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and Government of India what are they doing for the helpless refugees. This is not a simple task which can be undertaken by India alone". He appealed to the international community to rush relief to the succour of the suffering humanity.
Referring to the resumption of American Arms sales to Pakistan, Mr. Huq said that “it has set off waves of Sanger and resentment amongst the 75 million people of Bangladesh. We urge the U.S. Government that it should immediately stop arms shipments to Pakistan and also demand an assurance that no further shipments of military stores will be made to Pakistan to perpetrate the genocide on Bangladesh". He urged the U.S.A. with all its traditions of freedom and humanitarianism to stop giving aid to Pakistan either military or economic.
Those who still believe in united Pakistan should understand clearly that as Yahya flew out of Dacca on the night, of March 25, he took away with him last hopes of “united Pakistan. Yahya must have known that he was destroying the last hope of a united Pakistan".
Asked for his reaction to Yahya's latest broadcast, Mr. Huq said “this is all a load of rubbish and nonsense. Anyway we are not concerned with it. Ours is an independent country and Yahya is the head of another state. Many diplomats in Delhi have told me that Yahya is not an intelligent man. You can clearly see that till today he has not been able to get a quisling to form a puppet Government there".
About the Urdu press, he said that on June 26 he attended a seminar on the Urdu press. If the speakers at the session were truly representative of the Urdu press in general, he felt that the Urdu press shared the Indian national mood on Bangladesh.
"We hope and appeal to them to come forward to expose the treachery of Yahya Khan in Bangladesh more and more support our cause wholly".
Commenting on the acute economic crisis in Pakistan, Mr. Huq said that the austerity measures announced by the Pakistan Government to meet the grave economic crisis shows now much they are economically bankrupt today. The war in Bangladesh has led to a complete dislocation of the economy there. It is costing around 52 million a day. It has led to their huge budget deficit which has not been recorded to the world entirely. This is about 50 per cent of the budget cost and will have to be finance by creating paper currency which must inevitably add to the inflationary pressure. With West Pakistan import deficit running at $ 40 million a month Pakistan's reserves have reached a vanishing point. A unilateral moratorium on foreign debt repayments falling due by this time merely publicises Pakistan's total bankruptcy.
About a political solution Mr. Huq said: “Our Acting President Syed Nazrul Islam, and the Prime Minister, Mr. Tajuddin Ahmed, have already spelt out four conditions for a political settlement. They are unconditional release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, recognition of the Bangladesh Government, withdrawal of the invading West Pakistan army, compensation for the losses suffered by the people during the last three months of barbarous activities by the West Pakistan army. Until and unless they fulfill these conditions the people of Bangladesh will continue to fight till they achieve their independence fully".
