718 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড "There is growing evidence", said this despatch, "that the Pakistani army has been using American tanks, jet aircraft and other equipment in its attempt to crush the movement for autonomy by the predominantly Bengali citizens in the eastern half of the country. "That equipment was shipped from 1954 to 1965 at which time the US embargoed further arms shipments to Pakistan. The embargo was eased in 1967 to permit Pakistan to buy spare and ammunition for (he weapons." (International Herald Tribune, April 12, 1971) While the US continues to sanction the use of its arms and ammunition in the West Pakistani military junta's hands for the mass butchery in East Bengal no embargo has been placed on continuation of the supplies resumed in 1966-67. and none seems likely at all. The word has come from their brothers at the other end of the Atlantic now advising the Bangladesh freedom to abandon their resistance and submit to butchery like lambs. A report in the Indian Express, fighters April 21, datelined London says: "A discreet move is afoot in Britain to persuade East Bengal political circles here to abandon plans for armed resistance to West Pakistan's military..." Between the two of them the US and British imperialists arc out to see the freedom fighters of East Bengal crushed, so that Yahya and his minions can rule undisturbed for years and decades to come. While Keating pours out honeyed words on Indian soil his superiors across the seas continue to stab the Bangladesh fighters in the back every moment. A growing volume of democratic opinion in both UL and Britain demands the staying of the hands of the butchers and acceptance of Bangladesh demands.
