পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৮০

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552 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ডঃ হেনরী কিসিঞ্জারের মন্তব্যের উপর ংলাদেশ ইনফরমেশন সেন্টার ১৩ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ একটি প্রতিবেদন BANGLADESH INFORMATION CENTER 423-Sth Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003. 202-547-3873 Washington. December 13, 1971-The Bangladesh Information Center, representing a group of Americans concerned about the crisis in South Asia, issued the following statement in response to Dr. Henry Kissinger's December 7th White House press briefing. (The entire text of Dr. Kissinger's briefing was placed in the December 9th Congressional Record by Senator Barry Gold water.) Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger at a December 7th press briefing presented for the first time the White House version of the role played by the United States in the South Asia crisis. The Kissinger statement came in the wake of two previous State Department announcements charging that India "bears the major responsibility" and is the "main aggressor" in the current conflict on the Indian subcontinent. It demonstrates the Nixon Administration’s refusal to perceive the flight of 10 million refugees and the Pakistan Army massacre of a repotted I million civilians inside East Bengal as the root causes of the war. In pointing to seven "accomplishments" which he claims the U. S. involvement helped bring about, Kissinger displays not only a shocking misunderstanding of the facts of the crisis but reveals the shortsighted bias of the United States' diplomatic effort on the subcontinent. Kissinger claimed that U.S. involvement helped achieve the following results: KISSINGER CLAIM: All of the relief supplies in East Pakistan were distributed through international agencies. REALITY: As of the middle of November and less than one week before its entire force was withdrawn from East Pakistan, the United Nations East Pakistan Relief Operation (UNEPRO) had not yet even started any actual distribution of relief supplies, according to a press release issued by the U. N. on November 19th. Most of the aid contributed by the United States was in the form of PL 480 food grains. Sold to the Government of Pakistan which in turn distributed the grains mainly to those loyal to die martial law regime. (Sec New York Times. November 17th and 20th. Baltimore Sun. Nov. 11) No food grains or other assistance was distributed in areas controlled by the Mukti Bahini freedom fighters.