পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৭৫

543 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড Dacca and the outlying Barisal district as other private motor boats were cancelled by operations. After a day's suspension, the steamer will now operate alternate days from Dacca. ১১ { DESPATCH FROM BUSH HOUSE DIPLOMATIC UNIT 4th December, 1971 by Tony Paynting As the Pakistan situation worsens, the United States has called a meeting of the Security Council. It has indeed been a day of intense international diplomatic activity with the culmination being in the call for a meeting of the Security Council. One of the more significant reports was of an appeal by the Japanese Government for both sides to exercise restraint. This was a call which echoed earlier messages from the British Prime Minister to the President of Pakistan and to the Prime Minister of India-and which has. In fact, characterized the frequent British contacts which have been going on since trouble started brewing. President Tito of Yugoslavia threw his considerable influence into the field when he made known his concern over the fighting and urged the need for the combatants to find a peaceable solution. The Soviet Prime Minister, Mr. Kosygin, also indicated his anxieties. But he ruled out the Possibility of Soviet mediation of the sort which led to the agreement between India and Pakistan at Tashkent in 1966. He is reported to have said that this time the Soviet Union could not go alone. This statement inevitably directed observer's attention back to the United Nations and particularly to the possibility of an emergency meeting of the Security Council. Neither India nor Pakistan seemed willing to make a move. But of all the Big Powers, it was the United States which seemed to be most immediately concerned. The Secretary of State, Mr. Rogers cancelled a visit to Iceland. It became known that he and other government departments were in the closest possible touch and, in the end it turned out that it was the Americans, along with the Japanese and some other countries who took the initiative. They certainly have the backing of Britain, whose diplomats have been quietly nudging in the direction of a Council meeting. Mr. Kosygin's remarks indicate that the Soviet Union would like to have a meeting too. The question mark is, however, over the risk of a clash in the Council between the Russians and the Chinese, The Russians have a treaty of friendship with India, and the Chinese, recently admitted to the United Nations and to their permanent seat on the Security council, are committed to support Pakistan. ১২ } CABLE FROM DACCA 8th December, 1971 by Ronald Robson The news that a National Government has been formed for Pakistan is not widely enough known yet in East Pakistan for much reaction to have been obtained: