পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৪৩৯

41 1 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড Because the root cause of the conflict between India and Pakistan is the continued suppression of popular will in East Pakistan, the resulting flow of millions of refugees into India and the enormous burden which this had placed on that nation, we also believe that the Security Council should invite for participation representatives of Bangladesh. With these points in mind, we respectfully urge you to instruct the U. S. delegation at the United Nations formally to inscribe the item "the threat to peace in South Asia" on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council and at the same time to call for an emergency session of the Security Council on this subject. The first order of business in the Security Council debate necessarily must be cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan. But because the refugee problem lies at the heart of the tension between the two countries, we also urge the U. S. delegation immediately to press for rapid Security Council consideration of measures which will permit the vast majority of these refugees to return to their homes in East Pakistan in the very near future. A war involving India, Pakistan and the three major powers concerned would affect more than 50 per cent of the entire population of the globe. Whatever one's views on the likelihood of this possibility, the magnitude of such a catastrophe is so awesome that we firmly believe the United States must leave no door to peace untried at this crucial moment. Walter F. Mondale, Bob Packwood. Frank E. Moss, Lee Misalf. Birch Bayh, Philip A. Hart, Fred. R. Harris, Alan Cranston, William proxmire, John V. Tunney, Hubert H. Humphrey. U. S. Senators,