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be tantamount to condoning their deplorable action in East Bengal, so fully and so irrefutably documented by eye-witness accounts which had been appearing in the world press all these weeks.

 “I pointed out also that, in fact, any economic assistance, excepting that given on humanitarian consideration to the victims of oppression in Bangladesh 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 form of interference in their internal affairs” the Minister added.

 Between June 6, and 22, Mr. Singh had visited Moscow, Bonn, Paris Ottawa, New York, Washington and London. In each of these capitals be had detailed discussions with the Head of Government and the Foreign Minister. He had discussions with the U.N. Secretary-General and his colleagues. He also met in every capital a number of other Government leaders, legislators, editors, social workers and leaders of public opinion.

 In these discussions the focus of attention and emphasis was all along on the “grave and serious situation created for India by the influx of six million refugees from East Bengal and the continuing crisis caused in our region due to the massive killings by the West Pakistani military machine in East Bengal”, Mr. Singh said.