পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (পঞ্চম খণ্ড).pdf/৫১২

488 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড the Foreign Secretary, failed to act positively enough. This failure has, quite probably, spurred the Labor Party to seize the initiative. As Bangladesh is increasingly proving an issue of great international significance, it is quite likely to play significant part in British and American elections. Anyhow, whatever the causes of Labor leadership's swing toward us, the people of Bangladesh will thank heart fully John Stone house and those Labor members of the parliament who have proved themselves such great friends of our people. Most certainly their maneuvers were mainly responsible for ending Labor Party's indecision vis-a-vis Bangladesh. About the involvement of the United Nations in Bangladesh-we are frankly sceptical. Even after six months of gruesome killing the United Nations has failed even to examine the accusations of genocide raised from four corners of the earth. It remained a silent spectator when Yahya boastfully tried to our record, outscore his pagan ancestor Nadir Shah through mass massacres in Bangladesh. In fact, with a view to aiding Yahya in his brutal yet hopeless effort to suppress the spontaneous war of Independence in Bangladesh it devised several ways to intervene. These were resisted resolutely and successfully by the people of Bangladesh and their international friends. Even today, the United Nations is viewing the conflict between Bangladesh and Islamabad as a kind of confrontation between India and Pakistan. This stand is considered positively mischievous and anti-people by the people of Bangladesh because this has been the spirit of the Pakistani propaganda from the moment Yahya opened his mouth on March the 26". In the interest of world peace and peace in South Asia and in the interest of the people of Bangladesh who want to live in peace as a free people in their homeland, there can be only one solution of the conflict. And that is outright and universally recognized independence of Bangladesh. Let us point out, once again, that only mutual trust and benefit could have been the basis for any union between the people of Bangladesh and various regions of Pakistan, as they have nothing else in common, linguistically, ethnically, culturally and historically. The common religion argument is too stupid, too anachronistic to deserve a second mention. Britain, U.S.A and certain other countries who have given large amounts of aid to Pakistan are worried as creditors. Will Pakistan be able to repay the debts once the rich jute and tea-producing land of Bangladesh becomes independent? This has been their main worry and was the cause of their bewildering silence over Yahya's crimes. West Pakistan is faced with acute economic crisis since the foreign exchange-earner Bangladesh declared independence. Yahya and his stupid advisers have seen to it. through nothing else but sheer arrogance, that there could never be any basis for a rapprochement. Now the onus is on the creditors-some of whom also happen to be Islamabad's political guides. Free Bangladesh has come to stay. The sooner they realize this the better. Because by that acceptance of reality they might stop losing further-in credits, debt-servicing and all that. Only thing that remains to be done now is to force Yahya and his gang to see the light and accept the verdict of history. Perhaps, countries like Britain are more qualified