পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫২৭

495 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড Ն ASIAN TOPICAL TALKS PRESS REPORTS ON EAST PAKISTAN 14th May, 1971 by William Crawley (S) There are this morning two further reports from British journalists invited by the Pakistan Government to visit East Pakistan. In the Guardian a report from Reuter's correspondent Maurice Quaintance says that the tour by foreign correspondents was supervised throughout by the Pakistan Army and it was only after protests that they were allowed to talk to people without being overheard. The Reuters correspondent says that there was an atmosphere of fear among the people they talked to in East Pakistan. He says that the Governor himself considers that it will take at least a year to restore the economy to the state it was three months ago. The correspondent adds that the jute industry is worting at less than 20% of its normal level. He quotes reports of atrocities committed both by the army against Bengalis and by Bengalis against non-Bengalis. A further report from the Financial Times correspondent, Harvey Stockwin comes today from the town of Rajshahi. Stockwin discusses the possibilities of there being guerrilla activity in East Pakistan. He says that military and civilian officials expect guerrilla activity by East Pakistan Communists in the Rajshahi and Pabna districts and by Indian Naxalites from across the Indian border in West Bengal. But Stockwin thinks that the Bengalis arc badly frightened and he says that a Communist whom he met thought that the conditions might produce mass fatalism rather than revolutionary violence. Stockwin says army reprisals against guerrilla activity would be severe, and quotes General Tikka Khan as saying that Naxalite activity would mean that someone was supporting them, and 'the sufferers will be the people". Stockwin thinks that if there is guerrilla activity the Communists are more likely to provide it as the so called Liberation Army is demoralized and without real leadership- He says that the main uncertainties in the situation are developments in West Bengal and the long term Bengali and West Pakistani reactions. One the possibilities of international aid, Stock win writes that President Yahya Khan's rejection of it is understandable because of the Pakistan army has yet to exercise full control. The presence of the United Nations could complicate the situation. It was obvious from his tour, he says, that any relief would largely go to the Army-Bihari coalition that is often the instrument in restoring what the Government calls normalcy. ?a ! ASIAN TOPICAL TALK COMMONS DEBATE ON PAKISTAN 14th May. 1971 by Mark Tally (S) Yesterday (Friday) the British House of Commons debated a motion on the situation in East Pakistan. Mark Tully who was at the House of Commons yesterday, looks at the significance of the debate. Friday is not normally a good day for debates in the Commons. Many members of parliament like to spend Fridays in their constituencies. Yesterday's debte was also Ձ իC)Ո