However. there is also no question that punitive measures by the military are continuing. even if directed at particular elements (such as known or suspected Awami Leaguers. students. or Hindus). These have the effect of fostering fear among the population at large. Report after report over the summer months echoed the findings of the world bank reportas did hundreds of interviews with refugees in India. including new arrivals--interviewed by myself and members of the field team of the Subcommittee on Refugees this past August. Throughout this period our national leadership watched this tragedy in silence. at no time has any official of our Government. including the President. condemned the brutal and systematic repression of East Bengal by the Pakistan armya repression carried out in part with American guns and bullets and aircraft. And even in the last few weeks. as the Pakistan army dramatically escalated its terror and repression. our Nation sat in numbed silence.
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