পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৫৫

719 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম ংবাদপত্র তারিখ Siddiqi Heads Bangladesh 17 September, 1971 Bangladesh Mission Vol. 1: No. 3 SIDDIQI HEADS BANGLADESH MISSION Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi, who arrived in Washington recently as Head of the Bangladesh Mission, is an elected Member of the National Assembly from Chittagong. Mr. Siddiqi is a graduate of London University and received his M. A. degree from Calcutta University. He was a member of the Central Committee and President of Chittagong District Awami League. Since his arrival here last month, he has been active in political, diplomatic and academic circles, seeking support for the Bangladesh struggle for independence. Besides meeting political leaders, M. R. Siddiqi has called on American Government and U.N. officials. A persuasive diplomat, he recently undertook crosscountry tours which took him to a dozen U.S. cities and Canada. During his tours, the Chief of the Bangladesh Mission addressed a number of faculty and student gatherings and press conferences. Newspapers of most of the cities which he visited front-paged news of his speeches accompanied by photographs. Giving an eye-witness account of the regime of terror let loose by the West Pakistan Army in Bangladesh, Mr. Siddiqi, having been in Bangladesh as recently as July, told pressmen various cities that American weapons and money have contributed substantially to the killings and repression in Bangladesh. America, he said, has a special responsibility to see that the killing is stopped. He urged the Americans cut off all military and economic assistance to the Yahya regime. Addressing students of the University of California at Davis, Mr. Siddiqi said "only the people of Bangladesh can decide what they want and they have given their verdict for an independent Bangladesh."