পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্থ খণ্ড).pdf/৬০

30 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড There was a widespread feeling that Pakistan could never be one country, after the events of past weeks. It was wrong to adopt the view that this was an internal affair of a Commonwealth country - Britain did have influence, and should be using it to secure a cease fire. -Bruce Douglas-Mann. M. P. There has been a sharp economic disparity between the two wings. Positive steps by World Bank and Pakistan Consortium be taken to bridge the gap. -B. R. Braine. M. P. The majority of Bengalis in the poor, overcrowded, neglected East will no longer submit to exploitation and neglect at the hands of the Western rulers with their strong military traditions. -Editor, Daily Telegraph, 3.3.71. If the President (of Pakistan) should refuse to ratify such constitutions framed by the Bengalis with all the power of their majority behind them, the Sheikh would perhaps have no other option but to declare that the West had seceded from the rest of Pakistan and the two provinces would part company for ever. -Peter Hazlehurst, Sunday Times, 7.3.71. Whatever the immediate practical effect of President Yahya's attempt to reimpose his authority on the East, psychologically the East's secession is already established. -David Holden, Sunday Times, 28.3.7. J. NO UNITY BY COMPULSION: But the unity of Pakistan cannot be maintained, or restored, by military for...... And if unity should prove to be impossible, ii would still be in everybody's best interests to arrange for a peaceful separation of Pakistan into a confederation of two friendly neighbor-states. Editor, The Observer, 28.3.71. By its sledgehammer attack on a largely numbered population in the name of "One Pakistan" the military government has made sure that Pakistan cannot remain ()I1Շ. -Martin Adeney of Guardian, 29.3.71. But unity can never come through murder; and unity is not worth the price of innocent lives. East Pakistan survives today only as occupied and exploited territory, living proof of every Bengali Suspicion over the years Those-like America—who stock the Pakistan Army must realize to what uses their weaponry is put. Those-like China and Ceylon-who permit forces to ferry from the West must realize what acts and purposes-those forces pursue. Those-like Britain-who retain some vestige of influence in the area should spend it openly and forcefully. -Editor, Guardian, 3.4.71. An army of 70,000 cannot entirely subjugate a people of 75 millions. It is all too easy to forget the essence of the situation: that Pakistan voted fairly & democratically. That Sheikh Mujib and his party hold the mandate of a majority of all Pakistanis. That a junta