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Recognition

They may persuade the
West Pakistan government to
recognize the new state. The
least that they should do is to
extend recognition to the new
state, make it a member of the
United Nations and give n
technical and economic
assistance for reconstructing the
facilities that have been
destroyed during the war.

Surely the big powers can
free Bangla Desh from its
dependence on India for help
and support and save India
from doing too much in its
anxiety to do enough. Such
steps would save the world
community another shock of
the kind which it is
experiencing now from its
inability to extinguish the
conflagration that is raging in
the subcontinent.