পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৯৩১

冷)○○ বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড measures and move our forces to defensive position in order to protect the integrity of our country and the lives and properties of our citizens. It has never been our intention to escalate the situation or to start a conflict. To this end, we have instructed our troops not to cross the borders except in self-defense. We cannot ignore our experience of 1947-48, January 1965 and of August-September 1965. On November 21, Pakistani infantry, supported by tanks and artillery launched as offensive on the Mukti Bahini who were holding the liberated the liberated area around Boyra, five miles from our eastern border, Pakistani armour, under heavy artillery cover, advanced to our border threatening our defensive positions. Their shells fell in our territory wounding a number of our men. The local Indian military Commander took appropriate action to repulse the Pakistani attack. Is this action 13 Pakistani Chafee tanks were destroyed. On November 22, the Pakistani force called up an air strike of four Sabre jets on our positions. These were intercepted within Indian territory by our Gnats who destroyed three Sabre jets. Two of the Pakistani Pilot who baled our, were captured on our territory. We regard this as a purely local action. Even though Pakistan has declared an Emergency, we shall refrain from taking a similar step, unless further aggressive action by Pakistan compels us to do so in the interest of national security. In the meantime, the country should remain unruffled. Our brave armed forces and our people will ensure that any adventurism on the part of the military regime of Pakistan meets with adequate rebuff. The rulers of Pakistan must realise that the path of peace of peaceful negotiation and reconciliation- is more rewarding than that of war and the suppression of liberty and democracy.