Morning News::.March14

Bangkok, March 13 (Reuter) : Sixty west Germans, 45 members of united Nations and approximately 40 different nationals—Italian; American; British; French; and canadian arrived here from Dacca, East Pakistan, this afternoon, a Germany Embassy spokesman told Reuter today.

Most of the Germans would leave tonight for Bonn while the other nationals would leave for various destinations, the spokesman said.

Earlier this week 120 West Germans and their dependents arrived in Bangkok from East Pakistan from where they were ordered to evacuate by the west German Govt.

The spokesman said this would be the last group of Germans to be evacuated from East Pakistan.

APP adds : Fifteen UN and World Bank employees and dependents of UN officials serving in East Pakistan were evacuated to Bangkok yesterday morning.

A special plane sent from West Germany left for Bangkok with 37 German citizens.

U. Thant, UN Secretary General had earlier this week authorised UN chief in Dacca a West German to evacuate his staff if necessary. Departure of 37 German nationals yesterday marked completion of evacuation of 279 German citizens from East Pakistan Earlier 242 German nationals had left East Pakistan in two batches.

About 50 Japanese nationals mostly women and children, also left for home yesterday. A special plane sent by Japanese Govt. also carried other foreign nationals including one official of Asian Development Bank. One hundred and fifty Japanese nationals left Dacca on Friday.

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Call to donate generously to AL relief fund

Mr. M.A. Salekh president Calcutta Islamiah College Old Boys Association, had urged the people in general and old boys of his Association in particular to offer financial assistance to those who were injured in the recent firing in Bangla Desh and now lying in the hospitals.

He said people of Bangladesh had responded generously to the call of the Awami League chief Mujib and contributing their mite to the fund. He said this fund would be of great help to those who had suffered in this movement.

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Press workers pledge solidarity with current movement

(Staff Rep.)

The East Pakistan Newsprint Press Workers' Federation will bring out procession from in front of the Baitul Mukarram at 10 a.m. today. It will terminate at the Dhanmondhi residence of Sheikh Mujib.

According to a press release of the Federation, the members of the Federation have been asked to obstain from their duties from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today so that all of them can participate in the procession.

Meanwhile, a joint statement issued by the president and secretary general Abdul Karim and A.Mannan Bhuiyan said the 43 crore people of undivided Indo-Pakistan sub-continent had started their struggle for liberation and freedom when the exploitation and oppression of the British rulers become unbearable during their 200 years of occupation; the very creation of two soverign states Pakistan and India were the stories of struggle and dedication of the people of the subcontinent. The people of Bengal had lent their support to the leadership of Mr. Jinnah in the creation of Pakistan which would be comprised of East Bengal and some areas of the west. The people of Bengal had acted, though they were the majority population in Pakistan with the hope that the new society would be free from all kinds of exploitation, injustices & oppressions. The Bengalees thought they could run the Govt of the new country democratically where the people would be the master of their own destiny. They would not be deprived of their right. "But what did the people of Bengal get during the last 23 years of Independence?" Instead the rulers of the country had deprived the people of Bengal of every thing.

The struggle for emancipation of Bengal has again been started since March 1 last. The seven crore Bengalees are determined to sacrifice anything for the establishment of their right. The students, workers, peasants of Bengal have unitedly come to the streets for their political and economic emancipation. The newspaper workers of Bengal have also played an important role in The mass movement. the Newspaper press workers are determined to focus the true picture of the happenings of Bengal to the rest of the world. They also had taken active part in last mass movement in which press workers like Ishaq and Bachhu laid down their lives.

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Donations to AL relief fund

In response to the call given earlier, by Banga Bhandhu donations are pouring in from various organisations and individuals for the Awami league shaheed relief fund for the victims of current mass movement in Bangladesh.

Donations received by Mujib for the relief fund are as follows :

United Bank Limited 15,000/-

Staff of united Bank Limited 13,504/31 as their one day's salary.

