Bengali Cholera Grows; India Asks World Aid

Dispatch of The Times, LondonNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 1, 1971. pg. 14, 1 pgs

 

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03624331

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Pakistan Eases Censorship

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

 

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'Bengal Is the Spark'

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 2, 1971. pg. 40, 1 pgs

 

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editorial_article

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03624331

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Tariq Ali, a Pakistani radical who has been active in British left-wing student circles, turned up recently in Calcutta, where he was reported encouraging secessionist tendencies in both West Bengal and East Pakistan with the aim of promoting a united socialist Bengal.

 

Cholera Deaths Reported

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 3, 1971. pg. 16, 1 pgs

 

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KRISHNAGAR, India, June 2

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03624331

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63

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U.S. Reported to Plan New Aid To Pakistani Refugees in India

By BENJAMIN WELLESSpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 3, 1971. pg. 16, 1 pgs

 

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WASHINGTON, June 2

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03624331

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465

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WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The United States was reported today to be planning to contribute $10-million to $15-million more to care for East Pakistani refugees fleeing into India.

 

Cholera Toll Among Bengalis Put at 2,000 by Indian Aides

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERGSpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 4, 1971. pg. 10, 1 pgs

 

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NEW DELHI, June 3

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03624331

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NEW DELHI, June 3 -- Indian officials reported today that at least 2,000 refugees from East Pakistan had died of cholera in an epidemic that has been raging for a week in their teeming border camps.

 

BID TO DISSIDENTS HINTED IN KARACHI; Effort to Form New Party Reported Under Way

Special to The New York TimesBy MALCOLM W. BROWNENew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 5, 1971. pg. 9, 1 pgs

 

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KARACHI, Pakistan, June 4

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03624331

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KARACHI, Pakistan, June 4 -- The Government of Pakistan appears to be trying to bring some former leading members of the outlawed Awami League of East Pakistan back into the national fold.

 

Britons Rushing Cholera Shots to India

By ANTHONY LEWISSpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 5, 1971. pg. 8, 1 pgs

 

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LONDON, June 4

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03624331

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LONDON, June 4 -- British relief organizations acted urgently today to get anticholera vaccine to India, where an epidemic has broken out among refugees from East Pakistan.

 

TOLL IN WEST BENGAL SAID TO REACH 8,000

New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Jun 6, 1971. pg. 20, 1 pgs

 

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CALCUTTA, India, June 5

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03624331

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CALCUTTA, India, June 5 (Reuters) -- The death toll in a cholera epidemic sweeping through four million Pakistani refugees in India's West Bengal State has reached 8,000, diplomatic sources said here today.

 

60 Cholera Deaths Reported in the Calcutta Area

Special to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 7, 1971. pg. 2, 1 pgs

 

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03624331

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CALCUTTA, India, June 6 -- The cholera epidemic among Pakistani refugees in West Bengal now threatens to spread to this city of six million people. At least 60 refugees are reported to have died of the disease in the city or its outskirts in the last two days.

 

Measuring the Tragedy

By ANTHONY LEWISNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 7, 1971. pg. 33, 1 pgs

 

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03624331

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LONDON, June 6 -- Imagine the entire population of New Jersey, seven million people, fleeing the state and taking refuge in New York City and the counties nearby. That thought gives some idea of the dimensions of what is happening now in East Pakistan -- except that the refugees are much poorer and the area of India into which they are fleeing is infinitely more ...