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611 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ প্রবাসে বাংলাদেশের বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | ওয়ার্লড ইউনিভার্সিটি সার্ভিসের ৮ জুলাই গঠনের প্রস্তবসহ বিচারপতি আবু | পক্ষে এ্যাসোসিয়েট এক্সিকিউটিভ ծծԳծ সাঈদ চৌধুরীকে লিখিত চিঠি সেক্রেটারীর চিঠি World University Service 20 West 40th Street, New York, N.Y. 10018. July 8, 1971 Justice A. S. Chowdhury 11 Goring Street London EC3, England. Dear Justice Chowdhury, It was a privilege to have met with you during your brief visit to New York in connection with focusing U. N. and IJ. S. attention on the grim drama being enacted in Bangladesh. I am writing this letter to propose an idea, and will deeply appreciate your response. As you know. World University Service is committed to the assistance of students and scholars around the world, particularly when the university community is seriously affected, as in the case of the current Pakistani crisis. I think that the establishment of a University-In-Exile for those students and scholars who have fled from East Pakistan will not only dramatize the tragedy, but also serve as an oasis for those who have been persecuted. In a larger and more universal sense, it will also serve as a symbol of hope for others in the world who may have experienced the same kind of suffocation that totalitarian governments often impose on intellectuals. If the Bangladesh University-In-Exile, located probably in West Bengal or any other part of India, sounds feasible, then a plan could be drawn up to secure substantial assistance from a major Foundation in the United States to give shape and substance tc this concept. We feel that an outright appeal for funds to aid the refugees will not have much success with major foundations, since they do not look upon themselves as relief agencies, but rather as development agents that can effect social change. Before I venture to draw up any plans to send to you for your comments and suggestions, I would like to get your reaction to the idea as such. I am sending copies of