Bangladesh emergency Welfare Appeal (BEWA) has gone to the press. As soon as it is ready we will send it to different groups. The brochure may be distributed personally or mailed to prospective donors. We will send a copy of the brochure to each of our readers with our next newsletter. 5. The Bangladesh Information Center in Washington, D.C. has brought out its first newsletter which contains many useful in formations about lobbying activities etc. If you haven't received your copy please send your address to the Bangladesh Information Center, 418 Seward Square, Apt 4, Washington, D.C. 20003 (Phone: 202-547-3194). SPECIAL NOTE Below is a draft of a letter which could be sent to Congressmen and Senators. If your Senators and Congressmen have already indicated support for the Gallagher amendment or the Saxbe-Church amendment, it would be helpful if you would write them brief notes indicating your approval of the position each has taken. Senators or Congressmen with some sort of national constituency (such as Paul McCloskey or Harold Hughes) will undoubtedly take into account the opinions of persons writing to them from other states, particularly on an issue which doesn’t affect the home-town voters very much. Dear Senator: Knowing of your interest in international affairs and American foreign policy, we would like to convey to you our concern on the question of U.S. aid to Pakistan. The situation in East Pakistan, far from returning to normal, has deteriorated in the past several months. The report of a World Bank mission to East Pakistan last month confirms beyond any doubt, the existence of widespread fear, death, and destruction, as well as the disruption of normal activities. Bengalis continue to fear for their lives on a daily basis; the economic life of the area has been almost totally disrupted; and the food situation threatens to become desperate. As long as the American Government continues to support the Pakistan Government with military and economic aid, it is, in effect, supporting the repressive action of the Pakistan Army and its persistent brutality toward a civilian population. As you know, eye-witness accounts have revealed that American planes, tanks and armored personnel carriers have been used in East Pakistan, and four Pakistan ships have carried military equipment from the United States to Pakistan since the outbreak of difficulties March 25, despite the imposition of a State Department ban on such shipments. On the basis of its
