পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৮১

549 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ১৮১। বাংলাদেশ আন্দোলন সম্পর্কিত বিবিসি, লন্ডন এপ্রিল - ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ বিবিধ প্রতিবেদন S AID TO PAKISTAN 24 Hours' Yesterday the principals of the British Relief Organisation War on Want met to discuss the need for aid in East Pakistan. Ian McDonal the Coordinator between the agencies which comprise War on Want, including Christian Aid and Oxfam, was interviewed on BBC television. He said "We have got in the worst hit cyclone areas one and half million people who are depending on a regular supply of food grains coming in to the area to be able to feed them throughout this year while they put in another crop. Secondly they could only get that crop in provided they could be supplied with seeds, provided they could be provided with, on the mechanization side, fuel and tractors. The war in East Pakistan is going to interrupt these supplies and prevent this cultivation going on." He went on to say that the people in the cyclone areas are not going to be able to get their crops in and they are not going to be able to get their food. He then said we then look at the rest of East Pakistan and find that they are dependent on imported foods because of the lack of food grains from the cyclone hit areas which were destroyed by the cyclone, and the food grain has stuck at Chittagong and no more has been coming in for a month. When asked what was the result of the meeting of the combined charities Mr. McDonald said "What we are attempting to do now is to stir up enough preparation so that before the situation gets out of hand completely we have personnel and materials ready to go in. We cannot persuade the Pakistan Government to let us in against their will but we can ask the British Government to lead a World Food Programme, to enable a steady flow of supplies to get into this area. રે | MICHAEL STEWART ON PAKISTAN 10th April, 1971 Edited by Evan Charlton Mr. Michael Stewart, Foreign Secretary in Britain's last Socialist Government has given views on the current situation in Pakistan. Mr. Michael Stewart was interviewed on the BBC TV current affairs programme Twenty-Four Hours by Kenneth Allsop. Mr. Stewart was asked if he saw any direct comparison between the Biafran situation and the events in East Pakistan. He said that the political situation is very different. But of