80 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : সপ্তম খণ্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ৩৫। পাকিস্তানের ডেপুটি হাই কমিশনার মেহদী | ওয়াশিংটনস্থ পাক দূতাবাসের ৪ জুন, ১৯৭১ মাসুদের স্বদেশ প্রত্যাবর্তনে ভারতীয় বাধা দলিলপত্র। সম্পর্কে পররাষ্ট্র দফতরের একটি প্রেস রিলিজ PRESS RELEASE June 4, 1971 PAKISTAN TAKES SERIOUS VIEW OF UNPRECEDENTD SITUATION The Government of Pakistan has taken a serious view of the unprecedented situation in which the Indian authorities were holding Pakistani officials of the Pakistan Deputy High Commission in Calcutta against their wishes and were not allowing them to return to Pakistan. The Government of India, said the spokesman, had not arranged until now a meeting between Mr. Mehdi Masud, Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner and East Pakistani personnel of the Mission in Calcutta, which the Government of India had undertaken to arrange. "It is evident that the Government of India is deliberately pursuing dilatory tactics," he added. Following is the test of the foreign office spokesman's statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on May 27: Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner in Calcutta, Mr. Mehdi Masud has not been provided facilities to meet East Pakistani personnel of the Mission in Calcutta and ascertain their wishes with regard to their repatriation to Pakistan. The assurances given by the Government of India in this regard have not been fulfilled. Pakistan had suggested to India that a representative of the Swiss Government should be present at the meeting between Mr. East Pakistani personnel of the Mission in Calcutta, which the Government of India had undertaken to arrange. Uptil now Indian authorities have not arranged these meetings. The wishes of Pakistani staff remain unascertained and as a result, their repatriation has been delayed. It is evident that the Government of India is deliberately pursuing dilatory tactics. If the Indian reports that the East Pakistani members of our Calcutta Mission had defected were correct then there should have been no difficulty at all for these personnel to meet Mr. Masud separately and to convey their unwillingness to return to Pakistan. However, this has not happened. The Government of India is trying to avoid its commitment by advancing the plea that it cannot persuade the East Pakistani stat to meet Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner as regret to by India.
