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*International Herald Tribune, November 1, 1971 </div>
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SOVIET AIR CHIEF ARRIVES IN INDIA 
 
New Delhi, Oct. 31 (UPI).– The commander of the Soviet Air force arrived yesterday for a six-day visit while government spokesmen charged Pakistan with a series of border violations, including one in which six Pakistani soldiers were reported to have been killed. 
 
Two Pakistani aircraft intruded into Indian airspace over northern Jammu and Kashmir states yesterday, the All-India Radio reported. It said that the planes had flown back to Pakistan before they could be engaged. 
 
Air Marshal Pavel S.Kouthakov, who is a deputy defense minister and commands the Soviet Air Force, met Defense Minister Jagjivan Ram quickly after his arrival. 
 
* Internal Herald Tribune, November 2, 1971 
 
MRS. GANDHI SAYS U.S. TAKES SHORT-TERM VIEW ON PAKISTAN 
 
London, Nov. 1 (NYT). Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of INdia said today that the United States was taking a “short-term” view of the crisis with pakistan and warned that the influx of East Pakistan refugees had strained India beyond the breaking point. 
 
* Newsweek, November 8, 1971 
 
A WAR WAITING TO HAPPEN 
 
In their 24 years as independent nations, India and Pakistan have shown a boundless capacity for squabbling with each other. They have argued endlessly over Kashmir and a bit of wasteland called the Rann of Kutch, and six years ago they plunged into a brief but bloody war. “These two countries,” remarked one Western diplomat, “have hardly ever been genuinely at peace.” And certainly they were not last week. Along 3,000 miles of border, Indian and Pakistani troops massed in menacing formations. Most observers felt that the current travels of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who is due in the U.S. this week, ruled out the likelihood that India would go to war for the moment. But there remained the omnious feeling in both nations that, sooner or later, they would stumble into conflict. 
 
* The Daily Telegraph, November 9, 1971 
 
SINO-PAKISTAN TALKS COMPLETE SUCCESS, SAYS BHUTTO 
 
Any aggressor crossing into Pakistan “would be doome.” Mr. Ali Bhutto, President Yahya’s personal envoy, said in Rawalpindi yesterday on his return from three days of talks in Peking with Chou En Lai Chinese Prime Minister. 
 
Mr. Bhutto led a high-powered military and diplomatic mission to he Chinese capital. 
 
While he conferred with Chou En-lai, three Pakistani Service chiefs–Air Mahshal Rahim Khan, Lt-Gen Gul Hasan and Cdre Rashid, had talks with their Chinese counterparts and members of the Chinese Military commission. 
 
* The Daily Telegraph, November 9, 1971 
 
U.S. CUTS ARMS TO PAKISTAN 
 
America announced yesterday its decision to cancel licences for the export of 1.4 million worth of military equipment to Pakistan by “mutual consent.” 
 
By this step the Nixon Administration hopes that a major irritant will be removed in relations with India, and that America will be placed in a better position to persuaded India to reduce tension along the India-Pakistan border where troops are massing. 
 
America imposed an arms embargo on Pakistan last April after military operations had begun in East Pakistan. 
 
The Daily Telegraph, November 13, 1971 
 
BHUTTO SAYS HE WILL NOT STAND EAST PAKISTAN RULE 
 
Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, leader of West Pakistan’s Leftist People’s party gave a warning yesterday that he would not tolerate any attemptv to form an East Pakistan dominated Government after next month’s by-elections in the province, “We will topple it within 40 days.” he declared. 
 
* Newsweek, November 22, 1971 
 
BENGAL: THE TIME OF REVENGE 
 
From the moment last March that Pakistan’s President Mohammed Yahya Khan unleashed a reign of terror against the Bengalis of East Pakistan, his army has been embroiled in bloody–and losing–guerrilla war there. By now, the Bengali insurgents–known as the Mukti Bahini–claim a force of insurgents–known as the Mukti Bahini–claim a force of 100,000 soldiers and control roughly one-fourth of the countryside of East Pakistan. 
 
* International Herald Tribune, November 23, 1971 
 
EDIRORIAL: BANDAIDSS FOR THE SUBCONTINENT 
 
There United Nations is drifting toward a disastrous failure on the Indian subcontinent because it is attempting to treat a potentially mortal wound with bandaids. 
 
While India and Pakistan move closer to all-out war, the world organization has been wrangling over relief measures for an estimated nine million refugees, who have fled to India from East Bengal and for the 66-odd million Bengalis they left behind in that rebellious Pakistani province. 
 
