পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/২২৭

195 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড and young people were being "bayoneted or bled to death." "Not only has a reign of terror been established, but it is heightened every day." Mr. Muhith said, "Yahya's 'final solution' of the Bengali question has since taken on an added sinister dimension-denial of food to starve Bengalis into submission. A famine of unimaginable proportion is threatening Bangladesh which will leave at least 30 per cent of the population starving." Among the other diplomats who resigned today were S. A. Karim, deputy permanent representative at the United Nations; E. Karim, a minister at the Embassy who is reported ill; A.M.S. Kibria, educational counselor; A.R. Chaudhury, embassy finance and accounts officer, and S.M. Ali, third secretary. Favor Aid Ban The resigning diplomats alluded to yesterday's House of Representatives vote in favor of suspending aid to Pakistan and Greece as it authorized $6.9-billion in total United States foreign economic and military aid for the next two years. "They’re absolutely cannot be any question of economic or military assistance to West Pakistan now," they said. 'Such assistance will only have the effect of perpetuating genocide." Within an hour of the diplomats' news conference. President Nixon, after a meeting with Secretary of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger, the President's national security adviser, criticized the proposed ban on aid to Pakistan which now goes to the Senate for action. Rogers Flans Meetings Mr. Nixon said a suspension was likely to aggravate the problem of relief for East Pakistan refugees. He said it would hamper Pakistan's ability to work with the United Nations "as it presently has indicated it is willing to do in distributing the food supplies." Calling for continuing economic aid to Pakis tan as the way to "influence the course of events" in the Indian subcontinent, Mr. Nixon announced that Secretary Rogers would confer next week at the United Nations with Prince Sadruddin Khan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and with other officials. No Public Pressure Rejecting rising Congressional and public pressure for public condemnation of Pakistan's military actions in East Pakistan Mr. Nixon declared: "We are not going to engage in public pressure on the Government of West Pakistan. That would be totally counterproductive. These are matters that we will discuss only in private channels."