PAKISTAN HOLIDAY IS GRIM IN DACCA; City Is Largely Deserted as Its Residents Leave

By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 15, 1971. pg. 5, 1 pgs

 

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DACCA, Pakistan, Aug. 14

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03624331

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DACCA, Pakistan, Aug. 14 -This East Pakistani capital increasingly torn by violence and terrorism, looked today more like a city under curfew than one celebrating National Independence Day.

Sabotage by Pakistan Is Charged by Indians

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 15, 1971. pg. 4, 1 pgs

 

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NEW DELHI, Aug. 14

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Score One Diplomatic Coup for The Russians; India:

-- SYDNEY H. SCHANBERGNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 15, 1971. pg. E2, 1 pgs

 

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editorial_article

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NEW DELHI

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW

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03624331

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NEW DELHI -- Last Tuesday, the day after India and the Soviet Union signed their surprise 20-year "friendship treaty" in New Delhi, a member of the Indian Parliament noted that the date of the signing, Aug. 9, was the anniversary of the launching of Mahatma Gandhi's "Quit India" movement in 1942.

PAKISTAN'S ENVOY FEARS INDIA ATTACK

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 16, 1971. pg. 6, 1 pgs

 

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 15

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03624331

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (AP) -- Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States said today that he feared that India's new treaty with the Soviet Union would lead to an attack on his country. The Indian Ambassador said the pact was intended to deter war.

PAKISTAN SILENT ON MUJIB'S TRIAL; Bengali Leader's Case Was to Have Opened Aug. 11

By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 16, 1971. pg. 5, 1 pgs

 

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DACCA, Pakistan, Aug. 15

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03624331

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DACCA, Pakistan, Aug. 15 -- Sheik Mujibur Rahman, the political leader of East Pakistan was scheduled to have gone on trial for his life five days ago, but there has been no information on his fate.

Kennedy, in India, Terms Pakistani Drive Genocide

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERGSpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 17, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

 

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NEW DELHI, Aug. 16

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03624331

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NEW DELHI, Aug. 16 -Senator Edward M. Kennedy today denounced Pakistan's military action against the East Pakistani separatists as genocide and said that the secret trial of the East Pakistani leader, Sheik Mujibur Rahman, was "an outrage to every concept of international law."

Roundup of Rebels in Dacca

Special to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 17, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

 

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DACCA, Pakistan, Aug. 16

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03624331

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DACCA, Pakistan, Aug. 16 -Government troops made house-to-house sweeps through Dacca over the weekend, apparently heading off threatened terrorism by the Bengali separatists.

Sheik Mujib's Illegal Trial

DILIP K. BASUNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 17, 1971. pg. 34, 1 pgs

 

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letter_to_editor

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03624331

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In his statement on the trial of Sheik Mujibur Rahman, the U.N. Secretary General, U Thant, notes that it is "within the competence of the judicial system of a member state" (news story Aug. 10). While this seems to be true technically, the trial clearly violates the Geneva Conventions of 1949, to which Pakistan is a party.

Peking Is Seeking to Erode Soviet and U.S. Influence

By TAD SZULCSpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 18, 1971. pg. 2, 1 pgs

 

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17

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03624331

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- United States officials said today that they believed Peking had opened a worldwide diplomatic offensive concentrating on countries where the Soviet Union has had a dominant influence and on those with close relationships or alliances with Washington.

East Pakistan: A 'Final Solution' in Bengal?

By ALICE THORNERNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 19, 1971. pg. 35, 1 pgs

 

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PARIS

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03624331

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PARIS -- Are we to understand that the United States has been exercising quiet but unremitting pressure upon Pakistan for a "final solution" in East Bengal?

East Pakistan: The Goondas of Saidpur

By PRABHU DAYAL AGARWALANew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 19, 1971. pg. 35, 1 pgs

 

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SILIGURI, India

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03624331

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SILIGURI, India -- I am one of the unfortunates who managed to escape from the massacre perpetrated on the morning of June 13th at Saidpur (Rangpur), a non-Bengali Muslim majority town of North Bengal in Bangla Desh. I call myself unfortunate because I left behind 150 members of my community including my parents, brothers, sister-in-law, nephew and nieces -- butchered by the goondas of the ...

East Pakistan: We Can Help -- But Without Arms

By JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITHNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 19, 1971. pg. 35, 1 pgs

 

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

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03624331

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- I have been reluctant in these last months to speak to the political problems of East Bengal. All of us who have served in India are thought to be partisans of that country as doubtless on occasions we have been.

Pakistan Says Mujib's Trial Began a Week Ago

By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 19, 1971. pg. 8, 1 pgs

 

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DACCA, Pakistan, Aug. 18

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DACCA, Pakistan, Aug. 18 -- A Government spokesman said today that Sheik Mujibur Rahman, imprisoned leader of the Bengali separatist movement of Pakistan, is already on trial.

Aid Funds for Refugees in India

RICHARD S. ECKAUSNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 20, 1971. pg. 32, 1 pgs

 

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letter_to_editor

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SPORTS

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03624331

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The social catastrophe which has occurred in East Pakistan is well documented. It is now reported that almost eight million refugees fled from bitter repression to find some freedom and security in India. But they were poor to begin with and are now in an economically desperate situation in the refugee camps.

MORE LEGISLATORS BARRED IN PAKISTAN

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 20, 1971. pg. 7, 1 pgs

 

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RAWALPINDLI, Pakistan, Aug. 19

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03624331

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RAWALPINDLI, Pakistan, Aug. 19 (AP) -- The Government has disqualified 195 of the 288 Awami League members elected to the 310-seat East Pakistani Provincial Assembly.



Mrs. Gandhi Plans Visit to U.S., Paris and West Germany in Fall

Special to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 20, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

 

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NEW DELHI, Aug. 19

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03624331

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NEW DELHI, Aug. 19 -- Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is planning a visit to the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, West Germany and France this fall, official source said today.

Some of the Many Voices That Are Hard to Forget

Special to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 20, 1971. pg. 6, 1 pgs

 

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GAZA, Aug. 13

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03624331

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GAZA, Aug. 13 -- East Pakistan and Ulster provide more dramatic forms of misery than that of the Gaza Strip, where more than 300,000 Arab refugees wait to return to homes in Israel that many have never known and the rest have not seen for 23 years. But there is a particular dead hopelessness about Gala, possibly because its plight has lasted so long.

Floods Force Evacuations Of East Pakistani Towns

Special to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 21, 1971. pg. 30, 1 pgs

 

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KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug. 20

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03624331

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Pakistan Designates a Lawyer As Defender of Bengali Leader

By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 21, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

 

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KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug. 20

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03624331

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KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug. 20 -- A leading constitutional lawyer was named by the Pakistani Government today to defend Sheik Mujibur Rahman, the imprisoned Bengali leader currently on trial for treason.

To Help Refugee Children

HELENKA PANTALEONINew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 21, 1971. pg. 26, 1 pgs

 

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letter_to_editor

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03624331

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129

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