পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৮৪

648 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড Lobbying Get churches, etc. to write congressmen to support Gallagher Ammend to H.R. 8961 the Saxbe-Church amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act (Senate), banning all aid to Pakistan. Also wire the State Dept. (protesting keeping secret American reports on conditions in East Pakistan)-Nixon, and the Senate Foreign Affairs Comm., etc. Call the following for information and literature, as well as local peace groups: National: PCPJ Office-(202) 737-6800; Bangladesh League (Washington) (703) 931–2997; New York (Bangladesh) (212) 685-4530; Chicago (B.D.) (312) 288-02728; San Francisco (B.D.) (415) 325-5796; Philadelphia (215) 747-4747. PROTEST SET OVER ARMS TO PAKISTAN A coalition of peace organizations announced plans for demonstrations in three cities to protest American arms shipments to Pakistan. Sidney Lens, a coordinator for the Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice, told a press conference in Christ the King Church, 25 W. Jackson, that U.S. military aid is "propping up a vicious military dictatorship" in Pakistan. Lens said the Peoples Coalition plants to demonstrate at federal buildings in New York, Washington and San Francisco. David Burak, a spokesman for the Mayday Tribe, an organization affiliated with the coalition, said his group plans "disruptive demonstrations of a nonviolent sort to half the loading of armaments onto ships in New York." He would not specify what the actions would be. (Sun-Times, July 1, 1971 Chicago). WISCONSIN PEACE GROUPS DEMONSTRATE A coalition of Wisconsin peace groups called Wisconsin Alliance in association with the Amercan Servicemen's Union (ASU) organized a demonstration on July 3 at the Pakistan Student's convention held at Madison. Demonstrators carried placards and stood silent vigil during the plenary session of the conference. The Alliance and the ASU earlier in a press conference announced their plan to stage a demonstration at the air port when the Pakistan Ambassador arrived. But the demonstration could not take place the Ambassador cancelled his scheduled appearance in the convention at the last moment. The Alliance and ASU sponsored a Teach-in on Bangladesh where Bangladesh literature was distributed. Dr. Iqbal Ahmed and Mr. Muzammel Huq addressed the well-attended teach-in and answered questions on Bangladesh. A number of TV and Radio programs on Bangladesh were organized by the sponsors on this occasion. BDL BOARD MEETING A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bangladesh Defense League was held in Madison on July 3, Activities and programs of the league were revived in this meeting.