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 7. It was out hope that our struggle would find immediate and tangible support from the international community, particularly from our great neighbor. India. Our expectations had some basis in the eloquent resolution passed by the Parliament of India on the 31st of March, 1971, which expressed sympathy for and solidarity with the people of Bangladesh in their struggle for a democratic way of life. Already, cight months have gone by, neither international pressure nor counsels of reason from the statesmen of the world have succeeded in persuading the military regime of West Pakistan to negotiate a political settlement with the people of Bangladesh through their already elected and acknowledged leaders led by the President of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Nor has your tolerance and restraint made any constructive impact on the rulers of West Pakistan. To the contrary, apart from carrying out a systematic policy of genocide, violation of human rights and repression, the military regime of West Pakistan has sought to divert the attention of the world from the root cause of the problem by attempting to internationalize the issue by projecting it as an Indo-Pakistan dispute. We are aware of the consistent efforts that your Government has made to explain the problem in its correct perspective and to direct the attention of the international community to the realities of the situation. These attempts at a peaceful settlement of the dispute between the people of Bangladesh and the military rulers of West Pakistan have failed and the recent pronouncements and activities of President Yahya Khan provide little hope for a political solution. In this context, it has surprised and even perturbed us that India should continue a policy of caution and restraint against the oppressive military regime of West Pakistan.

 8. The people of Bangladesh are conscious of the leading role that India played in eradicating the evil of colon alism from the Afro Asian region. It was India's eloquent advocacy and consistent stand in favor of the oppressed peoples of the world which made it the leading political force accelerating the process of de-colonization. Your Government and your people have always raised their voice where human dignity was in danger and liberties and freedoms of people threatened. Your consiste support to the just struggles for liberati and freedom movements of the oppressed people of the world is well-known. India has been a leading exponent of the cause of freedom and upholder of liberty for those who are oppressed and deprived of their fundamental rights. You have shown unflinching support to the principles of democracy, sccularism, socialism and a non-aligned forcign Policy. The proclamation of independence of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and subsequent pronouncements by the Government of our country have given clear indication that we share their ideals and aspirations. We should like to reiterate here what we have already proclaimed as the basic principles of our State policy, i. e.. democracy, socialism, secularism, and the establishment of an egalitarian society, where there would be no discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex or creed. In our foreign relations, we are determined to follow a policy of non-alignment, peaceful coexistence and opposition to colonialism, racialism and imperialism in all its forms and manifestations. Against this background of this community of ideals and principles, we are unable to understand why the Government of India has not yet responded to our plea for recognition.

 9. On a more practical plane, we are conscious of the burdens imposed on your country by the massive influx of the citizens of Bangladesh in the face of the terror which