Margaret P.

Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 DACCA 05739 201033Z 11 ACTION NEA-10 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-04 H-02 INR-07 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-05 PA-01 PRS-01 SP-02 SS-15 USIA-06 AID-05 OMB-01 IO-10 EUR-12 /085 W --------------------- 089979 R 200900Z NOV 75 FM AMEMBASSY DACCA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8816 INFO AMCONSUL CALCUTTA AMEMBASSY ISLAMBAD AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE DACCA 5739 EO 11652: N/A TAGS: PINT, BG SUBJ: JSD TONES DOWN THE RADICAL RHETORIC 1. CIRCULATING IN DACCA THIS WEEK IS A LEAFLET CONTAINING A JOINT STATEMENT FROM JALIL AND A.S.M. ABDUR RAB, LEADERS OF THE JATIYO SAMAJTANTRIK DAL (JSD), WHICH SUGGESTS PARTY CAREFULLY TRIMMING ITS SAILS. AFTER ACCUSING "THE TRAITOR" KHALID MOSHARRAF OF HAVING ATTEMPTED TO WIPE OUT THE EXISTANCE OF BANGLADESH "AT THE INSTIGATION OF INDIA, RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN", RAB AND JAILI STATE THAT BANGLADESH STILL IS NOT FREE FROM FOREIGN CONSPIRATORS AND LOCAL EXPLOITERS. THE STRUGGLE MUST CONTINUE THROUGH NATIONAL UNITY, BUT SUCH UNITY WILL NOT RESULT FROM "PALACE INTRIQUES" AND THE BANNING OF POLITICAL MOVEMENTS ON "THE PLEAS OF RESORATION OF DISCIPLINE AND ORDER". RAB AND JALIL THEN SET FORTH SIX "PROPOSALS": A) IMMEDIATE FORMATION OF AN INTERIM NATIONALGOVERNMENT OF ALL OVERT AND UNDERGROUND POLITICAL PARTIES EXCEPT BAKSAL; B) RESTORATION OF ALL POLITICAL RIGHTS; LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 DACCA 05739 201033Z C) ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

THROUGH GENERAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD AS SCHEDULED (I.E., BY FEBRUARY,. 1977); D) AN INTERIM CRASH ECONOMIC PLAN TO REVIVE THE ECONOMY; E) IMPLEMENTATION BY STAGES OF THE 12-POINT DEMANDS OF THE "REVOLUTIONARY SEPOYS"; AND F) RELEASE OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS, GUARANTEE OF A FREE PRESS, AND REPEAL OF ALL REPRESSIVE MEASURES. RAB AND JALIL THEN PLEDGE TO COOPERATE "WITHOUT AMBIGUITY" WITH ALL BANGALEES TO CARRY OUT THEIR PROPOSALS. 2. COMMENT. THE CONCILIATORY TONE OF THE STATEMEN AND THE RELATIVE ABSECE OF RADICAL RHETORIC SEEM TO INDIACATE THAT JSD IS BACKING DOWN FROM ANY IMMEDIATE CHALLENGE TO THE MARTIAL LAW ADMINISTRATION. UNDOUBTEDLY AWARE OF THE FEAR ITS AGITATION IN THE ARMED FORCES HAS ENGENDERED AND THE FACT THAT MOST OTHER POLITICAL FORCES IN THE COUNTRY OPPOSE THEIR EFFORTS TO DISRUPT MILITARY DISCIPLINE, JALIL AND RAB HAVE DROPPED, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING, THE CALL FOR WORKER-PEASANT RULE AND A CLASSLESS ARMY. PERHAPS TO BURNISH THEIR PARTY'S ANTIINDIAN CREDENTIALS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOOD OF THE COUNTRY, RAB AND JALIL IN THEIR STATEMENT EMPLOY ISLAMICISMS -ASSALAM ALEIKUM, KHUDA HAFIZ AND BANGLADESH ZINDABAD -- IN A DISTRICT DEPARTURE FOR JSD BROADSHEETS. ALTHOUGH, JSD INVOKES IT USUAL TRINITY OF FOREIGN CONSPIRATORS (INDIA, RUSSIA, AND AMERICA), MANY BANGALEES PERSIST IN SEEING JSD AS INDIA'S AGENCY TO DISRUPT THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER LEAFLET CIRCULATING IN THE CITY REFERS TO RAB AND JALIL AS THE ADOPTED SONS OF MRS. GANDHI WHOSE ANTI-INDIAN SLOGANS ARE ONLY A COVER FOR THEIR DESRUPTIVE ACTIVITIES ON HER BEHALF. CHESLAW

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Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

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Automatic Decaptioning: X Capture Date: 01 JAN 1994 Channel Indicators: n/a Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Concepts: PARTY LINE, PARTY LEADERS, OPPOSITION PARTIES Control Number: n/a Copy: SINGLE Draft Date: 20 NOV 1975 Decaption Date: 01 JAN 1960 Decaption Note: Disposition Action: RELEASED Disposition Approved on Date: Disposition Authority: KelleyW0 Disposition Case Number: n/a Disposition Comment: 25 YEAR REVIEW Disposition Date: 28 MAY 2004 Disposition Event: Disposition History: n/a Disposition Reason: Disposition Remarks: Document Number: 1975DACCA05739 Document Source: CORE Document Unique ID: 00 Drafter: n/a Enclosure: n/a Executive Order: N/A Errors: N/A Film Number: D750404-0474 From: DACCA Handling Restrictions: n/a Image Path: ISecure: 1 Legacy Key: link1975/newtext/t19751126/aaaaawgn.tel Line Count: 94 Locator: TEXT ON-LINE, ON MICROFILM Office: ACTION NEA Original Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Original Handling Restrictions: n/a Original Previous Classification: n/a Original Previous Handling Restrictions: n/a Page Count: 2 Previous Channel Indicators: n/a Previous Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Previous Handling Restrictions: n/a Reference: n/a Review Action: RELEASED, APPROVED Review Authority: KelleyW0 Review Comment: n/a Review Content Flags: Review Date: 04 AUG 2003 Review Event: Review Exemptions: n/a Review History: RELEASED <04 AUG 2003 by izenbei0>; APPROVED <25 NOV 2003 by KelleyW0> Review Markings: Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006 Review Media Identifier: Review Referrals: n/a Review Release Date: n/a Review Release Event: n/a Review Transfer Date: Review Withdrawn Fields: n/a Secure: OPEN Status: NATIVE Subject: JSD TONES DOWN THE RADICAL RHETORIC TAGS: PINT, BG, JSD, (RAB, ABDUR) To: STATE Type: TE Markings: Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006