পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্থ খণ্ড).pdf/২৯৯

269 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড আমেরিকায় প্রবাসী বাঙালীদের জন্য | বাংলাদেশ লীগ অব আমেরিকার ১ জুন, স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধের সঙ্গে সংশ্লিষ্ট বিভিন্ন দলিলপত্র ՏծԳՏ সংবাদের প্রতিবেদন Please read and circulate among other Bengalis. June 1, 1971 CIRCULAR NO. 3 I. World Bank-IMF Mission The struggle against the Pakistani invaders has reached a critical stage now. Pakistan is nearly bankrupt and will not be in a position to wage war Bangladesh unless she gets aid by July. The Aid-to-Pakistan Consortium is to meet in Paris on June 21. A fact- finding mission from the World Bank and IMF is right now in occupied Bangladesh. This mission will stay in occupied Bangladesh from May 30 to June 10 and then move on to Islamabad before going to Paris. This missions' findings will be very important to us because if they report conditions are normal then aid will flow to Pakistan. Of course we know the situation h not normal but that the mission sees will depend on the members perceptiveness and extent to which the Pakistan army allows them freedom of movement. The Bank-IMF mission has 13 members and is led by Mr. P. Cargill, head of the South Asia Division in the World Bank. Individual members of the mission intend to visit Khulna, Chalna. Jessore, Sylhet, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Comilla and Chittagong. They have been requested to visit some sub-divisional towns and thana centers also. From a number of reports from Bangladesh there is no doubt that the situation there is far from normal. We hope the mission will see and report the truth. Report of the true situation may halt aid to Pakistan and create conditions in Which she cannot prosecute an expensive war. II. Food Relief Rice prices have shot up alarmingly and many places report it is being sold at Rs. 80 per maund. In some places this has rightly led to the looting of the god owns of the hoarders. It is reported that people in the cyclone affected areas now near starvation. Using the plea of food aid the Pakistan military is going to obtain 30 ships and an unspecified number of trucks from USAID. It is said that these vessels and vehicles will be used only by international relief agencies. This does not satisfy us. After all the 50 speedboats given by US AID for cyclone relief arc all being used by the Pakistan Army. A photo in DAWN showed General Niazi of the Pakistan Army inspecting one of these "relief boats before their attack on Gopalganj. The Secretary, Food Dept. and Secretary, Relief Dept. in Dacca are serving the Pakistan Government. We cannot see how they will fairly distribute food aid to the