পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৭২

640 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড The members of the "Washington Club" in which France is represented have equally preconditioned their economic and financial assistance to the restoration of a civil administration in Dacca. The foreign aid plays a major part in Pakistan's development and its balance of payments. The United States have not suspended its aid and have, since the beginning of the year, supplied $240 millions, for aid to the victims of the cyclone and of the repression in Bengal. It is probable that they will soon ask other members of the consortium for fresh credits to the regime of Islamabad. The Islamabad government wants to create a better impression at a time when the question of Bengal is raised at the United Nations. The purpose of the time limit for the by-elections is mostly aimed at gaining time. But its objectives after the by-elections are not very clear. It is officially asserted that government will always be prepared to grant wide autonomy to the province, provided this status does not disintegrate the largest Muslim country of the world. But, in the present circumstances, they are not thinking to negotiate with the government of Bangladesh which Islamabad terms as "India stooges"; official circles declare "they should come and clear themselves before the Court. If they do not come, then, we will do without them. If India was not helping the infiltrators, then, we could control the situation in a week." In spite of all this, the general impression in Islamabad is that the authorities are concerned by the increasing number of acts of terrorism in East Pakistan, where a minister of the local government, Maulana Mohammed Ishaq was murdered. The brutal intervention of the army in East Bengal also has its repercussions in the western wing. Mr. Bhutto, who had approved the army's action because it was taken to preserve the unity of the country is now frequently criticizing the policy of the regime, without wanting however, to break up its contacts.