* International Herald Tribune, November 25, 1971 
 
EDITORIAL : WAR ON THE SUBCONTINENT 
 
The Indians and Pakistanis have finally got their war. Indians wanted it to humiliate Pakistan, rationalizing (fairly enough) that no other way was left to be rid of the refugees. Pakistanis want it to cover their frustration at failing to suppress the Bengali insurgents in East Pakistan. Mrs. Gandhi went around the world asking for help ; none was forthcoming so her government proceeded alone. Gen. Yahaya Khan took the opposite course, trying unsuccessfully to subdue East Pakistan himself. Now he probably hopes the international community will step in the before the Indians beat him too badly, in the West as well as the East. The Indians, fighting an undeclared war, seem to hope they’ll be able to lick the Pakistanis before international pressures enforce a cease fire. 
 
* International Herald Tribune, November 29, 1971 
 
INDIA – PAKISTAN – BIG POWERS 
 
INDIA: ‘WE’LL FINALLY GET THE PAKISTANIS OFF OUR BACKS’ 
 
Calcutta, (NYT). – India and Pakistan were born 24 years ago in a burst or commual hatred that consumed hundreds of thousands of Hindu and moslem lives before subsiding., although never really dying out. The old hatred flared into two wars. And last week the two neighbours of the Indian subcontinent stood on the brink of third war–potentially the most dangerous collision of all. 
 
* International Herald Tribune, November 29, 1971 
 
PAKISTAN SAYS TROOPS PULL BACK AT JESSORE 
 
Karachi, Nov. 28 (WP).– The Pakistan government indicated today that Pakistan troops in the eastern wing of the country have lost ground in the past 24 hours as fighting reportedly continues. 
 
An official statement, alleging that Indian forces had launched three major attacks against Pakistani positions, said the attackers had made some “dents” in Pakistani forward positions in the Jessore area. 
 
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<td width="10%">11/5/1971</td>
<td width="25%">New York Times</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nybangla.com/Weekly%201971/November/1st%20Week/nov1_005.jpg" rel="lightbox[12]" target="_blank">Wave of Sabotage in East Bengal as border tension rises</a>
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<td width="10%">11/9/1971</td>
<td width="25%">New York Times</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nybangla.com/Weekly%201971/November/2nd%20Week/nov2_001.jpg" rel="lightbox[12]" target="_blank">Bengal Guerillas set up number of assassinations and bombings</a></td>
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<td width="10%">11/13/1971</td>
<td width="25%">Los Angeles Times</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nybangla.com/Weekly%201971/November/2nd%20Week/Nov2_11131971%282%29.pdf" target="_blank">Rogers Fears Indo-Pakistan War Soon</a>
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<td width="10%">11/13/1971</td>
<td width="25%">Far Eastern Economic Review</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nybangla.com/Weekly%201971/November/2nd%20Week/far_eastern_economic_review.htm" target="_blank">India-Pakistan: UNDECLARED WAR</a>
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<td width="10%">11/16/1971</td>
<td width="25%">Los Angeles Times</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nybangla.com/Weekly%201971/November/3rd%20Week/Nov3_11161971%281%29.pdf" target="_blank">India, Pakistan May Go to War Over East Bengal–and Add to the Suffering</a></td>
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<td width="10%">11/17/1971</td>
<td width="25%">New York Times</td>
<td><a href="http://www.docstrangelove.com/uploads/1971/foreign/19711117_nyt_east_pakistan_town_after_raid_by_army.pdf" target="_blank">East Pakistan town after raid by army</a></td>
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<td width="10%">11/20/1971</td>
<td width="25%">Far Eastern Economic Review</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nybangla.com/Weekly%201971/November/3rd%20Week/far_eastern_economic_review_refe.htm" target="_blank">Faith in Bengal’s Fighters</a></td>
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<td width="10%">11/21/1971</td>
<td width="25%">New York Times</td>
<td><a href="http://www.docstrangelove.com/uploads/1971/foreign/19711121_nyt_razakars_pakistani_group_helps_both_sides.pdf" target="_blank">Razakars: Pakistani group helps both sides</a></td>
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<td width="10%">11/27/1971</td>
<td width="25%">Los Angeles Times</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nybangla.com/Weekly%201971/November/4th%20Week/Nov4_11271971%281%29.pdf" target="_blank">Jessore May Hold Key to Pakistani Outcome</a></td>
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<td width="10%">11/27/1971</td>
<td width="25%">Los Angeles Times</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nybangla.com/Weekly%201971/November/4th%20Week/Nov4_11271971%282%29.pdf" target="_blank">U.S. Says It Is Trying to Ease Crisis</a></td>
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<td width="10%">11/27/1971</td>
<td width="25%">Los Angeles Times</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nybangla.com/Weekly%201971/November/4th%20Week/Nov4_11271971%283%29.pdf" target="_blank">Heavy Pakistan Fighting reported</a></td></tr>
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