পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬১৮

@S বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড It was generally agreed that the burden placed upon the resources of the Government of India by this massive influx of 6 million refugees into country from East Bengal, a process crowded into just a few weeks, was intolerable, and that the international community must give assistance in this effort, both in cash and in kind. I made it clear in each capital that any assistance to the refugees from East Bengal was essentially an assistance given to Pakistan, for they are nationals of that country, uprooted through deliberate and wanton action on the part of their own Government. I also clarified, and it was by and large accepted, that any military assistance to the Military rulers of Pakistan at the juncture would have the effect of encouraging and sustaining them in their anti-people activity; and any economic assistance to them would be tantamount to condoning their deplorable actions in East Bengal, so fully and so irrefutably documented by eye-witness accounts which have been appearing in the world press all these weeks. I pointed out also that, in fact, any economic assistance, excepting that given on humanitarian considerations to the victims of oppression in East Bengal under international surveillance would have the effect of maintaining in power the military machine of the minority now engaged in oppressing the majority of the people of that country, and thus would constitute an unfortunate farm of interference in their internal affairs. I found in all these capitals great appreciation for the generosity displayed by the Government and people of India in looking after this large influx of refugees, which was recognized as an unprecedented one in human history, man-made calamity for the people of East Bengal, and also for this country. The gravity of the situation, the enormity of the burden-placed on us, for no fault of ours, and the serious repercussions for the people and security of this entire region if the present situation was not brought under control speedily, was recognized everywhere.