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535 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ১৮০। বাংলাদেশের ঘটনাবলীর ওপর বিবিসি, লন্ডন ৩০মার্চ-১৭ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ প্রেরিত প্রতিবেদন S | DESPATCH 30th March, 1971 by Evan Charlton A London law student who has just arrived back from Dacca has given an account of the Army take over there. In an interview Mr. A. K. M. Shamsul Alam Chowdhury said that he had bought an air ticket for London before the Pakistan Army took over. He managed to get on an aeroplane from Dacca with many west Pakistanis yesterday morning. Asked what was the condition of Dacca when he left he replied: "Terrible." Asked for his opinion on what provoked the sudden military action when discussions had been going on the constitutional future of Pakistan, he believed that president Yahya Khan was advised by West Pakistani leaders, prominent amongst them Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, not to accept Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's terms for the future of East Pakistan but to resort to arms. Later that evening people in Dacca heard that the President and the other Western leaders had left. Rumors spread through the city that the Army was about to act and there was a spontaneous movement by people to build barricades in the streets there was he declared no planned rising by East Pakistan elements in the Defence Force. The street barricades were blasted away by the army; then came hours of destruction and killing. Mr. Alam is convinced that the Sheikh is alive and free. He bases this belief on sources close to the Sheikh. Asked if he was an official of the Awami League, Mr. Alam said that he is now the Sheikh's personal representative in London. Before the military took over the Sheikh had told him that if things went wrong he should try to get out of East Pakistan and appeal to the world-especially to the British public to help to save the Bengalis. What will happen next in East Bengal Mr. Alam recalled the Sheikh's speech to a mass gathering on March 7th when he advised people to be ready to turn every home into a fortress. Mr. Alam is convinced that even if the Army can temporarily crush resistance in the cities, the people will eventually overcome the Army from the west. રે | DESPATCH FROM LONDON by Jim Biddulph 7th April, 1971 Our Commonwealth Correspondent Jim Biddulph, returned home today, after spending a month in Pakistan.