পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৪৫৪

426 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ংলাদেশের ভবিষ্যৎ নির্ধারণের প্রশ্নই আসল প্রেস বিজ্ঞপ্তি ৭ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ সমস্যা। সিনেটর মস্কির ৪ দঢ়া প্রস্তাব December 7, 1971 MUSKIE URGES 4-POINT PROGRAM TO END INDIA-PAKISTAN WAR Senator Edmund S. Muskie (D-Me) today (December 7) issued the following statement on the India-Pakistan conflict. This is not the time for the United States to sit in judgment to the war between India and Pakistan. This is the time for the United States to contribute to an end to the fighting, to help end the suffering of the people of East Bengal, and to help establish conditions for a lasting and just peace among the peoples of that troubled region. Therefore, I urge our government to join other countries at the United Nations in proposing: (1)An immediate ceasefire on all fronts and withdrawal of all Indian and Pakistani forces from the western front to their own territories. (2)Withdrawal of all Indian and West Pakistani forces from East Bengal and their replacement by a United Nations peacekeeping force to maintain order, to supervise the immediate return of the East Bengali refugees from India, and to provide relief supplies to those who have suffered from this war. (3)Release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by the West Pakistan authorities and the establishment of a provisional East Bengal leadership group consisting of East Bengali representatives elected to the Constituent Assembly in December, 1970, and other appropriate representatives. (4) Negotiations between representatives of East Bengal and the West Pakistan government, on an equal footing, with regard to the future relationship between the two entities. A final political settlement must be achieved without interference by outside powers. "President Nixon appears to be claiming a policy of 'absolute neutrality' when he continued for too long to ship arms to Pakistan in spite of West Pakistani repression in East Bengal. War it 'absolute neutrality' when we failed to end economic assistance to Pakistan in spite of the massacre of East Bengalis and the actions that drove almost ten million refugees into India?