পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (পঞ্চম খণ্ড).pdf/৫০৮

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484 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড 1965 Iran broke all the norms of international behavior for a non-involved country. She provided the harassed Pakistani air force with planes, aviation fuel and large quantities of arms. Pakistani Boeings were given shelter against Indian attack. In his neurotic hurry Yahya forgot that Iran with such a record of collusion against India would prove hardly acceptable as a mediator. Yahya's Tehran trip and his alleged attempt at the 'normalization' of IndoPak relations is a mere publicity stunt, What then was his real move? Is Yahya trying to prove to the world that he is striving for peace with India while, behind the door, he is engaged in devising a surprise attack with a view to averting his imminent defeat in Bangladesh? That, indeed, would be more in the line of Yahya's thinking. Only in a war with India that he can expect to get the United Nations involved in the Bangladesh conflict. UN intervention would surely come to his advantage and might avert the crushing defeat that is approaching fast. If this is the real motive then Shah of Iran is playing the dangerous role of a Pakistani collaborator that might eventually lead to an international flare-up in South and West Asia. World powers, particularly the Soviet Union are sure to note this with concern Pak-Iranian sinister move. Soviet President Podgorny's call for an immediate solution of the Bangladesh problem in Moscow yesterday has probably come also as a warning against this Pak-Iranian design. President Podgorny's speech is sure to put Yahya and his accomplices in great difficulty. The major behind-the-scene villain who, with great deliberation since the fifties, helped to bring about the destruction of Pakistan is M. M. Ahmad. He has also been a great friend and guide of Yahya and his killer associates, His removal from the scene, at least temporarily, by a stabbing incident is certain to put Yahya in a real guidance crisis. Yahya seems to have been able to pacify a restive Bhutto for the time being after latter's threat to do Sheikh Mujib to him unless he hands over power. Bhutto might try to take advantage of the crisis in which Yahya now finds himself. Next few days are likely to prove rather eventual in the ivory tower of that haunted city of Islamabad. ৩০ সেপ্টেম্বর, ১৯৭১ INDIA-U.S.S.R. TREATY The part of the text of Indira-Kosygin joint statement that specifically mentions the issue concerning Bangladesh contains certain safeguards for the future of the freedom struggle in Bangladesh. It is quite significant that the word 'Bangladesh' has been avoided in the text. Although the critics of the Indo-Soviet pact have capitalized on this calculated omission, the fact remains that the statement is destined to prove a document of tar-reaching consequences. President Podgorny's subsequent statements in Delhi strengthens the hope even more. Let met begin the analysis by quoting from the statement: