পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৭৭

Ꮼ© বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড combine of Pakistan or a free exploitation of the poor masses of Pakistan on the one hand and to build a military potential against India on the other hand. Neither Britain, nor the USA sincerely wants India to be prosperous or strong and they have always used Pakistan as an instrument to serve their own ends. I do not know if the ruling circles of Great Britain have started doing some kind of rethinking about their attitude towards Pakistan after what has happened in Bangladesh. But let us not forget that it was primarily the British much more than the Muslim League itself which had planned Pakistan and till the other day they have always supported Pakistan as against India. Britain is no longer a great power and therefore the burden of the baby has been safely shifted to the care of the Americans. No other country has been so thoroughly exposed by the developments in Bangladesh than the United States of America. They talk of democracy, of human rights, of human values and so on and so forth, but still most shamelessly they are giving arms aid to Pakistan to continue to commit genocide on the people of Bangladesh The fact has been established beyond any shadow of doubt now that Pakistan is nothing but an American base in the sub-continent and the Pakistani rulers are acting as the agents of Pentagon and CIA in order to serve the interests of imperialist powers and never the interests of their people. Sir, I am not at all surprised to see China also standing by the side of the military junta of Pakistan as against the people of Bangladesh. Their move for a rapprochement with America makes their international character much more clear. That a communist country professing to stand by the side of the people struggling for freedom and social justice can go to the extent of supporting a regime engaged in acts of exploitation, mass murder, mass raping and even to the extent of moving closer to the greatest imperialist power on earth is scandal of Himalayan magnitude. The real character and intentions of China have been thoroughly exposed today. The SinoAmerican rapprochement move be an entirely development, but I do not think it is entirely unconnected with the issue of Bangladesh, particularly when Pakistan has successfully played the role of a broker in this nefarious game of great power politics, politics of spheres of influence. It is in this context, Sir that we have to examine the question of Bangladesh and determine our course of action. The first thing that I would suggest is that our foreign policy needs an immediate reorientation, and before we find ourselves entrapped by the policy of encirclement pursue by China, USA and Pakistan combined against our country, we should take steps to that any attempt at encirclement is broken through by countermeasure in the international field. I would strongly suggest that it is time we realized the hard reality of the developing situation and built up much closer and much more intimate relations with Soviet Russia on one hand and Japan on the other in order to safeguard our national interests and national security. The foreign of a country does not depend on the ideals or ideological considerations or on the character of the social systems of different countries. It is based on and must be based on consideration of national self-interest and national security. It is for this reason that I strongly advocate closer relations with Russia and Japan. Such a policy will help not only this country but also the people and the cause of Bangladesh ultimately. The struggle of Bangladesh is basically a struggle for democracy and human rights. We are not concerned with whether Pakistan remains united as one country or breaks up