The Harvard Crimson, December 10, 1971 Indian spokesmen reported yesterday that thousands of East Pakistani troops were retreating in front of the Indian army’s advance which came within 25 miles of Dacca. East Pakistan’s capital. India claims to have wiped out the last of East Pakistan’s air force during the day. The Pakistani U.N. delegation [...]
দি সানডে টাইমস, ১৩ জুন ১৯৭১ অনুবাদ: ফাহমিদুল হক পাঁচ মিলিয়ন লোক বাস্তুভিটা ছেড়ে কেন পালিয়ে গেছে সে মর্মান্তিক কাহিনী নিয়ে পাকিস্তান থেকে এসেছেন সানডে টাইমসের রিপোর্টার। মার্চের শেষ থেকে পাকাসেনারা পরিকল্পিতভাবে হাজার হাজার লোককে হত্যা করে চলেছে। মার্চের শেষ থেকে প্রেসিডেন্ট ইয়াহিয়া খানের সংবাদ-ধামাচাপা-দেয়ার পেছনের মর্মান্তিক কাহিনী হলো এই। কলেরা আর দুর্ভিক্ষ নিয়েও ৫০ [...]
December 1: Telegram from Amconsul Calcutta to Secretary State “Qaiyum said MEA policy planning chairman DP Dhar in his latest visit to Calcutta had questioned BD “Foreign Minister” Mushtaq Ahmed about allegations that Mushtaq was negotiating with USG, saying that in so doing, Mushtaq was “traitor.” According Qaiyum, Mushtaq denied everything, but Dhar said he [...]
November 1: Peking Policy in Indo-Pak Dispute “China’s major operational goal at the present is to avoid an Indo-Pak war and to discourage the forcible detachment of East Pakistan from the west – the latter not because the Chinese have any vital interests in the unity of Pakistan but because they wish to avoid a [...]
October 2: Discussion Between US Secretary Rogers and India FonMin Swaran Singh (India)-Bangla Desh-GOP Negotiations: Secretary urged GOI initiate dialogue without insisting upon Mujib’s participation to see what could be accomplished. Swaran Singh replied that US has contacts with Bangla Desh people. It has greater influence, it should try bring about dialogue. October 3: Telegram [...]
September 1: Directives to the nation by Bangla Desh government September 2: The slaughter of 200,000 Bengalis – El Commercio – Equador Memorandum of conversation between The Secretary Christopher Van Hollen, Deputy Assistant Secretary, NEA Peter D. Constable, Senior Political Officer, Pakistan-Afghanistan Affairs Maj. Gen. Inam-ul Haq, Director General, Defense Procurement; Pakistan Ministry of Defense [...]
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July 1: Letter From President Nixon to Indian Prime Minister Gandhi: “With regard to the need for actions which will make possible a reversal of the refugee flow, we have continued to emphasize that a return to peace and security in East Pakistan and a viable political settlement are crucial to restoration of a more [...]
June 3: US ambassador to India, Keating suggested Kissinger that military assistance to Pakistan was out of the question since they were still killing in East Pakistan and when refugees were still pouring into India. Kissinger informed him that the President would uphold the “One Time Exception” of arms sales to Pakistan. June 4: Conversation [...]
May 3: Letter of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of East Pakistan (Bangla Desh) on the situation in Bangladesh: “A just struggle: (i) The present struggle of the people of Bangla Desh is the culmination of their struggle for democracy and autonomy which they were conducting since 1948 against the reactionary ruling classes [...]
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