পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (পঞ্চম খণ্ড).pdf/৭২

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48 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড The Pakistani businessmen have told by the bank officials that they have taken this step due to the grave economic crisis of Pakistan. A leading export-import businessman told Pakistani newsmen yesterday that an American bank had first demanded 100% deposit as a condition for opening letters of credits for imports from the U. S. A. The Swiss and Japanese banks have also refused to issue letters of credit to Pakistani businessmen. Another businessman is reported to have complained that the Japanese banks have gone to the extent of demanding a guarantee by banking establishments in England because the Ministry of Trade in Japan has stopped exporting insurance orders for Pakistan. The refusal of foreign banks to issue letter of credit has created a scare among the West Pakistani business community. The three-member Bangladesh Parliamentary delegation, headed by Mr. Phani Majumder has met the Indian President and the Prime Minister in New Delhi. The legislators from Bangladesh, including Mrs. Noorjahan Morshed and Shah Moazzem Hossain, also addressed the members of the Indian Parliament yesterday at the Parliament House. A spokesman of the Foreign Office of the Government of Bangladesh, told us: In the course of their 45 minutes talk with Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister, the members of the Bangladesh delegation discussed the problems relating to the refugee problem created in India by the West Pakistani atrocities in Bangladesh. They also discussed the question of recognition of the Bangladesh Government. The Indian President, Mr. V. V. Giri, gave them a hearing for about 20 minutes and discussed various matters relating to Bangladesh. The three legislators from Bangladesh, while addressing the Indian Parliament, made an impassioned appeal for the recognition of Bangladesh by the Government of India. They put before the Indian Parliamentarians the background of the Bangladesh issue, its exploitation by the West Pakistani rulers, the discrimination meted out to the majority people and finally the reign of terror let loose by the West Pakistani army on the innocent people of Bangladesh, Addressing the Indian M.P.s Mr. Phani Majumdar said: Bangladesh stands for democracy, secularism and socialism. He called upon the Indian Government, to recognize the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Mr. Majumdar also urged the Indian M. P. s to take up the question of the release of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at every national and international forum.