বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র
Murray Sayle in a despatch from Dacca writes in THE SUNDAY TIMES on August 1, referring to the PIA flights between Dacca and Karachi carrying the heavy army casualties “the patients are soldiers going home to West Pakistan because military hospitals in Dacca are full." He Went “On my flight last week there were six, two had legs blown off by mines, and the other four, caught in ambushes, had bullet wounds in the upper body. Sometimes, I was told, the PIA planes are a quarter-full of badly wounded men". He further writes, “the (Bangladesh Liberation forces) guerillas have already scored successes which any Vietcong commander would record as a highly promising start to a protracted war."
THE TIMES, London writes on August 5, 1971 from a despatch of Louis Heren. Reliable reports have it that the Mukti Bahini, or freedom force, has decided that the best strategy is to bring the economy to a halt.
Clare Hollingworth writes in. DAILY TELEGRAPH, dated 5.8.71. “The situation in East Pakistan grows perceptibly worse each day as the Mukti Fouj, the Bangladesh guerillas, increase the number and efficiency of their operations. “Explosions during the night have become louder and more frequent... ...The West Pakistan troops are tired. They have had no break for over four months and they are operating in a strange environment. On the frontiers they are subject to mortar bombs and other harassments from the Mukti Fouj, who are beginning to demonstrate the results of their training."
Independence of Bangladesh: A Reality
In political terms, Bangladesh is now a reality. Recognition by the world community is only a matter of time. The nation of Bangladesh has its roots in the history and economy of her people. THE SPECTATOR of London writes on April 17, “Politically, economically, socially, the West Pakistan military regimes which have ruled both Pakistan have neglected East Pakistan; and there is nothing at all surprising that the-Bengalis of East Pakistan should have sought independence as Bangladesh."
Peter Hazelhurst in a despatch from a liberated area of Bangladesh writes in THE TIMES, London on June 19, “the former Pakistan army Captain is adamant that freedom fighters will not accept any political settlement short of independence. “There can be no going back after what the army did on March 25. We have lost too many lives, and most of my men have no idea what has happened to their families. This is now a struggle for complete freedom."
Prof. Louis Dumont, a Director of the Institute of the Higher Studies in Paris writing in LE MONDE on August 6 makes the point that East Bengal is virtually independent and urges France to stop all assistance to the Government of Pakistan because that Government had lost its legitimacy by going to war against the majority of its Citizens.
Bruce Douglas-Mann a member of the British Parliament told the House of Commons on June 9, 1971 “it is undoubtedly true that a whole people are being deliberately destroyed. They are being driven out of their country and the terrorizing tactics being adopted can have only one possible outcome, and that is the ultimate independence of Bangladesh."
