পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৩৭

709 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড POPE PAUL'S STATEMENT IN THE VATICAN CITY OCTOBER 10, 1971 The following is a report on the statement: To help East Bengal means to contribute to genuine peace. Pope Paul VI declared here yesterday (Vatican City, October 10) reports DPA. He said this in a brief address on the occasion of the day of prayer, fasting and collections for refugees from East Bengal and the people in distress there. The holy father voiced his satisfaction over the large number of people following his appeal to help Bangladesh. The appeal was still in force, he added. Distress in East Bengal had possibly no parallel in world history, the Pope said. STATEMENT BY DR. BRUNO KREISKY, AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR OCTOBER 27, 1971 Following is a report on the statement; made in Vienna: The Austrian Chancellor, Dr. Kreisky, said today (October 27) he would write or convey to President Yahya Khan his own views on the Bangladesh crisis which, he added, was extremely complicated and posed the danger of a military confrontation between India and Pakistan. Dr. Kreisky told Indian journalists accompanying Mrs. Gandhi that it was the right of the Bangladesh refugees now in India to return with the guarantee of their safety. He admitted that a communication he had received from President Yahya Khan made a "controversial presentation of 'the problem". STATEMENT BY MR. WILLIAM McMOHAN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, AT NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON NOVEMBER 3, 1971 I don't think that either the Government of India or the Government of Pakistan want war. The real danger arises from the fact that the people of East Pakistan are being trained in guerrilla warfare, and by accident it could so happen that armed attack might occur either from the Pakistan army or the freedom-fighters in East Pakistan itself. No one, I believe, can tell you what the prospects are likely to be. What we must all do, and I will certainly be playing my part, I will have the good fortune to talk to Mrs. Gandhi tomorrow, is to press with her and to press with the President Yahya Khan that war must not take place. It can't benefit India, it can't benefit Pakistan and, above all, it cannot