পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৪৬২

434 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের উচিত স্বাধীন রাষ্ট্র হিসাবে | প্রতিনিধি পরিষদের কার্যবিবরণী | ৯ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ বাংলাদেশকে পূর্ণ কূটনৈতিক স্বীকৃতি প্রদান করাঃ হেরসটাস্কির বক্তৃতা ও প্রস্তাব H 12202 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE December 9, 1971 New Nation of Bangladesh Mr. Helstoski. Mr. Speaker, I am today introducing a simple House resolution calling on the administration to extend full diplomatic recognition to the new nation of Bangladesh. My resolution the test of which I shall include in the RECORD at the conclusion of my remarks, speaks for itself. The Government of Pakistan, through its heinous repression of the Awami League and the civilian population of East Bengal has forfeited any claim to the allegiance of the citizens of that region. The civil war which was initiated by Yahya Khan on March 25 and the recent outbreak of hostilities between India and Pakistan have sealed the fate of Pakistan as a unified nation. Mr. Speaker it is only a matter of time before Bangladesh is an independent country. This morning's reports from that region indicate that Indian forces and the Mukti Bahini have surrounded and nearly defeated the Pakistani Army in what was once East Pakistan. I see no reason why victory will not be in the hands of these forces very shortly. The United States if acting only from realism should take note of these recent developments and extend diplomatic recognition to this new nation of Bangladesh. But reasons more compelling than international political pragmatism should prompt our Government to reverse its callous policy of support for the repressive Yahya regime and face up to the facts of life in South Asia. Since March 25, our Government has, through its policy of silence, countenanced the genocide! attack which the West Pakistani Government launched against the - East. India's vehement protests that this civil war, which had driven 10 million refugees into the environs of Calcutta, must be ended through international pressure on Yahya Khan fell on deaf ears in the White House and Foggy Botton. The unresponsiveness of our Government and its addiction to cold-war attitudes which required continued support of the Yahya government, served only to heighten tensions in South Asia and drive India to a friendship pact with the Soviet Union. The bankruptcy of our Government's ambivalent policy toward the tragedy of Bangladesh is no better exemplified than by the administrations allowing arms shipment to continue to Pakistan for 8 months after the outbreak of the civil war. Our policy of equivocation and appeasement of the Pakistani Government must end if the United States is to regain its good name in South Asia and hope for any measure of influence there in the decades ahead. Unfortunately, even in light of the rapidly changing