March To Islamabad
The Session also considered a suggestion that an International march to বাংরাদেশেরIslamabed from New Delhi or Kabul should be organized to acquaint the West Pakistanis with the facts about what was happening in the eastern wing of their country. At a participants suggestion, Teheran was included as a possible starting point for the march.
A suggestion that participants visiting refugee camps should cross in to Bangladesh as a “symbolic cat” of defying the Yahya regime met with stiff opposition.
The Commission on “support to Bangladesh” debated a number of steps to help the people of East Bengal. Mr. K. Subrahamanyam, Director. Insatiate for Defence Studies and Analyses, said that India should seriously consider creating some sort of a situation preferably short or war, on her western border with Pakistan to deflect attention of General Yahya khan and his hatcher men from Bangladesh to the Western wing of their Country.
More Troops
He said after the rains Pakistani Generals would favour movement of more troops and lethal weapons from the western wing to Bangladesh to deal a hard blow to Bangladesh freedom fighters.
Notwithstanding noteworthy gains made by the freedom fighters, the presence of more enemy troops in Bangladesh was likely to make a difference to the ultimate outcome of their struggle. As such, India should do something before the balance was tilted against the Mukti Bahini.
Explaining American motives for pumping military aid into Pakistan despite wanton killing by its troops in Bangladesh, Mr. subrahmanyam said in the beginning Pakistan was used as a countervailing power to India and also used as a member of U.S sponsored military pacts. Pakistan was also used as a channel of Communication to other Muslim Countries. And now, the Americans had used it as channel of communication with China.
Other speakers at the session, which was presided over by Mr. William Molloy, British M.P., underlined the need for propagating the Bangladesh cause in Australia, Africa and South East Asian Countries. They said because of the failure of communication colossal ignorance prevailed about the issue in many areas of the world.
Plea for Recognition
Speaker from Bangladesh and several other countries made a fervent plea for recognition of their Government. They Said Bangladesh was a vibrant reality whose frontiers were advancing day by day. It had territory, sovereignty and all other concomitants of a modern State, “By recognizing our Government foreign powers will be greatly extending areas of their influence.”
Mrs. Sally Ray from Australia said although wanton destruction of life and property in East Bengal was beyond belief, Bangladesh had not come in Australia an issue of such
