Bengalis Seeking to Regroup Their Forces for Guerrilla Action

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERGSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 22, 1971. pg. 10, 1 pgs

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BEDAI, India, April 21 -- The disorganized western units of the Bengali independence forces are regrouping in the districts bordering India's West Bengal state, trying to marshal themselves to carry out guerrilla counterattacks.

PAKISTAN ACCUSES INDIA OF ATTACK; Asserts Border Post in East Is Fired Upon All Day

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 22, 1971. pg. 11, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 21 -- The Pakistani Government said tonight that Indian troops had been firing from across the border at a Pakistani post all day, and it called on India to "stop immediately its unprovoked attack.

Soviet Denounces Chinese Reds For Shift on Relations With U.S.

By THEODORE SHABADSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 22, 1971. pg. 12, 1 pgs

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MOSCOW, April 21 -- The Soviet Union, in its first comment on the apparent warming of relations between the United States and Communist China, denounced the Chinese today "for quickly coming to terms with those whom it had just called enemies."

Cholera and Smallpox Reported

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 23, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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CALCUTTA, April 22 (AP) -- The West Bengal state government reported tonight that cholera and smallpox had broken out among nearly half a million refugees who had fled to India from East Pakistan.

Civil War in Bangla Desh

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 23, 1971. pg. 36, 1 pgs

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letter_to_editor

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You are to be complimented on the excellence and accuracy of your coverage of the current civil war in East Pakistan. Although the facts of the day-to-day struggle are scant, you have placed them in the correct context. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the overwhelming majority of the 75 million people who elected him are not a rebellious minority to be put down by force but ...

Letter to the Editor 1 -- No Title

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 23, 1971. pg. 36, 1 pgs

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letter_to_editor

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India has become known the world over for the policy of poking its nose in other people's affairs. Since its birth, India has served as a sour spot in the peace of the region.

Pakistan Reports Indians Do Not Recognize Bengalis

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 23, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 22 -- India has given assurances that she does not recognize the so-called Bangla Desh regime proclaimed by separatists in East Pakistan, the Pakistani radio said tonight.

Bengalis Ask Recognition

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 24, 1971. pg. 6, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 23 (UPI) -- The Bengali independence movement appealed to the United States and China today to recognize it as the rightful government of East Pakistan.

India Asks Relief Aid

Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 24, 1971. pg. 6, 1 pgs

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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., April 22 -- India has requested United Nations assistance for a half-million refugees from East Pakistan.

PAKISTAN CLOSING AN OFFICE IN INDIA; Acts in a Protest Against Disorders in Calcutta

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 24, 1971. pg. 6, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April (Reuters) -- The Pakistan radio said tonight that Pakistan had decided to close down the Deputy High Commission office in Calcutta and had asked India to close her Deputy High Commission office in Dacca.

To the Bengalis in Karachi, Home Seems Far Away

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 24, 1971. pg. 6, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 23 -- "Sometimes I feel homesick," said Jalal Ahmed, looking down shyly at his hands, "but then I take a trip to Chittagong and I am all right for a couple of more years."

Betel-Leaf Chewers in Karachi Joyfully Await Taste of Peace

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 25, 1971. pg. 11, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan April 24 -- There was joy in Karachi this week at the news that shipments of betel leaf, the Pakistani equivalent of chewing gum, would be resumed soon from East Pakistan.

Big Powers In a Diplomatic Minuet; Pakistan:

-- SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 25, 1971. pg. E4, 1 pgs

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CALCUTTA -- The independence struggle in East Pakistan is drawing the United States, the Soviet Union, Communist China and India into a sort of diplomatic minuet and maneuver with considerable potential consequences. What these countries eventually decide to do could determine not only the outcome of the war but also the future course of South Asia.

INDIA REPORTS FIRING ON PAKISTAN BORDER

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 25, 1971. pg. 10, 1 pgs

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CALCUTTA, India, April 24 -- An Indian spokesman said today that Pakistani troops in company strength had fired across the border of East Pakistan at the Indian village of Petrapole.

Intelligentsia of Pakistan

RANBIR VARMA. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 25, 1971. pg. E14, 1 pgs

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The description of the civil war in East Pakistan in your April 14 paper is not only tragic for the people of Pakistan but it merits attention of the international community. Your correspondent says, "On orders, the army has killed students, intellectuals, professors, engineers, doctors and others of leadership caliber. . . ."

Kashmir's Tourist Trade Hurt by Pakistani Conflict

Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 25, 1971. pg. 13, 1 pgs

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Promises to Keep; My Years in Public Life 1941-1969. By Chester Bowles. Illustrated. 657 pp. New York: Harper & Row. $12.95. Promises To Keep

By JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 25, 1971. pg. BR3, 2 pgs

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Book Review

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Truth, not unconvincing humility, is the grandest virtue and accordingly I may observe that I am better qualified than any man alive to review a book on the public life of Chester Bowles. He succeeded me in de facto responsibility for price control in World War II.

