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○bbr বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড Mr. Chairman: I want to take one suggestion. I suggest that after the Bills are disposed of, this may be taken up as a Short Duration Discussion today. The Minister of External Affairs (Sarar Awaran Singh): I would crave the indulgence of this House because the Demand relating to the Ministry of External Affairs is coming up for discussion in the other House today. These dates are already fixed and both today as well as tomorrow I will be busy in the other House. I do not want to come in the way of your decision for arranging a Short Duration Discussion. But I will not be available today and tomorrow. Shri Bhupesh Gupta: If he is not here, there is no point. I understand the hon. Minister will not be replying to the debate in the other House today. He will be only listening to the debate. It is important for him to listen to the speeches, I agree............ Shri Niren Ghosh: The Bills that are there are regarding Gujarat and Punjab. Shri Bhupesh Gupta; I suggest that this be discussed today as the hon. Minister will not be replying in the other House today. Shri OM Mehta: It is entirely for the House to decide. Shri Bhupesh Gupta: The calling attention should come. I beg to call the attention of the Minister of External Affairs to the continued arms supply by the Government of U.S.A. to Pakistan and the implications thereof. Mr. Chairman: Mr. Gurupadaswamy wants to say something. The leader of the opposition (Shri M.S. Gurupadaswamy): I just want to say that today may not be utilized for a general debate on this issue. I would like that a separate day may be fixed for this. This motion, as he has started it, may be gone through, but the general question may no be taken up today. Mr. Chairman: That will be considered. In the meantime this will go on. Shri Bhupesh Gupta; I have already called his attention. [MR. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN in the Chair] Sardar Swaran Singh: Sir, I regret to inform the House that since the issue of shipment of American arms to Pakistan was discussed last in this House, there has been no change in U.S. policy. On the contrary, it has come to our notice that U.S. Military equipment still in the pipeline for delivery to Pakistan may be even more than has been publicly admitted by the U.S. Government. While the U.S. State Department spokesman mentioned on July 8th, 1971 that the average approximate annual figure for the last five years of supply of arms to Pakistan has been in the order of $ 10 to 15 million, Senator Church quoted an estimated figure of $35 million, in respect of military equipment still in the pipeline. We have reason to believe that his figure is nearer to the correct one. In any case amounts in Dollar alone do not give a correct picture. As we know, Pakistan has been in the past obtaining equipment from certain governmental sources at throw-away prices. Spare parts which may cost very little can reactivate deadly weapons.