পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৫১

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523 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড As Tajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister of the provisional government of Bangladesh, said in his appeal "To the People of the World" on April 17, "Pakistan is now dead and buried under a mountain of corpses. The hundreds and thousands of people murdered by the army in Bangladesh will act as an impenetrable barrier between West Pakistan and the People of Bangladesh. By resorting to pre-planned genocide Yahya must have known that he was himself digging Pakistan's grave. The subsequent massacres perpetrated 01 his orders by his licensed killers on the people were not designed to preserve the unity of a nation. They were acts of racial hatred and sadism devoid of even the elements of humanity. Professional soldiers, on orders, violated their code of military honor and were seen as beast of prey who indulged in an orgy of murder, rape, loot, arson and destruction unequalled in the annals of civilization. These acts indicate that the concept of two countries is already rooted deeply in the minds of Yahya and his associates who would not dare to commit such atrocities on their own countrymen." Mr. President, do you not see how morally obtuse it is to go on pretending and presuming that, after what these people have been through, they are to go back and put themselves in those bloody hands transiting themselves to the tender mercies of those who have treated them with studied brutality and have never shown the least sign of a change of heart? And it is four and one half months since the reign of terror began; As the defecting diplomats have declared, with their intimate and through knowledge of the whole situation, far greater than yours or mine. "There absolutely cannot be any question of economic or military assistance to West Pakistan now. Such assistance will only have the effect of perpetuating genocide." For us who have been brought up to applaud Patrick Henry's 'Give me liberty or give me death," is it unconceivable that those who have seen their fathers and sons slaughtered, their daughters mass-raped, their homes looted and put to the torch, their industries and services destroyed, their educated leaders systematically killed off, should prefer death to tyrant-governed relief, even if overseen by a handful of UN observers? Have you the audacity to ask them to return to such a regime? Dare we go on acting as if an American military ally must never be disowned, no matter what unspeakable atrocities he commits? You say, "We are not going to engage in Public pressure on the Government of West Pakistan." (Does this expression mean that, although you do not recognize Bangladesh, you do. at least unconsciously, recognize that the government is now that of West Pakistan?) You add, "That would be counter- productive. These are matters that we will discuss only in private channels." So, regardless of the fact that this ally has engaged in tops of thousands of the most offensive public acts against human decency against civilization itself, we must avoid any public wounding or his sensibilities! After all, the reasoning goes, he might favor China, instead of us, with his readiness to accept such tokens as of undying friendship and loyalty as tanks, jets, flame throwers, machine guns, and be no longer a staunch ally and bulwark against Communism! Speaking of staunchness, Mr. President, have you really been using your influence with the genocidal tyrant, "through private channels," as you insist, the past four months?