"3. To give all-out military support to Bangladesh and help the provisional government to clear out the Pakistani army from the whole of East Bengal."
There are several other reports from different sources which confirm that India is pursuing all these courses of action in one form or another. She is giving military training to dissident elements now in India. She is staking a claim to a part of Pakistani territory, and she is repeatedly threatening war.
During the last few days fresh reports of Indian armed infiltration and repeated border firing have been received which give an indication that India is trying to provoke a limited or a total war in accordance with the threats being made by the Indian Prime Minister from time to time.
CONCLUSION
Pakistan does not want war.
On May 24, when asked by a correspondent whether after the threats of Mrs. Gandhi there was any possibility of war between India and Pakistan, the President of Pakistan replied: “I am not threatening her, I have not held out any threats; we have been telling them that war is not an answer and it does not solve anything. We have repeatedly told the world community that we do not want to fight a war with India."
Pakistan is working for a political settlement.
The President of Pakistan remains committed to his promise of transferring power to the elected representatives of the people. Even on March 25 when he ordered the armed forces to take action against secessionist elements, he gave a categorical assurance to the above effect. On May 24, he renewed his pledge that power will be transferred to the elected representatives of the people. The press has been reporting that the President has been holding consultations with East Pakistan leaders and that several members elected on the ticket of the defunct Awami League have disassociated themselves from the policy of the extremist and the secessionist sections of the League and are cooperating with the martial law administration in East Pakistan for the restoration of a constitutional government to the province.
India threatens war to prevent a political settlement.
The President made a major announcement on June 28 about his plans for transferring power to the elected representatives of the people. India is, therefore, disturbed and is trying to create obstacles to frustrate the President's plan. She has already rejected the President's June 28 promise and is preventing the return of refugees with a view to keeping their dream of a client state of “Bangladesh" alive. She is playing a cynical political game in total disregard of humanitarian considerations, which can only prolong the agony of the refugees and bring untold suffering to them.
The obligation of the world community.
To restrain India from its Adventist policy of interfering in the internal affairs of Pakistan and thus to prevent the outbreak of war, which, as the British Foreign Secretary has said, may convert what is now “a tragedy into a catastrophe."
