পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৩৩

○のa বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড from Bangladesh and the Calcutta University Bangladesh Sahayak Samiti visited Allahabad, Aligarh, Delhi, Agra and Luck now. The entire expenditure was borne by the Samiti. The team created an excellent impression wherever they went, and could create a climate of appreciation of special problems of teachers and intellectual from Bangladesh. Our Vice-Chancellor, Prof. S. N. Sen and the President of the C.U. Bangladesh Sahayak Samiti had been to Delhi to negotiate with the U.G.C. and the Government of India the question of temporary absorption of teachers from Bangladesh in the Indian Universities. As the Education Minister was away from the country the pending problems could not be straightened and no progress could be achieved on this score. President held a Press Conference at Delhi on June 17 at Banga Bhawan where he laid a special stress on the immediate need for temporary absorption of teachers from Bangladesh, implementation of our Camp-School scheme and other Research Projects which would offer some gainful and useful occupation to the teachers and intellectuals from Bangladesh apart from keeping the teen-agers in the Camps occupied. Dr. S.N. Sen, the President of the Calcutta University Bangladesh Sahayak Samiti declared in the Press Conference at Delhi which was attended among others by Al-haj Lutful Hup, Sri Chitta Basu and Sri D.L. Sengupta, all M.P.s. that one of our academicians Father P.Fallon S.J., Head of the Department of European Languages could be sent out to meet His Holiness the Pope at the Vatican with our accreditation. The traveling expenses of Father P.Fallon are being borne by the Lord Bishop of Calcutta. Shri N.B. Mukherji of the Radiant Process gave a quiet reception in honour of Father P.Fallon before his departure. It has come out through the All India Radio and also the International Press that Father Fallon met His Holiness the Pope already and apprised him of the situation in Bangladesh and the genocide perpetrated by the Yahya regime. Mr. V.N. Thiagarajan, Executive Secretary, World University Service, Indian National Committee, called at our office and was highly impressed by our publications already made and also the pending programme of future publications. He also took interest in our Camp School Scheme and assured us his cooperation in these VentureՏ. A team from International Rescue Committee consisting of Ambassador Angier Biddle Duke, Mr. Morton Hamburg (General Counsel-I.R.C), Mrs. Lee Thaw (Director, IRC), Dr. Daniel L. Wadner (Professor of Surgery, Albert Sinst College of Medicine, N.Y.) and Mr. Thomas W. Phipps (an author) visited our office and discussed our various programmes of which the Camp School scheme attracted their attention. After several discussions they verbally assured financial help of dollars 10,000 per month and have actually handed over dollars 1,000 to the Bangladesh Sikshak Samiti as per our suggestion. With this Bangladesh Sikshak Samiti has actually started seven camp school, Prof. Sourindranath Bhattacharyya, Jt. Secretary and Prof. P. Sensarma represented the Samiti in discussions with the IRC and are still in constant tough with the working of the programme. Various organizations of different countries have been cooperating with us. Mention must be made of three Universities of Victoria, Australia; the Institute of Ceylonese Studies, Colombo; Friends of Dhaka University, London-a society of eminent scholars and teachers of U.K., the Bangladesh Students Action Council, London.