understanding by one all, of the implications that must follow as a logical corollary to recognition. This matter has been discussed by many an organization concerned over the matter during recent days. It has been decided that a purely non-party and non official Action Committee on Bangladesh be constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri Jayaprakash Narayan who has just come back after a long trek cross the wide world explaning the issues at take in Bangladesh. This committee will act on behalf of Sarva Seva Sangh, Servants of the people Society, Loktantra Raksha Parishad, All India Panchayat Parishad, Association of Voluntary for Rural Development, Dehli Sarvodaya Mandal, Gandhi Smarak. Nidhi, Gandhi Peace Foundation, and all others who join the programme. They will launch a campaing throught the country and take action in all States to mobilise non- official institutions and organizations who are wedded to democrecy and human rights. The programme envisaged in the first instance will cover the following:
(a) Resolutions (on the lines indicated in the attached draft) to be passed by public organizations and institutions and by people in meetings specially called over the subject of action on Bangladesh in villages, towns and cities and in the capitals of the States and Union Territories including the national capital. The resolution passed in these meetings will be conveyed to the Prime Minister.
(b) A signature camping urging on the Government of India to accord recognition to the provisional Government of Bangladesh.
(c) Peaceful demonstrations and selective basis at the appropriate time.
6. It is expected that public debates on politically non-partisan lines will be conducted over the country as a whole to lend moral and material support to the Government of India when it takes firm action on the Bangladesh issue. These will prepare the people of India for the eventualities that may follow in the wake of the recognition of Bangladesh as an independent entity. If the Government proves reluctant to take this step, the campaign will be intensified to generate sufficient pressure in the country to make the Government act. It will also help to rouse world opinion to the gravity of the situation in this sensitive region in South Asia.
7. The Chairman Shri Jayaprakash Narayan in a meeting held at the Gandhi peace foundation on Sunday the 4th of July has formed an action committee for this purpose with Shri S. K. Dey, president of the all India Parishad as the Convenor and Shri S. D. Sharama, Secretary of the Loktantra Raksha Parishad of Servants of the People Society as the Joint Convenor. It has been decided that the head quarters of the Action Committee on Bangladesh shall be located at Lajpat Bhawan, Lajpat Nagar, New Del 24 where all letters, telegrams and contributions to the cause of Bangladesh may kindly be sent.
Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi-24,
