পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৭০৪

668 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ *Bangladesh Ambassador | Bangladesh Newsletter 20 August, 1971 Addresses - Chicago : No. 7 * BDL President’s Trip BANGLADESH AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES ΙΟΕΤRΟΙΤ ΜΕΕΤΙΝ Since his arrival in the United States Mr. M. R. Siddiqui, the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States has been traveling around the country on a getacquainted mission with various Bangladesh groups. He has so far met the Bengali communities in Washington, D.C. New York, Connecticut, Boston and Detroit. The meeting in Detroit was arranged by the Bangladesh Defense League of Michigan on Aug. 15. The President and the Secretary of the BDL were also present and so were a few members from other Midwest areas. In his address to the group, the Ambassador of Bangladesh congratulated all the Bengali groups in the US for their "wonderful work" in propagating the cause of Bangladesh and for winning sympathy and support of the American public. "What you have achieved," he said, "has taken us a long way ahead." BDL PRESIDENT’S TRIP TO WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK Aug. 10-BDL President visited Washington, D.C., met with Mr. M.R. Siddiqui and the Bengali diplomats who recently defected from Pak. Embassy, discussed with them about matters relating to co-ordination of efforts between the Bengali community in the U. S. and the Bangladesh Missions in Washington and New York. Later he visited the Bangladesh Information Center to discuss about continued cooperation between the BDL and the Information Center. In the evening, BDL President visited Philadelphia and met with the members of the Friends of East Bengal and the Bangladesh Association of Greater Delaware Valley. Measures were discussed to establish direct contact between these two organizations and the Bangladesh Defense League. It was agreed that measures should be taken to co-ordinate all communication between the three organizations. One person was named to the Board of Directors of the Bangladesh Defense League. On Aug 11, BDL President visited New York and attended a meeting of the Bangladesh League of America which was attended and addressed by the Bangladesh Ambassador. First-ever Definitive's of Bangladesh Was honored at a reception at the House of Commons in London on July 26"under the patronage of the Rt. John Storehouse