Siraj Sikder
The Proletarian Party of East Bengal produced and published the original Bengali document in Mid 1973
The Communist Party Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Bangladesh translated the document in English and published online via www.sarbaharapath.com on 27 September 2014. Party slightly edited the translation on 4 April 2017
[Before the Rainy Seasonal Strategic Offensive of 1973, a special military region was formed comprising greater Barisal, Faridpur and Munsiganj districts. This article was published in mid-1973 after the meeting with the sector commanders of that special region
▬ CPMLM-BD]
1) The target of the Rainy Seasonal strategic offensive and armed struggle is:
▬ Liberate rural areas from national enemies
▬ Carry massive propaganda.
▬ Build huge organizations
▬ Solve financial problems
▬ Seize and set free some market places, Police Posts and finally some Police Stations. This time it is not the target to wage big war or defeating enemies
2) When caring the strategic offensive:
▬ Develop in vast regions without any gap. If there is any gap, fill that
▬ Build shelters. If those are unorganized, keep continuing organizing that
▬ Solve how to manage gathering of guerrillas of various regions
▬ Keep continue to help developing in strategic areas (by giving cadres, arms and money) so that during the winter defense, those can be used as retreat area
▬ Build Naval Guerrillas
▬ Develop Radio Communication System for better inter-regional communications
3) Excessively Strengthen Propaganda System. Excessively Activate Armed Propaganda Team.
Also make massive propaganda among Police, BDR, East Bengal Regiment and Raxi Bahini [Raxi Bahini was a genocidal counterrevolutionary paramilitary force of Awami regime to confront Maoist Revolutionaries – CPMLM-BD]. The aim of that propaganda will be to inspire them in patriotism, inactivate them and motivate them to surrender.
4) Start massive all-out attack
Start attack through national enemy annihilation [higher level’s permission will be needed for complex operation of national enemy annihilation], seize smaller Police Outposts and Market places, seize some Police Stations and carry ambush (it will need permission from higher levels).
In order to train guerrillas, carry activities in those areas which we shall not seize. Be cautious to not bring enemy pressure to those enemy positions which we shall seize.
After completing training sessions, seize weaker enemy positions.
It makes a contradiction that on the one hand training is necessary while on the other, it results enemy positions stronger. Solve that contradiction through above mentioned way.
5) To start all-out strategic offensive
▬ Form guerrilla groups
▬ Distribute arms (test those if not tested)
▬ Train
▬ Manage transport
▬ Establish courier center. Manage courier
▬ Establish center of leadership
▬ Manage Medical Treatment
6) Solve financial problems
▬ Confiscate properties of national enemies
▬ Give them punishment and collect fine
▬ Sell seized goods
▬ Seize market places and towns
▬Take subscription from cadres, sympathizers, supporters and surrendered enemies regularly
▬ Take subscription from people
7) Call people to surrender all arms
▬ Recover
▬ Seize by carrying operation
8) Inform via Propaganda Teams about punishments
Accept surrender from all except those who are severely hated by people. Inform people about them. Take money and other subscriptions from the surrendered.
9) Forge guerrilla company
Number of People in Company
○ Each Guerrilla Grup—5/9 persons
○ Each Platoon— 5/9×3 = 15/27 Persons
○ Each company—15/27×3 = 45/81 Persons
Weapons in Company
○ Each Guerilla Group—3 or more 303, 1 SLR or G-3
○ Each Platoon—1 Stain
○ Each Company—1 LMG, 1 Revolver or Pistol
Total Weapons
LMG – 1
Revolver or Pistol – 1
Stain – 1
SLR or G-3 – 9
303 – 27
10) How to train guerrillas
Give commanders and Commissars from inexperienced regions with experienced ones to carry operation.
▬ Give arms training
▬ Read them military documents
▬ Teach them about investigation, plan, actual annihilation, how to make summation and how to make operation sheet etc.
Regularly with a few days duration, call them or go yourself to make summation or guide them.
11) Resist loss of such guerrillas at present who are able to be commander
12) Text Book:
People’s War, Read all the commanders and commissars military documents of party. Apart from those, read sector, sub-sector and company commanders problems of strategy in Chinese Revolutionary War and Problems of Strategy in Guerrilla war against Japan from Six Military Writings
13) Provide circular to guerrillas from supreme directors
14) Forge Regular Guerrilla Unit
15) Forge capable leadership to carry interregional combined work. Build shelters
16) Political:
○ Propagate that the Armed Patriotic Force is carrying National Liberation War under the leadership of Front
○ The Proletarian Party has joined the front. Call others to join it
○ Popularize the leadership of front
○ The US lackey JSD (National Socialist Party) is trying to take the opportunity of wonderful revolutionary domestic situation.
Unmask the JSD by not making its supporters and people annoyed to us. Make public opinion and documents by following the below points:
▬ They are accepting the independence of East Bengal. That is, they want to accept slavery to Indian Expansionism, especially its US section
They want to capture East Bengal by foreign, especially US help and transform it to a US colony
▬ They propagate religious sectarianism
▬ Under their rule, the country will not have any change □