পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৬৯

737 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড Modalities It is not known what would be the modalities of the Swiss good offices in resolving the hitch. So far as India is concerned, the External Affairs Ministry seems to have taken the line that it is now for the Swiss and Pakistan to resolve the issue. India has made it clear to Pakistan earlier that the repatriation of the Dacca and Calcutta missions would be on a reciprocal basis, but reciprocity in this matter is not connected with numerical criterion. The entire staff of our Dacca mission, who are all desirous of coming back to India should be allowed facilities to be repatriated. India would offer facilities to all those members of the Calcutta mission, who are so willing to be repatriated to Pakistan, but could not force anyone to go to Pakistan. It would seem the Swiss will for the present be making their efforts in Calcutta in trying to ascertain the will of the staff of the Pakistan Mission. The Swiss has no mission in Dacca. Whether the Swiss would themselves meet the Calcutta mission staff individually or collectively, or they would try to arrange individual or collective meeting between the Calcutta mission staff and Mr. Masud, these are matters left to the Swiss good offices. India is primarily concerned about the repatriation of their entire staff from Dacca, and would not interfere in the repatriation of the Pakistan mission staff who may be so willing. The Swiss efforts at resolving the repatriation problem and the main hurdle holding it up will be a waited with keen interest. The Dacca and Calcutta missions were closed on April 16 last following Pakistan's unilateral decision to close down their Deputy High Commission and asking India to close the Dacca mission. Since then the repatriation of the personnel of respective mission has been held up because of the hurdle created by Pakistan trying to implicate India in what is purely an internal mission affair of Pakistan.