পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৫২০

484 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ First Bangladesh Mission Bangladesh Vol. 1: No. 4 21 July, 1971 In the World FIRST BANGLADESH MISSION IN THE WORLD On April 18 of this year Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner in Calcutta hauled down the Pakistan flag from the top of his Mission premises, and hoisted the green, gold, and crimson banner of Bangladesh. Mr. Hossain Ali and the 64 other Bengali members of his Mission declared their allegiance to the motherland, and vowed to free her from the jackboots of the Pakistani occupation army who were on the rampage in Bangladesh. Crowds which had earlier gathered around the Mission to protest the Pakistani brutalities became cheering, jubilant throng, singing shouting, and crying: Joi Bangla! “Martyrs’ blood is never shed in vain and it must bring victory to the people of Bangladesh”, said Mrs. Ali. Her husband, a veteran of 22 years in the Pakistan Foreign Service, declared that the Pakistanis were committing genocide in Bangladesh against people who were supposed to have been their brothers all these years. Since 1947 Pakistani propagandists had been proclaiming that India was Enemy No 1, but now it was India which was providing a safe haven for the millions of refugees. Hoping to arouse “whatever is left of the conscience of mankind”, be appealed to the world to extend all possible help to Bangladesh. The Pakistani Government reacted to dramatic events in Calcutta by insisting that Hossain Ali and the other Bengali diplomats had changed allegiance under “duress and coercion” of the Indians. Now the Swiss representative, Dr. Bonnard, has interviewed them all and ascertained that none of them wants to return to Pakistan. They are all patriots, and have no desire to collaborate with the Pakistanis to annihilate their own kinsfolk. Why She Pleaded For Important Step After the Bangladesh flag was hoisted on the Pakistan Deputy High Commission building in Calcutta on Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Ali, wife of the Deputy High Commissioner told reporters that she had been in Dacca when the Pakistan Army first started the ruthless killing of unarmed civilians. Twenty-two students were killed when a peaceful procession of students were mowed down by Pakistani troops in front of her Dacca residence, she said. The scene was so ghastly that her daughter felt sick after the incident.