পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (পঞ্চম খণ্ড).pdf/৫১০

486 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড Bangladesh. But these representatives have already announced the minimum terms for an agreement with Islamabad-and these are-acceptance of (he independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh and an unconditional release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other political prisoners being subjected to torture and terror in the occupied areas. These minimum conditions are indeed our conditions, for no ideology as such, but for sheer survival. And, until these are achieved, we have no choice but to fight on-as has been so aptly suggested by the French freedom fighter, writer and former minister of Culture-Andre Malraux. And fight we shall. We have great confidence in the leadership of all friendly countries including India and the Soviet Union and we believe that they will never be party to any conspiracy to impose upon us a so-called political solution just because it would suit the national interests of certain inflated powers. We the majority of the people of pre-March 25 Pakistan proclaimed that the artificial union of Pakistan ceased to exist as from that fateful day when some mad, sadistic and power hungry generals and their capitalist and bureaucratic collaborators chose to unleash on the majority population an unprecedented wave of terror and butchery. Nothing could be more moral and legalistic than this solemn-irreversible proclamation. Yet, if some powers think that they can still make the framework of Pakistan survive just because it suits their interest they are indeed grossly mistaken. Our only appeal to them is-leave us alone to settle our own scores. Do not interfere by supplying arms and money to either party. If you can do that we promise you a solution within weeks and, thereby, ensure a peaceful zone in South Asia-if that is what you really want. By this extremely tactful-essentially brilliant stand the Soviet Union has succeeded in keeping a leverage with Islamabad without harming at all the progress of the war of our national liberation. By using her influence she might be able to persuade Islamabad to agree to settle the issue by agreeing to quit Bangladesh. This is not an impossibility. There is no reason to think that after six-months of this suicidal war Islamabad is not already crippled economically. According to latest reports the World Bank is sure to refuse further loans. Militarily, too, the picture is far from rosy. Finally, a note of warning to our people inside occupied areas and abroad. Forces financed and encouraged by powers that are unfriendly to Bangladesh are out to create confusion with a view to demoralizing the fighters and their sympathizers. Some are going so far as to suggest that we are too ill-equipped to fight Pakistan's modern army and, thus, we should agree to a so-called political solution. Yet the stock-taking of last six months war would show that the enemy, despite better training and armory, has lost 40 times more men than we have. Is this a miracle? Of course not what are the causes then of such a staggering victory? People's support, first class terrain for our kind of warfare and inextinguishable patriotism of our young lions. Victory is ours—not only because we want it but because it’s a verdict of history.