পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৭২

736 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড transported around the Indian peninsula at enormous cost. Transportation within Bangladesh is another bottleneck, since the railway system and road communication between Chittagong and its hinterland have been rendered inoperative. Political 7. The Pakistan Government is giving top priority to its military needs in Bangladesh and neglecting economic problems. The business community of West Pakistan initially welcomed the military crackdown in the belief that it will be a brief surgical operation. They are now unhappy. Top businessmen and industrialists are transferring their funds abroad through black market because of lack of confidence in the future of Pakistan. Middle classes are feeling the pinch more, because of high taxes and rising prices since March. Labor is becoming restive. 8. Many political leaders in West Pakistan have been arrested to keep tensions under control. Even Bhutto, who connived with Yahya Khan to bring about the present crisis, has now publicly warned of the possibility of "civil war in West Pakistan." Wali Khan, whose party secured the second highest number of seats in West Pakistan, made a similar statement earlier. 9. Disaffection in the minority regions in West Pakistan is rising rapidly. This has necessitated the transfer of Tikka Khan-whose ascendancy in the army dates back to 1958, when he ruthlessly bombed the Baluchi tribesmen into submission to West Pakistani. Moral 10. International moral feeling has always been a significant factor in al liberation struggles. World wide revulsion against repressive methods by foreign occupation forces eventually causes a "loss of will" in the metropolitan territory (e.g., Algeria, Vietnam) and erosion of its international prestige. Pakistan's political relations will inevitably worsen with the whole world, with the possible exception of those Governments that themselves follow a policy similar to Pakistan (e.g. Nigeria in Moslem North), or countries which use or may need Pakistani mercenaries to put down popular forces (e.g., Persian Arab Gulf States). A Diplomat Washington, D. C.