738 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম ংবাদপত্র তারিখ Editorial Bangladesh 29 October, 1971 Yahya's Strategy VO|. 1 : NO. 9 YAHYA'S STRATEGY In politics the most obvious is frequently the most misleading. In this context, Yahya's threat of a "total war" against India is obvious but misleading. Now that his colonial grip on the East is weakening, Yahya obviously hopes to continue the rule of the Generals in the West by raising "Crush India" slogans. Yahya's threat of a total war is misleading because more than anybody else he knows for sure that West Pakistani troops have performed miserably against India in past wars. But, behind Yahya's propaganda war lies his real intention of attracting international intervention and mediation to save the "integrity and solidarity" of the Khan dynasty. Yahya is giving the world a quite fraudulent impression that he could manage the "internal affair" and install a puppet regime in Dacca if it weren't for the activities of "India infiltrators and agents" in Bangladesh. It is incredible that "India infiltrators and agents" could Cause so much trouble for Yahya in the deep interior of Bangladesh. Apparently Yahya is ashamed to admit that the Bengali Mukti Bahini are gradually taking over the control of Bangladesh. However, the recognition of the independence of Bangladesh has been delayed because of Yahya's maneuvers to get arms and other supplies from some of the outside powers which are most anxious to bail him out. Yahya was counting for so long on his ability to go through the farce of proclaiming a constitution, filling up the vacancies in the Assemblies-created by his earlier decision to disqualify nearly half of the elected representatives—and establishing a civilian government under the army's tutelage. He apparently expected that once he was able to put through this program of fake democracy the world community would be more favorably inclined toward him. Bu the Mukti Bahini have upset all his plans. Now that they have stepped up their offensive and are inflicting heavy casualties on West Pakistani troops, Yahya Khan is desperately trying to cloud the vital issue of independence of Bangladesh by his war propaganda. But his brinkmanship will have no effect in Bangladesh or abroad except to satisfy the dehumanized military machine in West Pakistan.
