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* International Herald Tribune, August 5, 1971
14 EAST PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS QUIT IN U.S. ASK POLITICAL ASYLUM
Washington, Aug. 4 (IHT) – Fourteen Pakistani diplomats, including the No. 2 United Nations delegate, resigned today to join the East Pakistan independence movement. They sought political asylum in the United States. They are all East Pakistanis.
* Internal Herald Tribune, August 9, 1971
MAJOR POWERS SEEK TO AVERT WAR IN BENGAL
Washington, Aug 8 (NYT)- The Principal Western powers, the Soviet Union, China and Secretary General Thant were reported yesterday to be engaged in new diplomatic efforts to prevent the possible outbreak of fighting between India and Pakistan.
14 EAST PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS QUIT IN U.S. ASK POLITICAL ASYLUM
Washington, Aug. 4 (IHT) – Fourteen Pakistani diplomats, including the No. 2 United Nations delegate, resigned today to join the East Pakistan independence movement. They sought political asylum in the United States. They are all East Pakistanis.
* Internal Herald Tribune, August 9, 1971
MAJOR POWERS SEEK TO AVERT WAR IN BENGAL
Washington, Aug 8 (NYT)- The Principal Western powers, the Soviet Union, China and Secretary General Thant were reported yesterday to be engaged in new diplomatic efforts to prevent the possible outbreak of fighting between India and Pakistan.
* International Herald Tribune, August 10, 1971
PRESIDENT YAHYA ANNOUNCES AWAMI LEAGUE CHIEF TO BE TRIED BY ARMY
Rawalpindi, Aug. 9 (AP)- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of the banned Awami League will be tried by a special military court for “waging war against Pakistan” and other offensives, a note issued by the office of President Mohammad Yahya Khan said today.
The trial, which will start on Wednesday, will be held in secrecy the announcement said.
* The Daily Telegraph, August 10, 1971
INDIA AND RUSSIA SIGN 20-YEAR DEFENCE PACT
Russia will back India with force if necessary in the event of a war with Pakistan under a 20 year treaty, signed in New Delhi yesterday, that puts India firmly in the Russian camp after years of non-alignment.
It was signed by Mr. Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister and Mr. Singh, his Indian counterpart. The treaty of “friendship, peace and co-operation” provides for mutual defence arrangements.
* The Times, August 12, 1971
RUSSIA AND INDIA CALL FOR A POLITICAL SOLUTION IN EAST BENGAL
Delhi, Aug. 11- The Soviet Union and India said tonight that they considered urgent steps were necessary to achieve a political solution to the problems of East Pakistan and that there could be no military solution.
Their views were expressed in a joint statement issued here at the conclusion of three days of talks between Mr. Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister, and Mr. Singh, his Indian counterpart, during which a treaty of “peace, friendship and cooperation” was signed.
* International Herald Tribune, August 14-15, 1971
EAST PAKISTAN CRISIS TERMED ‘GREATEST CHALLENGE’ TO INDIA
New Delhi, Aug. 13 (Reuters)- Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has described the situation created by the East Pakistan crisis as the nation’s “greatest challenge since independence”.
“The Bangladesh situation has produced all the consequences of war without the actuality of engaging in a war”, she said in an apparent reference to the influx of millions of refugees into India and increased border clashes along the East Pakistan borders.
* International Herald Tribune, August 17, 1971
AFTER VISITING REFUGEES IN INDIA KENNEDY HITS PAKISTAN ‘GENOCIDE’
New Delhi, Aug. 16 (NYT) – Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D. Mass., today denounced Pakistan’s military repression in East Pakistan as genocide and said that the secret trial of the East Pakistani leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was “an outrage of every concept of international law”.
* International Herald Tribune, August 17, 1971
BENGAL REBELS PERMITTED TO USE INDIA, ENVOY ADMITS
Washington, Aug 16 (WP)- Indian Ambassador Lakshmi Kant Jha admitted yesterday that India was permitted its territory to be used as a sanctuary for Bengali rebels fighting for an independent East Pakistan.
| August 1971 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/1/1971 | New York Times | Why they fled |
| 8/1/1971 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | EDITORIAL: Obligations in Pakistan |
| 8/5/1971 | New York Times | 14 Pakistani aides quit missions in US |
| 8/5/1971 | New York Times | The ravaged people of East Pakistan |
| 8/12/1971 | Daily Telegraph | PICTURE: Senator Kennedy visits refugee camp |
| 8/14/1971 | Far Eastern Economic Review | A people’s war |
| 8/14/1971 | Far Eastern Economic Review | Pakistan – Blow to Confidence Page 1, Page 2 |
| 8/17/1971 | Daily Telegraph | Halt US aid for Yahya, says shaken Kennedy |
| 8/17/1971 | New York Times | Kennedy in India terms Pakistani drive genocide |
| 8/17/1971 | Washington Post | Kennedy charges genocide in Pakistan |
| 8/28/1971 | Far Eastern Economic Review | Who is my neighbor? |
| 8/28/1971 | Los Angeles Times | Pakistan Arms Dispute Exaggerated, U.S. Says |
| 8/28/1971 | Los Angeles Times | India Priest Pleads for Aid in Pakistan Crisis |
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