পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্থ খণ্ড).pdf/২৪০

210 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড 1958 Ayub Khan seized power and imposed martial law principally in order to restrict the development of the militant peasant movement in East Pakistan headed by the National Awami Party and its leader Moulana Bhashani. 1956 War between India and Pakistan was convenient for both Ayub Khan and Shastri of India. After the war East Pakistan people suffered severe hardships by the cutting of trade links with India.' But West Pakistan traders and industrialists benefitted. 1968 The Awami League's Six Points demanded provincial autonomy of East Pakistan, with control over foreign trade, foreign aid allocation and taxation. The National Awami Party's Thirteen Point Programme included a call for the nationalization of industrial assets and the limitation of land holdings. 1969 Overthrow of Ayub Khan's regime, mainly through the agitation of the East Pakistan masses. 1970 Cyclone in delta area of East Pakistan demonstrated clearly the indifference of the West Pakistan clique to the plight of the people in the East. In the General elections the Awami League won an absolute majority: 167 seats out of the 169 seats allocated to East Pakistan in the National Assembly. And it own 201 out of 343 in the Provincial Assembly. 1971 The corrupt clique of West Pakistan realised finally that their colonial exploitation of East Pakistan would end if the democratic election results were to stand. The massacre was the only possible policy in face of the unity of the Bengali masses. NATIONAL LIBERATIONSTRUGGLE A new stage in the struggle of the peasants and workers of East Pakistan has begun. In the long run the emergency of an independent Bangladesh is inevitable. In a popular guerilla war the people of Bangladesh will triumph finally over the military bureaucracy of West Pakistan and their mercenary troops. The people of Bangladesh have the right to expect from the rest of the world not charity but material aid in their battle against the forces of Imperialism and Capitalism. SOLIDARITY WITH BANGLADESH The Solidarity Campaign makes the following demands we call on the British Government to carry out. 1) The immediate cessation of all arms deliveries to West Pakistan. 2) The cessation of all credits, loans and aid of any kind to West Pakistan. We call on the working class in Britain and other countries to impose their own sanctions on West Pakistan. We ask dockers and other workers to refuse to load or produce goods intended for the military regime in West Pakistan. VICTORY FOR BANGLADESH VICTORY FOR THE WORKERS AND PEASANTS STRUGGLES! VICTORY FOR SOCIALISM! Signed: BANGLADESH SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN 70, HARCOURT ROAD, SHEFFIELD S 10 1 DJ.