পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৮৫৯

br○○ বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড The last question was about the policy regarding Bangladesh. I think the Prime Minister has from time to time enunciated clearly our sympathy and support for the people of Bangladesh. That has got nothing to do with this question which we are trying to tackle in this call attention notice. SHRI N. K. SANGHI (lalore) : The dispatch of arms and ammunition by SS PADMA and SS SUNDARBANS is like adding salt to the wounds of millions of people in India. Even as we offered our congratulations tour Foreign Minister on his marathon to our visiting so many countries where a lot of spade work had been done to explain the reality of the Bangladesh and the genocide that goes on there and the difficulties that have been created in our country, unfortunately within I8 hours of his return to India we got the news from the New York Times of Arms shipment. Just now the hon. Minister has said that he has also received a telegram confirming the news published in the New York Times. I am only sorry that till now our diplomatic headquarters in America have not sent us any authentic news on this subject. This is not an isolated instance of American policy towards India. To understand it better we may have to go a little backward. At the time of the late John Foster Dulles he enunciated a new policy that those who were not allies of America were against America. That was the reason why he started shipping lethal weapons, arms and ammunition to countries like Pakistan so that India could be kept at bay. Coming to the events in Bangladesh after 25th March. when the trouble started America gave a clear assurance that no arms and ammunition would be sent to Pakistan. Robert McLasky of the U.S. States Department said on April 16 that no arms would be sent to Pakistan and there was no supply on the conduit pipe. He said that no arms would be he sent to Pakistan even if they were lying in the docks. But what do we see now Shiploads have been sent. East West Shipping Agency of America has clearly stated that a number of visits have been made by these two ships between America and Pakistan carrying arms and ammunition. Many other ships have also left after March 25 carrying arms and ammunition. You will appreciate that during the India-Pakistan conflict logistic experts had given an assessment that in case war had continued for another ten days Pakistan would have been left without ammunition. They did not have enough supplies. Now it is more than three month. More than 90 days have passed since fighting broke out and we find that Pakistan has got four divisions in Bangladesh to continue its war. Naturally it has got all its supplies from China, America and other countries. Pakistan lobby has been much stranger in other countries than our diplomatic missions. This has been very clear by the recent statement of the Ex-Prime Minister Mr. Harold Wilson who says that he was misguided by his officials during the Indo-Pakistan conflict. Seen in that background we have to come to some conclusion. What should be our attitude in this matter when we find that promises and assurances that the American Government had given to us are being flouted regularly? After 1965 they said that it was to wean Pakistan away from China, later on they said that it was a onetime exception. We find again that in spite of the categorical assurance given to us that they would not supply arms to Pakistan. They still continue to supply arms. How far can we believe them? Any how I would ask two categorical questions on this matter. Will the Government decide here and now to give an ultimatum to the United Nations Organisation giving them a specific