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বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খণ্ড

 Nixon would be in a quandary. He has miserably lost in the international power game as ' has only a ping pong ball to show to his voters in exchange of world's largest democracy. Sheikh's death is certain to spell disaster for Nixon and, consequently, for his protégés in Islamabad.

 As for the people of Bangladesh-they will not rest until the murder has been avenged to their satisfaction.

 If by one chance in a thousand, Sheikh is still alive it would be for the world powers to stop this farce of a trial before it is too late.

১৭ আগষ্ট, ১৯৭১

 Reports from Islamabad suggest that Yahya has lost control of Tikka Khan. The maniacal murderer in Dacca has stopped just short of publicly declaring himself the supreme ruler of what Islamabad likes to believe its Eastern colony. Now Yahya is afraid of visiting Dacca. On the other side Tikka is scared of touring Islamabad for fear of sadden arrest. Yahya has for the second time put off his much-publicized tour of Occupied areas of Bangladesh-a place he did not dare to visit since he betrayed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the people of Bangladesh and fled from Dacca like a thief in the darkness of night. Two weeks ago he pompously asked a number of foreign journalists to f hang around if they wanted to accompany him in his tour of Dacca. Some of them must F still be hanging around but with tongues in their cheeks. Meanwhile, Tikka Khan was conspicuously absent from the meeting of so-called National Economic Council held in Islamabad sometime ago.

 It is also interesting to note that on August 14 Yahya, as a matter of routine, decorated Tikka with Hilal-e-Quaid-e-Azam. Yet, if the relations were good, he would: most certainly have been decorated with the highest award Hilal-e-Pakistan for [completing the historic task of destroying Pakistan. Of course, it is possible, that Yahya has kept the medal for himself.

 The rift between the gangsters apparently resulted over Tikka's total lack of (understanding of the world reaction to his crimes. He led Yahya into believing that the situation was really normal in the East and that he could send any number of foreign journalists to see it for themselves. Perhaps he thought that the journalists could be 'bought over just like those hacks from West Pakistan by drinks and dinners in the army mess. Perhaps like those silly West Pakistanis (with the notable exception of Anthony Mascarenhas) they, too, would parrot his hand-cuts. Like an honest fool Yahya believed in him and sent the journalists who in due time exploded the lies of Tikka. This apparently annoyed Yahya who would have preferred to keep the journalists' out Particularly when the naked aggression against the people of Bangladesh could not be hidden with mere repairs of some badly damaged buildings of Dacca.

 He was hoping to get Tikka in Islamabad in order to punish him for the costly folly. But, then, Tikka got the smell of it through his personal friends in the junta and stayed