| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
|---|---|---|
| যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের প্রেসিডেণ্ট নিক্সনের প্রতি প্রধানমন্ত্রী ইন্দিরা গান্ধীর চিঠি | ভারত সরকারের পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয় | ১৫ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ |
RIGHTS OF 75 MILLION PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH TO LIFE, LIBERTY
AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
Letter from Shrimati Indira Gadhi, Prime Minister of India,
to His Excellency Mr. Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America.
December 15, 1971.
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT,
I am writing at a moment of deep anguish at the unhappy turn which the relations between our two countries have taken.
I am setting aside, all pride prejudice and passion and trying, as calmly as I can, to analyze once again the origins of the tragedy which is being enacted.
There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past. One such great moment which has inspired millions of people to die for liberty was the Declaration stated that whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of man’s inalienable rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, it was the right of the people to alter or abolish it.
All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangladesh since March 25 have recognized the revolt of 75 million people, an people who were forced to the conclusion that neither their life, nor their liberty, to say nothing of the possibility of have faithfully recorded the story. The most perceptive of American scholars who are knowledgeable about the affairs of this sub-continent revealed the anatomy of East Bengal’s frustrations.
The tragic war, which is continuing could have been averted if during the nine months prior to Pakistan attack on us on December 3, the great leaders of the world had paid some attention to the fact of revolt, tried to see the realty of the situation and searched for a genuine basis for reconciliation. I wrote letters along these lines. I undertook a tour in quest of peace at a time when it was extremely difficult to leave the country in the hope of presenting to some of the leaders of the world the situation as I saw it. It was heart-breaking to find that while there was sympathy for the poor refugees, the disease itself was ignored.
War could also have been avoided if the power, influence and authority of all the States, and above all of the United States, had got Sheikh Mujibur Rahman released. Instead, we were told that a civilian administration was being installed. Everyone knows that this civilian administration was a farce; today the farce has turned into a tragedy.
