পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৮৫২

824 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড Prime minister of India in reply to her letter of 16th November: "I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 16th November, 1971, in which you send me your reply to my letter of 20th October, 1971, I appreciate the thoughtful and detailed exposition of the views of Your Excellency's Government concerning the situation which gave rise to my offer of good offices, and in particular, Your Excellency's statement that your Government has no desire to provoke an armed conflict with Pakistan. "I am, however, puzzled by the reference in paragraph 5 of Your Excellency's letter to 'the present attempt to save the military regime of Pakistan and by the statement that To side-track this main problem and to convert it into an Indo-Pakistan dispute can only aggravate tensions, I am also puzzled by the statement in paragraph 8 that if I am prepared to view the problem in perspective' I shall have the support of the Indian Government. "In view of these statements, I feel obliged to make clear to Your Excellency my intention in offering my good offices. My letter of 20" October was deliberately written in the Context of my memorandum of 20th July, 1971, addressed to the President of the Security Council which took into account those aspects of situation which Your Excellency intentions in your letter. In act, I had intended that this memorandum would serve as the term of reference for the exercise of my good offices. "I had naturally intended to view this very serious situation in the broadest possible perspective and had hoped to have the opportunity to review it with the leaders of both Government. It was not my intention to side track any of the main issues, nor to confine the problem to any single particular issue, although naturally, as Secretary-General, I cannot under the Charter ignore a potential threat to international peace and security such as now seems to exist in the sub-continent. "As Your Excellency knows, the exercise of good offices requires the assent and co-operation of all the parties concerned. Under the present circumstances, much to my regret, there does not Seem to be a basis for the exercise of the SecretaryGeneral's good offices in this infinitely serious and complicated problem." 9. On 23rd November, the Secretary-General received a further letter from the President of Pakistan as follows: "I am addressing this message to you with a deep sense of urgency in view of the grave situation which has arisen in my country as a result of unprovoked and largeScale by attack by Indian armed force on various parts of Pakistan. "(b) On 21st November, an Indian army brigade group supported by armed helicopters entered Chittagong Hill Tracts, overran our border outposts and penetrated approximately 10 miles into our territory. The same day another brigade group of the 23rd Indian Division, supported by the rest of the division, launched an attack in the Belonia salient of Noakhali District, pushing eight miles deep into Pakistan territory. In the Brahmanbaria subdivision also, attacks were launched by a battalion group each from the 57" Division against two of our border posts at Mukandpur and Saldanadi which