Muslim Commercial Bank Limited 15,000/-

Girl Student's of Central Govt Girls High School Motijeel Dacca 1,000/-

C.A. Hamid & Co. Ltd. Narayangonj 10,001/-

Narayangonj Chamber of Commerce 10,000/-

Commerce Bank Limited 5,000/-,

Members of C.S.P. 2000/- Jute Trading Torporation 5,000/-

Employees of Jute Trading Corporation 25,000/- as their one day salary, Dockyard & Engineering 1,000/-

High Speed Navigation Co. Ltd, 2,500/-

Staff of High Speed Navigation Co. ltd. 2500/-

Cap. Nasir Haider of PIA 950/-,

Glaxo Laboratories Limited 3000/-

Pharmapak Laboratories Limited 1,000/-

Pakistan Pharmaceutical Industries 2000/-,

Estern Mercantile Bank Employees 10,000/-,

National Bank of Pakistan Officers Association 4,322/51;

Rayer Bazer Association 1111/-,

Mr. Amir Ali Mawla 200/-

Mr. Rezai Karim 500/-,

The Pakistan Jute Mills Association 40,000/-.

The members of the staff, United Bank Limited Dacca & Narayanganj 28,504.31.

Bangla Academy Staff one day's pay.

Dacca Chamber of Commerce and Industrys Officers and staff one day's salary.

National Insurance — 2000/-,

Fauji Chatkal (the officer staff workers) —Rs. 11,501/-.

The officers and staff of Industrial Promotion Services of Pakistan Limited one day's salary.

Messrs Industrial Promotion Services of Pakistan Limited on behalf of the Cresent Jute Mills Co. ltd.

Peoples Jute Mills Limited and Jessore Jute Industries Ltd. have also contributed a sum of Rs-12,500/-.

A total cheque for Rs. -14,600/68.

Bawanys- Rs. 5001/-

The Great Estern Insurance Company Limited Rs-2500/-, officers and employees one day's salary.

The management, officers and staff of w. Rahman Jute mills limited, Rs. 5000/-.

National and Grinlays Bank Employees union- Rs-1,000/=,

Employees of Hamdard Laboratories (waqf)- one day's salary

Philips Electrical Company of Pakistan Ltd-Rs. 5,000/-,

Teachers and Officers of Rajshahi University one day's salary

Chittagong Industrialist Mr, Avbdul Jalil Chowdhury ex -MPA —Rs.-5000/-.

IDBP Officer's Association one day's salary.

Adamjee Jute Mills staff —one day's salary amounted Rs. 9,765.60/-,

The Steering Committee of the Federation of Central and Provincial Services Associations and professional bodies —one day's salary.

The Employees of the National and Gridlay Bank, Dacca—one day's salary Jalalabad Association— appealed to all its members to donate blood to the Blood Bank of DMCH.

Khulna News Print Mills one day's salary.

The Teachers of Mymensingh Agricultral University —one day's salary.

The field officers of the Eastern Federal Union Insurance Company Ltd—one day's salary.

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Pir Saifuddin meets Mujib again

(PPI)

Pir Saifuddin, Council Muslim League MNA-elect from Punjab met Mujib on Friday at his Dhanmondi residence and remained with him for sometime, reports PPI.

This was his second meeting with Mujib in two days.

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Ata calls on Sheikh Mujib

(PPI)

The chief of the Pakistan National League Mr. Ataur Rahman Khan called on the Awami League chief Sheikh Mujib on Friday and remained with him for sometime, reports PPI.

He was accompanied by his younger brother Khan Mohammad Shamsur Rahman.

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All west wing want lifting of ML, says Wali

(Staff Rep.)

Khan Abdul Wali Khan, who arrived in Dacca yesterday afternoon told newsmen later that there was no two opinions in west wing about the four point demands made by Mujib.

The NAP chief who will meet Mujib this morning told a questioner "is there anybody in the country who does not want that martial law should be lifted and power should be transferred to the elected representatives of the people". The whole process is for transfer of power and lifting of ML, he said.

Khan Wali, who had been in England for some time for treatment, said that he received an urgent message in London from the president to come back my first port of call is Dacca.