REFUGEES WORRY INDIAN OFFICIALS; Disruption Feared as Influx From Pakistan Increases

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERGSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 25, 1971. pg. 10, 1 pgs

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CALCUTTA, India, April 24 -- Several hundred thousand refugees fleeing the Pakistan Army have poured into India from East Pakistan, and Indian officials are expressing increasing concern that they may soon become a serious disruptive influence.

PAKISTAN ALTERS IMPORTING POLICY; Excludes 46 Articles, Citing Balance of Payments

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 26, 1971. pg. 10, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 25 -- The Pakistani Government, in a communique released late yesterday, banned the importing of 46 kinds of goods ranging from razor blades to refrigerators.

East Pakistani Worker Absenteeism Said to Aggravate Economic Strains

New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 27, 1971. pg. 2, 1 pgs

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A month after the military crackdown in East Pakistan, absenteeism by Bengali workers is still crippling the economy, according to well-informed travelers who were in East and West Pakistan this week.

India Restricts Travel by Pakistani Aides

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG, Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 27, 1971. pg. 2, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 26

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NEW DELHI, April 26 -- The Indian Government imposed restrictions today on the travel of Pakistani diplomats and their families and servants, making it impossible for them to leave India without New Delhi's permission.

Pakistani Aide Here Renounces Ties With Regime

By KATHLEEN TELTSCH. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 27, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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The 28-year-old vice consul of Pakistan here renounced his ties with the Pakistani Government yesterday, saying he would "not serve a government killing our own people."

India Role Defended

M. G. SUBRAHMANYAM. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 28, 1971. pg. 46, 1 pgs

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Apropos of Dr. Abdul R. Piracha's April 16 letter I am amazed at his comparison of the carnage being perpetuated in East Pakistan with incidents in India. What is happening now in East Pakistan is mass genocide practiced by a Government that has lost all sight of rationality and seems bent on wiping out the more important sections of the community completely.

Karachi Claims Victory

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 28, 1971. pg. 15, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakstani, April 27

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KARACHI, Pakstani, April 27 -- The Pakistan radio said tonight that Pakistani armed forces had "destroyed all anti-state elements in the entire coastal region of East Pakistan."

New Delhi Charges Pakistanis Raid Village in India and Kill 5

New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 28, 1971. pg. 15, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 27

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NEW DELHI, April 27 (AP) -- Some Pakistani soldiers who have been fighting separatists in East Pakistan reportedly crossed into India today and exchanged fire with Indian security forces.

Retaliation by India

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG, Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 28, 1971. pg. 15, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 27

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NEW DELHI, April 27 -- India, charging that Pakistan had virtually interned Indian diplomats in Dacca in their houses, ordered "strict police vigilance" today on the movements of Pakistani diplomats in Calcutta.

A Diplomatic Tightrope for India; Sympathy for East Pakistanis Strains Her 'Neutrality'

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERGSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 29, 1971. pg. 12, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 28 -- The Indians, with strong sympathies for the month-old Bengali independence struggle in East Pakistan, are trying to keep their balance on a diplomatic tightrope, buffeted by a heavy wind.

India, Alleging Pakistani Attacks, Warns of 'Serious Consequences'

Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 29, 1971. pg. 13, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 28 -- Warning of potentially "serious consequences," India filed a strong protest with Pakistan today over what New Delhi described as several instances of "unprovoked firing on Indian territory."

PAKISTAN REVIEW SET BY AID GROUP; 11-Nation Consortium Meets on Food Crisis Tomorrow

By BENJAMIN WELLESSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 29, 1971. pg. 12, 1 pgs

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WASHINGTON, April 28 -- A consortium of 11 nations, including the United States, plans to meet in Paris Friday to weigh the mounting fiscal and food crisis in Pakistan.

2 Buildings Here Housing Pakistan Offices Vandalized

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 30, 1971. pg. 79, 1 pgs

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India's Allegations Of Border Forays Denied by Pakistan

Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 30, 1971. pg. 9, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 29

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 29 -- The Pakistan radio said tonight that Indian allegations that Pakistani forces had entered Indian territory and had fired on Indian nationals were "absolutely untrue and baseless" and charged that India was sending more infiltrators into Pakistan.

POLITICS REVIVING IN WEST PAKISTAN; Military Regime Is Urged to Yield Some Power

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 30, 1971. pg. 9, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 29

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 29 -- For two weeks or more, political figures have been holding small meetings and news conferences around West Pakistan, asking that the military Government turn over at least some power to the people and their elected representatives.

Rogers Arrives in Turkey

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 30, 1971. pg. 2, 1 pgs

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ANKARA, Turkey, April 29

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ANKARA, Turkey, April 29 (AP) -- Secretary Rogers arrived here today under security precautions tightened by Turkey's imposition of martial law in the capital and in 10 other areas of the country.