পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (প্রথম খণ্ড).pdf/৪২৭

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 There was a discussion about this interview at the Prime Minister's House where the correspondents were called in. The correspondent of the New York Times admitted that I did not talk of independence. He said that he had gathered it from my talks.

 The New York Times correspondent in Karachi is famous for his notoriety in reporting. Many a sensational stories sent by him from Karachi were ultimately proved baseless. The most ridiculous item published by the paper from its Karachi correspondent is the Language Firing of Dacca in February 1952, in which the double column headline said. “Indian police open fire on Dacca, students: 4 Killed and several injured,” but the story following was more ridiculous still. It said that “there were two English Language daily newspapers in Dacca, the Pakistan Observer and the Morning News. The Government banned the Pakistan Observer in protest of which the students organized a strike and the press of the Morning News was gutted down. The Indian police had to open fire to bring the situation under control as a result of which 4 students died and several others were injured. - (Ed., P.O.)

Ali, Hug and Times Reporter confer.

 It is understood that on reading the text of Mr. Fazlul Huq's interview with Mr. John D. Challahan of the New York Times, the Prime Minister got together both Mr. Huq and Challahan and put before them the published report of the interview, reports A.P.P.

 Mr. Fazlul Huq denied having made some of the statements ascribed to him Mr. Challahan of “New York Times” however struck to his version of the interview and did not retract any part of it.-(A.P.P.)