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348 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ প্রবাসী বাঙালীদের সংগঠন আমরা গোষ্ঠী কর্তৃক “আমরা’ ২১ মে, ১৯৭১ বাংলাদেশ সরকারকে প্রেরিত ইন্দোনেশীয় প্রচার মাধ্যমের প্রতিক্রিয়ার সংক্ষিপ্ত বিবরণী Djakarta, 21/5/71: AP's report of May II was published in daily "Indonesian observer" on 15. The following were the highlights of report: (a) Deaths more than 400,000 since the start of civil war on March 25. (b) Rail and road links cut off at many places. (c) 55 Jute mills are working with 15% labor force. (d) Millions are facing starvation. (e) Prediction made that Yahya would not last the year. (f) Shops were looted by army. (g) A colony for marketing of 60 products of West Pakistan is lost, remarked by a key businessmen of West Pakistan. (h) Economic difficulties are being faced seriously in West Pakistan. A list of the political and social elites are given below. They may be, supplied with materials leading to present crisis. They will help our cause. They may influence change policy. A copy of "Joy Bangla" as requested earlier may be send at our address regularly. We hope to make good use of it. If possible, some more copies may be sent for distribution to politically important personalities. Important papers again started publishing reports prominently. The govt. is though silent but seem to be convinced of the brutality Govt. do not fully believe Pakistan propaganda. It is sure this Govt. will not help Pakistan materially, it is unheedful to may requests. Mrs. M. A. Aziz, wife of M. A. Aziz of 1 PECC is engaged in censoring of the letters written in Bengali. A few letters reportedly not delivered. In a gathering of local Pakistanis (mostly Punjabis) at a dinner given by Mr. Rang Elahi (a Punjabi) to celebrate his success and nomination in S. O. Examination, Mr. Aziz recalled the failure of attempts for achievement of autonomy in 1954 by the leaders-Fazlul Hoque, Suhrawardy and Bhashani. On Mr. Suhrawardy's imprisonment he said "there was something". "Bhasani is always a destructive element". There is complete peace in East Pakistan. A few of the guests digested the remarks with bad taste. 'Far Eastern Economic Review' in its issue No. 19 published a story "words after warfare". The story was mixed with pleasure and disappointment. It said Nurul Amin