599 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : সপ্তম খণ্ড পরিশিষ্ট-২ শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ২১৬ আত্মসমর্পণের আগে দখলদার বাহিনীর | এ্যাডভোকেট আমিনুল হক ৮ মার্চ, ১৯৭২ বেসামরিক সরকারের পদত্যাগ ও সে সময়ের পরিস্থিতি সম্পর্কে জাতিসংঘের শরণার্থী বিষয়ক কর্মকর্তা জন কেলীর একটি প্রতিবেদন THREE DAYS IN DACCA 1971 Ву John R. Kelly The is a personal account of some of the events which occurred in Dacca in 14, 15 and 16 December 1971. It in no way involves the Organization of which I am a member, and is written simply as a personal recollection of some of the events surrounding the birth of Bangladesh. My own involvement in the events started when I was assigned in August to Dacca by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, to assist here in any problems refugee might encounter. As this was a strictly non-political, humanitarian assignment, and s this is a non account, I am not putting down any comments on that aspect here and will say that, perhaps because I am an Irishman, I felt great sympathy for the Bengali people and wish only to see them enjoy a happy, prosperous and peaceful future. When hostilities broke out at the beginning of December it was quite clear that activities concerning refugees were at an end for the duration. The Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations was in over all charge of the United Nations Relief Operation, Mr. Pauloi Marc Henry, a redoubtable Frenchman and an inspiration to us all, happened to be in Dacca for a short visit when hostilities broke out and trapped him here. He naturally assumed over all charge of the whole UN group, and asked me to undertake liaison with the military and governmental authorities, which involved many matters which, I would stress, were all purely humanitarian in purpose with the sole aim of saving lives and alleviating suffering. This note, however, deals only with some of the events of the last three days of the hostilities of December 1971. Tuesday, 14 December On the morning of 14 December Dr. A.M. Malik, the Governor of East Pakistan, telephoned me t the Inter Continental Hotel where I was living and asked if I and Mr. Peter Wheeler, also of UN, could go around and see him at Governor’s House about his own situation. I had met Dr. Malik many times in my functions both as UNCHR Representative in Dacca and also during the war period when I was doing military and governmental liaison.
