পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (পঞ্চম খণ্ড).pdf/৫২১

497 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড listen. This specialist traffic has been coming this way over last two or three weeks. Many of them, including the correspondents of some of the well-known papers with international circulation, have filed stones to tell the world, in one way or another, that Pakistan has been buried on March 25 and that Bangladesh is not only a reality but, in a matter of weeks, it might score a total military victory over the decaying occupation forces. Needless to say that these correspondents and photographers are, invariably, dispassionate in their views. They take all kinds of risks just to be able to file exclusive stories, not for any cause, but for their own professional fame. As a result, their views, although often devoid of compassion for the suffering, in a way provides a fairly reliable guide. Over two weeks or so I have personally met a large number of these journalists, Ail of them appeared to present the same picture about the Pakistani occupation, army's hopelessness. They used to hesitate to concede even this much only a month ago. The mounting atrocities and indiscriminate killing going on in the enemy occupied zones of Bangladesh further confirm the nervousness of the killer army. In fact, the atrocities are likely to be stepped up even further with every victory the Mukti Bahini scores against them. The people living in the occupied zones particularly in the cities of Dacca, Chittagong and Comilla should prepare themselves right now for any eventuality. The net is closing in steadily. The Mukti Bahini boys have been marching toward Dacca from all directions. The occupation army's supply lines are dwindling fast. Their officers are expected to fly out of Bangladesh when things get really hot leaving behind the dumb, halfwit soldiers to kill and destroy until the ammunition stocks are exhausted and then to get killed themselves. This horrible phase is not far off. The citizens must take note and prepare themselves in any way they think best. Their only duty would be to stay alive by whatever means and help the liberation fighters when they lay a siege round the cantonment. The killers are most likely to attempt a total destruction of the cities by launching shells and rockets from inside the cantonments. They may even be tempted to let loose the mini China-built tanks against the cities. But these tanks are vulnerable to anti-tank weapons that the Mukti Bahini have in abundance. They will be blown to pieces in no time. The fact few days fight in the Western Sector-already as many as 13 medium sized tanks have been destroyed by the Mukti Bahini. The Pakistanis are not likely to come out of the cantonments being afraid of street fighting with the Mukti Bahini to be outnumbered and outgunned. The extent of prolongation of the war will depend on how long the enemy can hold out in the cantonment. Mukti Bahini's strategy is to flush them out. Keeping these in mindthe people must prepare themselves right now. There is no time to be lost. Stay clear of the cantonment areas. Meanwhile the world continues to be in total darkness about suspected massacre that took place in Dacca late last week when the army went about the unarmed civilians after suddenly clamping curfew on the city early in the morning for nearly 15 hours at a stretch. The world press and radio networks did not appear to receive any report from their correspondents on the grisly happening. This shows that the killer authorities have