Bengal: A Threat of Famine

DANIEL C. DUNHAMNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 2, 1971. pg. E14, 1 pgs

 

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letter_to_editor

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW

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03624331

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The exclusion of the foreign press and observers from East Pakistan has meant the loss of vital information on the course of events there and will deprive us of the dramatic facts that rouse individuals and governments to action. But there is enough conclusive evidence from past and recent history to predict the result of the present conflict on the food position of the province.

 

Pakistan to Ask a Moratorium on Debts

By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 2, 1971. pg. 16, 1 pgs

 

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KARACHI, May 1

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03624331

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KARACHI, May 1 -- With financial resources sorely strained by the political condition in the Eastern part of the country, Pakistan announced today that she would ask creditor nations for a six-month moratorium on payments of her external debt

 

The Political Tidal Wave That Struck East Pakistan; East Pakistan

By PEGGY DURDINNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 2, 1971. pg. SM24, 9 pgs

 

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article

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Magazine

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03624331

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IT would be professionally gratifying but inaccurate to say today that on Feb. 28 when our plane landed routinely on the airfield of East Pakistan's capital city, Dacca, we had premonitions of the gripping, tragic human and political drama that was to be played out in its sprawling, disheveled precincts during the succeeding weeks

 

' Bangla Desh' -- Tagore's Ironic Legacy; A Poet Epitomizes Spirit And Plight of the Indian Subcontinent's 'Irish'

By JAMES P. BROWNNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 3, 1971. pg. 37, 1 pgs

 

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The 110 million Bengalis who inhabit the Ganges Delta in the eastern regions of India and Pakistan -- 75 million Moslems in the secessionist province of East Pakistan and 35 million Hindus in the Indian state of West Bengal -have been described as the Irish of the Indian subcontinent.

 

PAKISTAN ACCUSES INDIAN AIR FORCE; Says Fighter Planes Twice Flew Over Territory

By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: May 3, 1971. pg. 9, 1 pgs

 

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article

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KARACHI, May 3

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03624331

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609

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KARACHI, May 3 -- Amid signs of a deterioration in the already hosthe relations between India and Pakistan, Pakistan charged that Indian fighter planes had violated Pakistani air space today on two occasions.

 

Massacre in Pakistan

HARPREET SINGH KANGNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 4, 1971. pg. 46, 1 pgs

 

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letter_to_editor

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03624331

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I read with a sense of shock Akbar Tareen's letter of April 23 from Karachi, which was full of slanderous charges against India.

 

New Pakistani Protest to India Charges Shelling at the Border

By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 4, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

 

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03624331

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KARACHI, Pakistan, May 3 -- Pakistan charged India today with "creating an atmosphere of confrontation" and accused Indian border units of having shelled Pakistani positions.

 

Pakistani Ex-Aide Plans Bangla Desh Office Here

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 5, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

 

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article

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03624331

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A. H. Mahmoud Ali, who resigned last week as Pakistani vice consul here and pledged allegiance to the separatist Bangla Desh regime proclaimed in East Pakistan, said yesterday he was setting up a Bangla Desh mission in New York.



9 Senators Ask U.S. Pressure On Pakistan to Spur Relief Effort

By BENJAMIN WELLESSpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 5, 1971. pg. 2, 1 pgs

 

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WASHINGTON, May 4 -Nine Senators told Secretary of State William P. Rogers today of their growing concern over what they view as inertia in the Administration on aid to Pakistan.



United States of India?

DONALD W. FLAHERTYNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 5, 1971. pg. 46, 1 pgs

 

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letter_to_editor

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SPORTS

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03624331

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Awami League Accused

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 6, 1971. pg. 5, 1 pgs

 

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article

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03624331

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Foreign News Reports Criticized by Pakistan

Special to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 6, 1971. pg. 31, 1 pgs

 

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article

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03624331

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KARACHI, Pakistan, May 5 -- A spokesman said today that the Government regretted the inconvenience caused newsmen by censorship but he sharply criticized foreign reporting of events in East Pakistan. He said censorship was necessary to preserve internal security.

 

Indians and Pakistanis Disagree on Plan to Return Diplomatic Staffs

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERGSpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 6, 1971. pg. 4, 1 pgs

 

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article

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03624331

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NEW DELHI, May 5 -- A tentative agreement between India and Pakistan on repatriation of their diplomatic staffs in Dacca and Calcutta has bogged down over a Pakistani demand that India considers unreasonable.

 

War With India Possible, Pakistan General Asserts

By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 6, 1971. pg. 5, 1 pgs

 

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KARACHI, Pakistan, May 5 -- The chief of Pakistan's military intelligence service portrayed his nation today as facing large Indian military forces along the frontiers and said he could not discount the possibility of war.

 

India Appeals on Refugees

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERGSpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 7, 1971. pg. 15, 1 pgs

 

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03624331

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NEW DELHI, May 6 -- The Indian Government, growing in creasingly concerned about its ability to cope with the mounting flow of East Pakistani refugees fleeing the Pakistan Army, issued a new appeal today for outside help and said the refugees were an international responsibility.

 

Pakistani General Disputes Reports of Casualties

By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 7, 1971. pg. 14, 1 pgs

 

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03624331

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DACCA, PAKISTAN, May 6 -- Gen. Tikka Khan, the military governor of East Pakistan, said today that his staff had estimated that 150 persons were killed in Dacca on the night of March 25, when the army moved to reassert control over this province.

 

Senate Unit Asks Pakistan Arms Cut off

By BENJAMIN WELLESSpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 7, 1971. pg. 15, 1 pgs

 

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03624331

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Abstract (Document Summary)

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee called unanimously today for an immediate suspension of American military aid and arms sales to Pakistan until the civil conflict there is resolved and the distribution of relief supplies is resumed.