পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্থ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৩৫

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704 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড operation is going on which has rendered the event of staying alive as the greatest luxury in East Pakistan. Government instead of ensuring security of life and property of its citizens has taken upon itself the task of decimation of the country and the destruction of its people. Patriotic citizens have been driven into a foreign country which has never been friendly to us before. Citizens are being forced to die of disease and starvation both inside and outside the borders of East Pakistan. Your government has made the flow of information from as well as to Pakistan (both East and West wings) so difficult that there is no escape from the conclusion that you are afraid of skeletons in the cupboard. There is indeed, a complete reign of terror in the country and in East Pakistan such a situation is only heightened by mystery and atrocities that beggar description. Though it is being widely circulated that power will shortly be restored to people, an attempt is being made to set up a colonial Rile in East Pakistan. Transfer of officials, both high and petty, from the West to run the Government in East Pakistan, relocation of non-Bengalis in strategic points in East Pakistan, importation of labour from the West to run the ports, airfields, factories and communication network in East Pakistan are steps which only a wild colonial power can contemplate. All Bengalis are suspect under your government. People in responsible positions are either being eased out or rendered ineffective. The relationship between Bengali and non-Bengali officials is taking a form worse than the relationship that existed in olden days between British officials and their native colleagues. People in East Pakistan, usually so vocal, under the pressure of your military stranglehold have become dazed and muted. They have to speak like parrots and write 011 the dotted lines for the sake of their skin. Your government has adopted a course of action which is not only bleeding East Pakistan white but also destroying West Pakistan in the bargain. In East Pakistan cities remain largely deserted; lines of communication, out of economic activities, at a standstill; civil administration, vastly out of gear; and the youth of the nation, in hiding. Procurement of food grains has been very low (only 600,000 tons have been shipped in since September 1970). Supplies of essential items have been virtually at a halt since February 1971 and harvesting as well as sowing have been poor. All this presents a spectre of immediate misery in East Pakistan which is beyond human comprehension. At the rate at which insurgency is gaining momentum, there is no hope for any mitigation of this cotastrophe. The effects of East Pakistan situation are very deep on West Pakistan. West Pakistan has lost a good and large market. She is being asked finance the military operation in the East. Economic and millitary assistance from the outside world have been lost. The country has been thrown into a state of utter bankruptcy. The government of Pakistan which is headed by you has lost all its claim to legitimacy by suppressing the elected representatives of the people. You have declared the most popular party in the country as "forever banned." Many leaders representing the people in both the wings of the country have taken to flight on account of your threats. The brutality with which massacre is being committed under your order and human habitations are being destroyed as well as the ruthless suppression of dissent in both parts of the country have rendered the claims of your government to place in the civilized world totally untenable. Your pre-emptive strike of March 25, has sown the seeds of a