664 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড produced results as far as Canada's reaction to the Bangladesh situation. The most recent one was that of cancellation of all export permits for arms, scheduled for PADMA." San Francisco The San Francisco group in collaboration with the Stanford India Association organized a program of songs by Joan Baez at the Stanford Frost Amphitheatre on July 24. The program was a great success. More than 12,000 attended the concert with many more waiting outside. In the middle of the program Miss Baez made an announcement that a major portion of the proceeds from the concert will go to aid the refugees from East Bengal. At the concert the Bangladesh group collected about 2500 signatures to a petition which was later sent to all Senators and Congressmen from California. The group has also mounted a massive letter-writing campaign to the congressmen in support of the Gallagher Amendment. They have also been meeting with many church heads in San Francisco to solicit help and support. Los Angeles The Los Angeles group informs us that they have contacted the Longshoreman's Association at Los Angeles and have received assurances from them that they will not load any military goods on any ship destined for Pakistan. Champaign-Urbana The group has arranged for a regular weekly film show of renowned international movies to raise funds for Bangladesh. They have already shown "Nayak" by Satyajit Roy on July 23". The film show was followed by refreshment in which Bengali food items were sold to raise funds. About $ 250 were raised. The next picture to be shown will be "Day Shall Dawn" the first Bengali picture produced in East Bengal which won international acclaim at the Moscow Film Festival. Madison The Bangladesh Liberation Committee of Madison has set up a permanent table at the Student Union of the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin for distribution of literature on Bangladesh. For the last one month the group, composed almost exclusively of Americans, has been distributing literature and selling buttons supplied by the BDL. They have recently written an article for the Capital Times, the largest circulating newspaper in Madison, which was given prominent position in the newspaper. Recently they collected about 1500 signatures on a petition urging that all military and economic aid be stopped to Pakistan till its military withdraws from Bangladesh. The petition was sent to all Congressmen and Senators of Wisconsin. Philadelphia The Friend's of East Bengal have continued to be alter for any in-coming Pakistani vessel in their area. If and when such vessel appears in the Baltimore harbor this group plans to picket and obstruct loading of any arms and ammunition to Pakistan. They have already gotten assurances from the Longshoremen's Union that arms and ammunitions
