পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৫৯

527 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ১৮৯। বাংলাদেশ সম্পর্কে বিবিসি, বিবিসি, লন্ডন ২৬ মার্চ - ১ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ প্রচারিত অনুষ্ঠানমালা : ‘সাম্প্রতিক ঘটনাবলী’ S | CURRENT AFFAIRS TALKS PRESIDENT YAHYA KHAN S SPEECH Distribution 'A' by Mark Tully (s) 26 March 1971 Two days ago there was still optimism about the outcome of the talks in Dacca. By the evening, with the apparent breakdown of the talks, the President's departure to Karachi and the introduction of stricter martial law measures, this had turned to pessimism. Now that President Yahya Khan has spoken to the nation, Sheikh Mujib is reported to have declared East Pakistan independent, and the full gravity of the situation has been made clear. In a hard-hitting speech, the President First outlined the steps he had taken to try and reach agreement between the political leaders. He then went on to say that in the end he had come to the conclusion that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's proposals were merely a passport to chaos. He said the Sheikh's actions in declaring and running his non-cooperation movement were treasonable, that he had insulted Pakistan's flag and defiled the photo of the father of the nation and created terror, turmoil and insecurity. He also stressed the danger that settlers from West Pakistan had been living under in East Pakistan. The President went on to congratulate the armed forces for their forbearance when they were being insulted. The President said that he only delayed taking action against the Sheikh earlier because he did not want to jeopardize the talks. He said that the Awami League party is now banned. He also said that he would be announcing further martial law ITTᏋāᏚᏓlᎢēᏚ ᏚᎺᎺᎥᏄ. As to the future, the President said that he stood by his pledge to hand over rule to the elected representatives of the people. He would announce measures to achieve this as soon as he could. So now the majority party in East Pakistan, the party which won all but one of the East wing's seats in the assembly, has been banned. The President's speech left no doubt that the blamed he crisis almost entirely on Mujib and his followers. No one really knows how many troops there are in East Pakistan. But no matter how many troops there are, no one should underestimate the difficulties the military authorities are going to have to face, especially in the outlying areas where communication are bad. The army's problems are going to be increased by the overflying ban between the two wings of the countries which India imposed after the hijacking incident. The army will probably concentrate its efforts in the urban areas. Despite the tone of President Yahya's speech he could also find himself facing problems in West Pakistan, which is, of course, still under martial law as well. Mr.