বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড
areas of greatest need, to assess, current food stocks and to decide on the quantities and type of relief supplies needed, to evaluate the extent of damage and to supervise the repair of communication and transportation facilities for non-military purposes only, to establish food distribution centers accessible to air and water transport and to formulate equitable procedures of rationing and distribution.
Given these requirements, and given them quickly, there is a reasonable chance that an effective relief operation can be mounted. To cover immediate needs, emergency food supplies should be flown in. To avoid congestion in the ports, and to overcome the breakdown in road and rail communications ships should be used to stand off the coast and transfer supplies to an armada of small craft which can use the extensive waterways system to reach regional centers.
But time is desperately short. The world community must act now or be prepared to witness a human disaster of unimaginable proportions.
