পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৬১৪

578 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ The Unite Kingdom Diary Bangladesh News letter 7 July, 1971 London : No. 8 THE UNITED KINGDOM DIARY As the British Press Saw it The Times warns: "No plan for the future will succeed unless it can hope to win over a large body of Bengali opinion. If those ready to response find themselves in a category of collaborators they will be powerless, yet the wording of the president s proposals seems to call in East Pakistan (East Bengal) for what most of it people will still regard as collaborators... One can hardly imagine circumstances in which such a political solution could be acceptable to a majority in East Pakistan (East Bengal). Nothing was said yesterday that might turn the tide of bitter resentment at what has been done...The Bengali population will not be inspired by a statement, however well intentioned (?), that reads as if it had been drafted by adjutant for battalion orders." The Guardian, a truly liberal voice, says more bluntly "Yahya Khan's nightmarish dream world shows no sign of crumbling. It is a matter of satisfaction to this simple soldier (in his latest broadcast) that in the difficult situation is country has faced recently the reaction and response from an overwhelming number of countries has been sympathy and understanding of the problems we are facing and trying to resolve. If Yahya believes that, if Yahya can brush aside the nausea of all Western reaction that he ma truly believe anything: even the field reports of his generals in Bengal. His faith in what his aides tell him is touching but tragically pathetic. He has no real plans now. The proposals he unveiled yesterday for a return in to democratic government are a pathetic shame. If the aid givers of the world relent in their shocked disdain towards Pakistan it will not be because of an 'expert panel' conjuring up slick formulae for subjugating Dacca once again yesterday's World Bank in their resolve not to bend to blandishments or evasive promises. The stronger that resolve the weaker the Rawalpindi regime appears. The Guardian asks some telling questions to: And nowhere, in all the intellectual wasteland of Yahya's master plan, is the central question asked. Does Pakistan exist any longer? Does unity matter any longer? What precisely have the Punjabi legions achieved? Justice Choudhury Comments The special Representative of the people's Republic of Bangladesh in U.K. Mr. Justice A. S. Choudhury, commenting on Yahya's statement said on 29 June: "75 million people of Bangladesh have already declared independence. They are now engaged in throwing out the invading Army of West Pakistan from Bangladesh. There can never be any question of any political solution short of independence... Constitution of the