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209 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড The conclusion from these facts is that the development of West Pakistan has been at the expense of East Pakistan, that the East is in fact a colony of the West. This situation did not come about chance, it was a consequence of major political decisions. By whom were these decisions taken? WEST PAKISTAN'S MILITARY DICTATORS. Since 1958 there has been a military dictatorship in Pakistan. All decision has been made by the military bosses and the senior civil servants. And since the Federal Capital of Pakistan is in West Pakistan, power has been concentrated in the hands of military clique made up of ..West Pakistanis. However, the real decisions were made not in Islamabad out in Washington. As an integral part of its world strategy U. S. imperialism relies on the support of the West Pakistan military leaders, the bureaucracy and the corrupted politicians. And it rewards its supporters handsomely; it even gives them a 'Colony to exploit". U. S. AID TO PAKISTAN. Between 1954 and 1965 Pakistan received between SI.5 to $2 billion in military aid. This included weapons such as Star lighters, Patton tanks, armored personnel carriers, automatic and recoil less infantry weapons. They were for the purpose of 'containing' Communism, but apart from the brief border war against India in 1965, their main use has been the murder of East Pakistan's unarmed civilian population. Economic aid from the U.S. to the extent of $3 billion was received by Pakistan between 1951 and 1959. This was used to establish industries mainly in West Pakistan. THE TWENTY TWO FAMILIES. The result of this decisions taken in Washington bas been to create the ruling clique in West Pakistan, the famous "twenty two families". They include military, civil servants, industrialists, and politicians. The clique controls 80% of the country's Banking Assets, 75% of the Insurance Assets, and 60% of the Industrial Assets. They are allied by marriage and they combine to secure their economic and political interests. They will maintain-by force if necessary the unequal terms of exchange between West and East Pakistan. By means of the military coup d'etat they recognized the State apparatus so as to make it an instrument of their economic and financial Policy. THE RESISTANCE OF THE PEOPLE IN EAST PAKISTAN There has been sporadic resistance by workers and peasants in West Pakistan. But organized resistance by almost the whole population of East Pakistan has gone on ever since the State of Pakistan was established. And they have own important successes. The following is a brief chronology of some of the more important events: 1947 The Muslim State of Pakistan was established. 1948. In the "separate nation" campaign many deaths occurred. But the result was that Bengali was accepted as one of the two official languages. 1953 Election victory for the United Front in East Pakistan laid the basis for the struggle for secularism and for a workers' and peasants' state. At this time, too, the Awami League was established to defend the Bengali nation.