পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (পঞ্চম খণ্ড).pdf/৪৬৪

440 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড to remain pan of Pakistan or create a new state of Bangladesh, the reply was, he wriies ilmost all of them answered Bangladesh". The Magazine further confirms that all the people in Bangladesh are now more committed to an independent state than ever before. The senior Editor of the Magazine writes "Several people whispered to me "Bangladesh should be independent, all of us feel that way". The Magazine also mentions that the Pakistan army is losing grip over the situation. writes "what general Niazi, martial law administrator in East Pakistan does not seem to appreciate is the steady deterioration of internal security and the degree of organisation of Mukti Bahini. By last week the government had lost control of 25% of the police stations E. Pakistan." That the civil administrators of Yahya Khan are also cooperating with Mukti Bahini evident from this issue of the Newsweek Magazine of Nov. 15. It says "a number" of strict commissioners are tacitly cooperating with the guerillas and much of the areas north of Dacca itself is still under the outright control of the Mukti Bahini." With regard the organisation and efficiency of the Mukti Bahini the senior editor writes. "I personally was contacted by Mukti Bahini representative within 30 minutes of checking to my hotel in Dacca despite tight police security," He further says, the rebels had established a disciplined network carefully organized into teamssome assigned to collect taxes and organise Bank robberies, others designated as saboteurs, still others coldly ear-marked to be assassins." ১৬ নভেম্বর, ১৯৭১ The Newsweek Magazine of U.S. on Nov. 15 reveals that Yahya Khan and his generals are completely unaware of the realities in Bangladesh. His civil Governor also does not know of the factors that are prevailing in the minds of the people. It says "the harsh truths about Bengali resistance are being concealed not only from the civil Werner A. M. Malik but from President Yahya Khan himself." Lastly, the Magazine also confirms the atrocities that are being committed by Pakistan army even today. It reports, "a highly knowledgeable foreign observer accuses e soldiers of atrocities." The army recently surrounded the village of Demra where the Mukti Bahini had never been, raped all the women between 12 and 35 and shot all the en older than 12." It further writes, "only days' later Pakistani gunboats swept up the river Chalna eking fishing boats and shooting the fishermen as they swam for safety." But the agazine's senior editor rightly points out that the more repressive Pakistan's army is and e more atrocities they commit, the bolder the resistance will be from the people. It will only strengthen the power of resistance rather than subjugating the people. The Magazine rites, "all this accomplishes is to make the resistance in East Pakistan more extreme and