পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৭৪

বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড So after a lot of criticism both popular and weighty what sort of policy is the administration left with? Essentially it's what the Washington Post has described as a policy of relief, restraint and accommodation. First the white House and the state Department are trying to prevent a war between India and Pakistan, second to help prevent famine and alleviate the suffering of refugees the United States has made available 300,000 tons of grain and 3 million dollars worth of chartered ships to move it. Third, America wants to maintain some sort of equilibrium of balance in the whole Indian sub-continent with Russia and China. The big question being asked here now is how the Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship affects that policy. To the Pakistani Ambassador here, Agha Hilaly it marks the end of India's non-alignment policy. To the Indians it is not directed aggressively against anybody though it's been noted here that the Left Wing press in India has now mounted a campaign against Mrs. Gandhi's proposed visit here in the autumn. The Indians see the Americans as arms suppliers to the Pakistanis, the Americans believe the Indians are guilty of exacerbating the difficulties in East Pakistan. Altogether relations between Washington and New Delhi are at a low point while those between Islamabad and here are sympathetic, with the administration being saddened by what the State Department calls the tragedies in East Pakistan, but at the same time warning Pakistan that any summary action over Sheikh Mujib could lead to the end of American support. Mr. Nixon is known to have a high regard for president Yahya khan and the thrust of American policy is essentially to preserve the unity of Pakistan but not at any cost. ১০ } DESPATCH (PART ONLY) FROM DACCA 30th November, 1971 by Nizamuddin Ahmed EAST PAKISTAN SITUATION Reports of fierce fighting are reaching East Pakistan's capital city, Dacca, from Sylhet, Dinajpur and Jessore. Indian troops made repeated attempts to capture the Kamalpur outpost from Pakistan's possession and to Advance the District Headquarters at Jessore. But Pakistan troops halted them beyond chuagacha bordering the Indian State of West Bengal. Indians using -Russian one-hundred thirty millimeter guns, in the Jessore sector. The Indians, according to a Pakistan army source, also used the latest Russian tanks at pachagarh in the Dinajpur district, on East Pakistan's extreme northern border two days ago. Fighting still continued there. Pakistan army have captured seven more Indian soldiers raising the number of captured regular soldiers during the past three weeks to thirteen, besides some Indian para-military forces-"Border Special Forces". Rebels who are officially described as "Indian agents and" Miscreants", have attacked one passenger steamer belonging to the Pakistan River Steamers Company, a subsidiary of British "sponsored." Indian. General Navigation and River Steamers Navigation Company Limited, while carrying passengers. One of the passengers was killed and two others wounded. This was the only means of communication between