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476 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড returned to London after talks in Delhi with Indian Government leaders. The former Commonwealth Secretary. Mr. Bottomley, said he and all the other members of the delegation were convinced that there could be no return to normality in Pakistan until there was a political settlement. Referring to a meeting he had with the military governor of East Pakistan, General Tikka Khan, Mr. Bottomley said he formed the view that the governor understood nothing about economic and social problems and must carry a heavy responsibility for what was happening in East Pakistan. Mr. Bottomley again praised Indian efforts to help the refugees and paid tribute to the attitude of the Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Ghandhi. Another delegation member, Mr. Prentice-a former Minister, of Overseas Development-described the suffering in East Pakistan as appalling and said it had been a tragic mistake to try to apply a military solution. RWJ 300 (WHEN NEW) adding Prentice Carmen!: PA. TLL 1330/mw ২৯। বাংলা 12.8.71 A 39 2200 MUJIB A spokesman at the United Nations has said that the Secretary General, U Thant, is engaged in private diplomatic negotiations over the case of the East Pakistan leader. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The spokesman added that U Thant was not prepared to say anything about the matter publicly. He confirmed that the Indian Ambassador to the United Nation had handed to U Thant a communication from Mrs. Ghandhi about Sheikh Mujib's trial. The Sheikh's trial was due to open somewhere in West Pakistan last Wednesday, but no news of it has been released and it is not known if it has actually begun. APRTR EVS/CEG 2/35/AN ૭૦ | বাংলা 19.9.71 A 32 2100 THANT-PAKISTAN (Embargoed till then follows central story) U Thant gives another warning in his report about the situation in the India subcontinent where, he says, any major conflict could all too easily expand. He says the fundamental problem in East Pakistan cannot be solved except through a political settlement. He also says international response to his appeal for relief supplies had been far from adequate. Relation between India and Pakistan were also a major component of the East Pakistan problem, he said. Though there could be no doubt of both government's desire for peace, tension between them showed no sign of subsiding and the situation on the borders of East Pakistan was particularly disturbing, with border lashes, raids and