পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫২৭

499 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ পুর্ব বাংলার জনগনের সমর্থনে বিক্ষোভে সেভ ইষ্ট বেঙ্গল কমিটি জুন, ১৯৭১ যোগদানের আহবান MASSACRE-GENOCIDE-BLOODBATH-TERROR AND NOW STARVATION "ALL PART OF A GAME THE TRAGEDY OF EAST PAKISTAN (BANGLADESH) As a result of devastation and dislocations caused by war, floods, cyclones, inaddition to the persistent food shortages between 10 & 30 million of East Pakistan's 75 million inhabitants face starvation within the next few months. Contrary to bland assurances which continue to emanate from West Pakistan spokesmen, the situation is unquestionably desperate and will require a large-scale international relief effort, if a tragedy of major proportion is to be averted. The months required to return the system to normal would probably exceed the time during which the food reserves could sustain the population. The factors that determine mass famine are irreversible after a certain point. When the first stories and photographs of starving families are published, it will be too late to protect thousands of others. International action, immediate and strong, is perhaps the only defense the people of East Bengal now have. On May 12, President Yahya Khan of Pakistan refused U. N. Secretary-General's offer of aid for East Pakistan. After having unleashed one of the most brutal bloodbaths in all history, he is now planning to starve out the resistance. In November it was a cyclone that took a tool of lives. That was nature. In March Bangladesh was hit by another disaster, systematically eliminating the country of its young men, intelligentsia and millions of innocent victims. This time the perpetrator iS YAHYA KHAN. BANGLADESH NEEDS OUR HELP RALLY: SATURDAY, JUNE 12. Meet at noon at Columbus Circle March to Pakistan Consulate on 2E/65 St. then on Madison Ave, 42 St. to UN Plaza at 1st Avenue, and 47 Street. Speakers: Congressmen and other leading citizens.