পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (পঞ্চম খণ্ড).pdf/৪৬৬

442 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড are beginning to show signs of severe strain. .several units have been confined to barracks for the past week." The correspondent of this paper further writes "I understand the police who came to Dacca to replace those members of the East Pakistani force who had defected to Bangladesh were told they would return home on September. As there is still no signs of relieve for the force, they are becoming increasingly truculent in their demands to be given a firm date when they will return to the West. That the troops out of their desperate situation continue to harass ship-keepers by demanding goods the reporter writes "I have also seen some West Pakistani soldiers in groups harassing shopkeeper. The behavior of the troops is certainly worse than it was two months ago." "Guerillas disrupting flow of Pakistan's raw jute" was the headline of Financial Times of Nov. 12. It says "guerrilla activities in East Pakistan appear to be having an impact in supplies of raw jute to the World's Spinning Industries. According to some shipping Companies there is a continual short of jute for lifting". From a report in London Goatfrey Brown, correspondent of the Financial Times writes "the uncertainties and delays in shipments are forcing jute spinners in Europe to mop up any unbought persons afloat. As a result prices for jute are tending to rise and have gone up by 7 to 10 pounds a ton in the last fortnight." ১৮ নভেম্বর, ১৯৭১ "Guerillas took over large areas of East Pakistan" was another headline in the Daily Telegraph of London. It says "7 major regions of East Pakistan have been declared liberated zones by Bangladesh guerillas. Since an autumn offensive got under way two weeks ago the 'successes are more than even guerilla commanding officers had anticipated". The correspondent of the Newspaper gives the details about the liberated areas controlled by the Mukti Bahini. The correspondent travels 70 miles from the Indian border into the liberated areas of Bangladesh. It mentions Modhupur forest and the Sundarban forest to be the main guerilla bases of Bangladesh Mukti Bahini, The Newspaper says "apart from the main towns and the land routes between them the whole of Bangladesh excluding the north-west becomes guerilla held territory". The Razakars who are supposed to guard the ferry crossing bridges, administrative buildings and army camps are not proving much of a success. In another dispatch by Clare Hollingworth writes in the Daily Telegraph of London "Industry within 30 miles of Dacca was brought to a complete standstill after Bangladesh guerillas destroyed 3 out of 4 generators of the main power station on the outskirts of the city". In the dispatch "guerillas cut off Dacca Power Station" Clare Hollingsworth further writes, 3 explosions occurred inside the compound of the well-guarded power station at