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701 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ংলাদেশ প্রশ্নে বিশ্বের বিভিন্ন রাষ্ট্র বাংলাদেশ ডকুমেন্টস’ এপ্রিল-ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ নেতৃবর্গের বিবৃতি STATEMENT BY MR. WILLIAM McMOHAN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CANBERRA ON APRIL 22, 1971 In the House on April 22, Prime Minister replied as follows to question from Mr. Bryant as to why he had made no public protest at slaughter of people of East Pakistan by military Government of West Pakistan: Of course, we regret the loss of life, and I can make it known here in the House just how much we regret that there should be bloodshed, particularly because as we have pointed out, recently there had been an election in both East and West Pakistan and the Awami League had received strong approval from the people of East Pakistan. We also welcome the statement by the President of Pakistan that he will try to ensure that civil power is resumed as soon as possible. We hope that he can very quickly put his statement into practice and, above all, express the view that there should be no more loss of life and that the leaders of the Awami League should be given full authority, civilly to represent their people in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND ON MAY 24, 1971 The following is a report on the statement made by the Rt. Hon. Sir Keith Halyorke, Prime Minister of New Zealand on May 24, 1971:= "New, Zealand has been neither silent nor indifferent to the tragedy in East Pakistan", said the Prime Minister. Sir Keith had been asked to comment or remarks made by the leader of the Opposition when he was in Singapore on his way back to New Zealand. Mr. Kirk was reported to have said that "by not taking any public stand, we can only blame ourselves if people think our silence is a wall of indifference." When he made his remarks, Mr. Kirk was apparently not aware that on 14th April the Acting Prime Minister issued a public statement expressing the Government's concern at the suffering and loss of life that has accompanied the civil strife in East Pakistan. Stressing the human aspect of the situation, Mr. Marshall called for an early end of the bloodshed and for the renewal of attempts by Pakistan's political and military leaders to reach agreement by negotiation and compromise.