Khan Wali said that during his stay in England he was completely out of touch with the developments in the country and had "come here to assess the situation" and talk to mujib. He said that he would meet Mujib (today), "I have come with a completely open mind"; he said a questioner and added. "I have no met him (Mujib) since the election.

The NAP Chief agreed with a newsman that " things have deteriorated very fast' in the country and described the postponement of the National Assembly session for March 3 as mostunfortunate". He said that the "present crisis is so delicate" that it touches the question of integrity of the country."

Khan Wali said it was a national trust on the elected representatives to frame a constitution. "We can talk like brothers about the constitutional issues in the NA, he said.

Responding to a question on the general reaction among the people in w.wing about the recent development in Bangladesh; Wali said that there existed "quite a lot of eagerness" among the people there and they appreciate the difficulties of the people here.

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Bengalees denied PIA seats out of Dacca, may lose jobs

(PPI)

PIA refusal to carry valid ticket-holding Bengalees to Karachi has put a large number of Bengalees serving in different middle eastern countries in position of losing their job altogether, it was gathered here yesterday; reports PPI.

These Bengalees came home on leave from Baharuin, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, etc. on defferent occasions and most of them got ready with duly confirmed PIA tickets to undertake their return journey.

Failing to avail PIA flight a number of such Bengalees with valid tickets are now stranded in different city hotels because they were allegedly not allowed to board the plane at Dacca Airport. The journey was denied to them when the PIA plane continued flying hundreds of others to Karachi and when PIA authorities made claim over radio of maintaining normal interwing flight.

While this is the position of their return journey, their resentry visa- were in most cases going to expire.

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Non-cooperation movement continues unabated

(Staff Rep.)

The second phase of non-violent and non-cooperation movement launched by Mujib following the postponement of the session of the NA scheduled to commence in Dacca on March 3 passed its sixth day on Saturday.

From March 2 March 6 complete hartal was observed throughout the province on the directivies of the Awami League high command. In his Race course rally speech Mujib had granted exemptions to a number of organisations with specific directives, these derectives were carried out in full.

The provincial secretariat, autonomus bodies, High Court, subordinate courts, other government establishments and educational institutions remained closed. The most unusual procession that was brought out yesterday was by the launch Sramik Union. They brought out a procession on board a number of launches shouting slogans in favour of Mujib.

The procession began from Narayanganj and passed through Madanganj, Munshiganj, before terminating at Demra.

Black flags continued to fly atop all public, private buildings and on all moving vehicles as a mark of protest against the killing of the unarmed people of Bangladesh.

All communication systems including road, railway and river transport functioned normally within Bangladesh.

The domestic services of PIA did resume its flights, the interwing flights are being maintained by PIA staff brought from Lahore and Karachi. It is learnt the daily sale proceeds are taken to West Pakistan.

The postal and telephone and telegraph departments are working within Bangladesh.

The cinema houses are still closed. In Narayanganj, however, cinema houses have opened and they are not charging taxes from the cine-goers, Neither people are paying taxes nor the establishments are asking for it is ordered by Mujib. Railways and ports are functioning but only under the specific orders laid down by the Awami League chief of the autonomous corporation only a part of EPWADA CHARGED of with power supply and a section of EPADC responsible for the sale of diesel and fertilizer, are working.

The commercial banks are functioning ordered by Mujib. For three days, from Wednesday to Friday, four commercial banks did not go to the clearing home.

These four commercial banks with their headquaters in West Pakistan ran short of cash and are learnt to have asked for money from their respective head offices.

Both Dacca Betar Kendra and Dacca TV Kendra are asking under the directives of Mujib.

In the absence of steady flow of canned programmes from its head office at Islamabad the Dacca TV Kendra has renewed the length of its transmission, Dacca TV. remains on the air for two and a half hours instead of four hours.

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Mujib terms new MLO a provocation

Sheikh Mujib, last night deplored the promulgation of another Martial Law order and said that promulgation of such orders could only serve as provocations to the people.

Mujib in statement urged the authorities concerned to desist from such provocation action. He said that " the people will continue their struggle despite all such attempts at intimidation, for they know that now force can withstand the strength of a united people.

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