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858 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ বাংলাদেশ সরকার কর্তৃক ভারতীয় পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয় ২৩ নভেম্বর, প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে লিখিত চিঠি Ֆի, Գծ Letter from the Government of Bangladesh to the Prime Minister of India November 23, 1971. (Seal of the Bangladesh Government) Mujibnagar, November 23, 1971 Excellency, May we invite your kind attention to our letter of the 15th of October, written to you on the eve of your departure for Europe and the United States of America? Our hope was that, apart from giving consideration to our basic request for the recognition of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and its government, our letter would also assist you in conveying the depth of our feelings and the increasing momentum of our struggle for freedom to the world leaders whom you were to meet. The reports that we received about your discussion had created the hope that the statesmen whom you meet would be able to persuade President Yahya Khan to evolve a political solution to the problem of Bangladesh, in consultation with our undisputed leader. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and our already elected representatives. 2. Even while you were abroad describing the realities of the situation and emphasizing the imperative necessity of a political solution according to the declared wishes of the people of Bangladesh, we received definite indications that the military rules of West Pakistan remain determined to continue their policy of repression and brutality against our people. President Yahya Khan's statement of the 12th of October, the increased activities of the West Pakistani Army against the civilian population in Bangladesh and his rebuffs to various overtures made by the statesmen of the world urging a rational political solution on him, confirmed our assessment. 3. Development especially over the last two weeks clearly show that the military rulers of West Pakistan are not open to persuasion to return to the path of reason and face the realities of the situation. Meanwhile, the exodus of our countrymen into India continues unabated, which is a direct consequence of the continuing repression of our people by the West Pakistani army. The oppression of our people is accompanied by a deceitful policy of so-called normalization undertaken by the military junta of West Pakistan. The defeated candidates and quislings, who constitute the so-called civilian government of East Pakistan, are sustained by a repressive martial law regime universally hated by the people of Bangladesh. Their atrocities have reached new and unimaginable dimensions in terrorizing and decimating our people in recent days. You must have seen reports about curfews and arrests, exercises in scorched earth and mass extermination undertaken by the West Pakistani army in Bangladesh over the last fortnight. Entire villages have been razed to the ground and their populations liquidated. The West Pakistani army has acted with