পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (তৃতীয় খণ্ড).pdf/৭৭৯

747 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ বাংলাদেশের অস্থায়ী রাষ্ট্রপতি কর্তৃক মার্কিন দি হিন্দুস্তান টাইমস ২৪ জুন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের প্রতি বাংলাদেশের গণহত্যায় ՏԵԳՖ সাহায্য না করার আবেদন DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO GENOCIDE Appeal by Bangladesh Acting President, Mr. Syed Nazrul Islam, to U. S. on June 23; 1971. The Government of Bangladesh and the Acting President, Mr. Syed Nazrul Islam, today strongly deprecated renewed U.S. arms supply to Pakistan. Mr. Islam, in a telegram to President Nixon, said the Government and people of Bangladesh are most hurt and distressed to learn about the arms supply. He pointed out that Pakistan was using all the weapons in its armory including boats supplied for relief purposes to commit genocide and said "as an Independent and sovereign nation now, we appeal to conscience and even national interest of U.S. not to contribute to genocide and mass eviction of people and destruction of scarce resources of an impoverished nation." A Foreign Office spokesman of Government of Bangladesh described the renewed sale as a "stern blow to the bleeding people of Bangladesh" and declared that the liberation war would be carried on relentlessly whatever be the aid to Pakistan. Even accessories and spares for U. S. military hardware already at the disposal of West Pakistan war machine were reportedly being supplied by the U.S. The Foreign Office spokesman said this act of the U.S. Government will create in the people of Bangladesh a sense of disillusionment with the free world, particularly the U.S. "The U.S. Government action is an utter disregard of the surging public opinion of freedom loving people of the U. S. and the rest of the world against the bloodbath and atrocities in Bangladesh caused by an alien enemy junta." he added. The spokesman, while giving the background of the U.S. military aid to Pakistan since 1951, recounted that Pakistan received U.S. economic aid amounting approximately to $ 3,000 million by 1969. The quantum of U. S. military aid to Pakistan was between $ 1,500 million and $ 2,000 million for the period between 1964 and 1965. This massive military aid, the spokesman said, had all through been used to stifle the struggle for freedom of the Bengalis." The spokesman said information was available that the U.S. offered to supply Pakistan the following items: nearly 300 armed personnel carriers, four maritime reconnaissance aircrafts, six F-104 jet fighters and seven B-57 bombers.