516 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড woo | ASEAN TOPICAL TALKS PRESS ROUNDUP 1st November 1971 Edited by William Crawley (S) There have been reports this morning and over the weekend on developments in East Pakistan. Yesterday morning the Sunday Times published a report from Dacca. The reports is unsigned but the paper claims that it is recent and reliable. The Mukti Bahini guerrillas are said to have launched a series of daylight front attacks on public buildings in Dacca. The report does not quote any attacks more recent than two weeks ago. According to the report, foreigners in Dacca who have been hitherto relatively safe are now under threat both from the Mukti Bahini guerrillas and the razakars. The new wave of Mukti Bahini attacks is said by the correspondent to put an end to a three-week lull which followed the capture by the Pakistani Army of 80 guerillas on September 15th. In the Daily Telegraph today, David Loshak reviews the current position in Pakistan. David Loshak, who has been until recently reporting from New Delhi, says that the past ten months have seen a catalogue of errors on the part of the Pakistan Government. Loshak says that as the nation hovers near the edge of War vital decisions have been avoided. He says that the cost of keeping the army in East Pakistan is being met by printing money, and that the Pakistani economy is in desperate straits. The country threatened by simmering discontent among workers in industry who have been laid off, and with mounting interprovincial strains in the western wing. The Financial Times this morning carries an editorial on Mrs Gandhi's visit to Britain. The Financial Times says that if war does not break out between India and Pakistan, Mrs. Gandhi's tour will not have been in vain. The paper says that Britain's policy should be to ensure that the nightmare of an India-Pakistan war, with the possible involvement of the United States and the Soviet Union, does not become a reality. The Financial Times says that the British Prime Minister, Mr. Heath should send a message to President Yahya Khan urging him to take the risk of political negotiation with the Bengalis as a better alternative to the risk of a war with India. The Financial Times says that Mr. Heath should also send a similar message to President Nixon, urging the Americans to take a similar line. Vうゞ| ASIAN TOPICAL TALKS REVIEW OF THE BRITISH PRESS ON PAKISTAN 3rd November, 1971 Edited by William Crawley (S) A report is published in the Daily Telegraph this morning from Clare Hollingworth in Dacca. She says that forty thousand Bangladesh guerrillas are now operating inside East Pakistan. She quotes a Pakistan Army officer as saying to her that "open support for the Mukti Fouj has risen during the Past two months like a genetic tidal wave sweeping over the country." Clare Hollingworth says that the guerrillas are increasing their activities inside the towns and that for the first time since March clashes with the army
