পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্থ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৪১

5|| বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ মার্কিন প্রশাসনের সমালোচনা করে বাংলাদেশ শিক্ষক সমিতি ১১ সেপ্টেম্বর, ১৯৭১ বাংলাদেশ শিক্ষক সমিতির বিবৃতি PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY DR. A. K. ROY, SECRETARY, BANGLADESH SIKSHAK SAMITION BEHALF OF THE BANGLADESH SIKSHAKSAMITI. The recent utterances of Prof Galbraith, the noted Economist and the former Ambassador to India, regarding the solution of Bangladesh problem, made on his arrival in Calcutta during the course of his interview with the Press at Dum Dum Airport (vide Statesman September 9, 1971) has drawn our attention. Professor Galbraith has suggested that the only solution of Bangladesh problem is to grant Bangladesh' Self Government or Autonomy in some form or other. Obviously Professor Galbraith is still thinking in terms of united Pakistan of which Bangladesh would be an autonomous zone. If the learned Professor still thinks such a solution would be acceptable to seventy five million people of Bangladesh, he is very much mistaken. To-day nothing short of Independent Bangladesh will be acceptable to people of Bangladesh. We have sacrificed and are ready to sacrifice more and prepared to fight till we drive out the occupying army of West Pakistan from the sacred soil of Bangladesh. The sacrifices made by people of Bangladesh is too high a price for mere autonomous zone of Bangladesh within the frame of one Pakistan. While appreciating his humanitarian and sympathetic attitude towards the suffering millions of evacuees, who have taken shelter temporarily in India, we appeal to him to exert his personal influence to create public opinion in his country in support of Bangladesh Liberation Movement, so that Nixon Administration may be forced, under public pressure, to change their present policy towards Bangladesh and recognize the democratically constituted Government of Bangladesh. We have firm belief that peace-loving democratic Americans cannot allow Nixon Administration to supply arms and ammunitions to Pakistan for killing Bangalees in the name of saving Islam and integrity of Pakistan in one hand and to assist the refugees on the other hand, who would be driven out by the Pakistani Army equipped with those American arms and ammunitions. We want to take this opportunity to draw the attention of Professor Galbraith to the fact that the Bangladesh Teachers Association have been viewing with grave concern the continuous supply of arms and ammunitions by the Government of U.S.A. to the Government of Pakistan. The United States Government and the great people of U.S.A. should be aware that such arms and ammunitions would be: used by the Pakistan Army in its act of genocide in Bangladesh. The people of the World including ourselves have protested against this action. But this protests do not seem to have had any effect on U.S.A. Government, till now. The Association had voiced about a month ago their feelings on the subject in their memoranda submitted to Senator Kennedy, to President Nixon through the United States Consulate in Calcutta. A news item appeared recently in