Bengalis Form a Cabinet As the Bloodshed Goes On; Bengalis Form East Pakistani Cabinet as the Bloodshed Continues

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG, Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 14, 1971. pg. 1, 2 pgs

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AGARTALA, India, April 13

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AGARTALA, India, April 13 -- Although large numbers of East Pakistani secessionist leaders have been reported killed, and with wholesale bloodshed continuing, several members of the movement's high command are alive and have formed a cabinet.

China-India-Pakistan

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 14, 1971. pg. 44, 1 pgs

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It was almost inevitable that the major nations of Asia would sooner or later involve themselves in the tragedy now being enacted in East Pakistan. The process began two weeks ago when both houses of India's Parliament unanimously adopted a resolution expressing "wholehearted sympathy" for the East Pakistanis. Now the Chinese Government, whose hostility toward India is of long duration, has moved to take advantage ...

Pakistan Reports Seizing Indian Arms in Victory

Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 14, 1971. pg. 13, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 13

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 13 -- The Pakistan radio said tonight that Pakistani troops had "destroyed all miscreants" in the area of Dinajpur in East Pakistan and had captured "large amounts of Indian arms and ammunition.

Secessionists Claim Sovereignty

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 14, 1971. pg. 13, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 12

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U.S. Acknowledges Sales of Ammunition to Pakistan

By BENJAMIN WELLES, Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 14, 1971. pg. 13, 1 pgs

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WASHINGTON, April 13

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WASHINGTON, April 13 -The State Department conceded today that the United States had been selling approximately $2.5-million worth of ammunition yearly to Pakistan since 1967 as "nonlethal" equipment.

Bullets or Bread?

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 15, 1971. pg. 42, 1 pgs

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Washington's pretense of non-intervention in Pakistan's tragic internal conflict has been shattered this week by State Department acknowledgment that the United States has been selling ammunition and other "nonlethal" military equipment to the repressive Pakistani Government and by the Administration's persistent refusal to impose a ban on such sales. As long as these sales continue, the United States places itself alongside China on the side ...

Economic Havoc Worsens Impact of Pakistan's War

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG, Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 15, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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AGARTALA, India, April 13

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AGARTALA, India, April 13 -- Peasants in many areas of East Pakistan are not planting their rice because the daily shooting between the Pakistani Army and the Bengali independence forces has made them afraid to come out in the open.

Insurgents Ask Aid

By JAMES P. STERBASpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 15, 1971. pg. 4, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 14

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NEW DELHI, April 14 -- The prime minister of the secessionist-proclaimed government of East Pakistan appealed in a radio broadcast today for recognition of his new government and aid.

Pakistan Asserts Troops 'Wiped Out All Miscreants' in Key Town

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 15, 1971. pg. 4, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 14

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 14 -- The Pakistani Government reported today that its troops, pushing west from Dacca, had reached the key town of Rajshahi and had "wiped out all miscreants and Indian infiltrators in this area."

THE CEYLON CRISIS: TOLL IN THOUSANDS; Leftists Are Divided, With Radical Youths Warring on the Socialist Government

By TILLMAN DURDIN, Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 15, 1971. pg. 1, 2 pgs

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HONG KONG, April 14

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HONG KONG, April 14 -- An insurrection by radical youths, apparently Communist-led, has plunged Ceylon into a bloody civil war that has had a shattering effect on the beautiful tropical island.

Bridge Saved, Pakistan Says

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 16, 1971. pg. 4, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 15 -- The Pakistani radio said tonight that Pakistani troops had prevented "Indian infiltrators and antistate elements" from dynamiting the strategic Bhairab railroad bridge in East Pakistan.

China Beyond Vietnam

By JAMES RESTON. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 16, 1971. pg. 37, 1 pgs

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WASHINGTON, April 15 -- According to well-informed Ping-Pong circles, the United States and China are now turning a "new page" or beginning a "new era" or something like that, but the China experts here are suspicious of all sweeping cliches.

PAKISTANI TROOPS ACCUSED BY INDIA; New Delhi Says They Fired Across the Border India Charges Pakistani Troops Fired Across Border

By JAMES P. STERBASpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 16, 1971. pg. 1, 2 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 15 -- The Indian Government charging that Pakistani troops had fired machine guns into Indian territory, warned Pakistan today to stop such actions or face "any consequences that may ensue."

Air Attack Reported

Dispatch of The Times, London. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 17, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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DARSANA, Pakistan, April 16

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Hours of Terror for a Trapped Bengali Officer

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

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AGARTALA, India, April 13

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AGARTALA, India, April 13 -- On the night of March 25, Dabir recalls, he and the two other East Pakistani officers in the 53d Field Artillery Regiment were standing outside when they heard their commander tell the West Pakistani officers he had summoned to his office:

India Charges Genocide

By JAMES P. STERBASpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 17, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 16

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NEW DELHI, April 16 -- The Indian Government today described the Pakistani Army's actions in East Pakistan as "savage and medieval butchery" and "preplanned carnage and systematic genocide."

Karachi a Night Town, Even for War News

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 17, 1971. pg. 2, 1 pgs

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KARACHI Pakistan, April 16

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KARACHI Pakistan, April 16 -- "Everything important happens at night," the newsmen of Karachi say.

Pakistan Says Sabotage Raids on Power Plants Fail

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

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KARACHI, April 16

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KARACHI, April 16 -- The Government radio said tonight that Pakistani troops had prevented saboteurs from blowing up two power stations in East Pakistan.

Aid for Ceylon

New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 18, 1971. pg. E3, 1 pgs

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editorial_article

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the week review

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03624331

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208

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India and Pakistan, their uneasy relationship under added strain owing to the East Pakistani revolt, agreed on one thing last week: to send aid to their tiny island neighbor, Ceylon, which was being ravaged by civil war.

Independence Ceremony

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 18, 1971. pg. 7, 1 pgs

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BAIDYANATH TALA, Pakistan, April 17

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BAIDYANATH TALA, Pakistan, April 17 (AP) -- The independence of Bangla Desh was formally proclaimed today in this East Pakistani town a half mile from the Indian border.

KEATING REPORT STIRS PAKISTAN; Westerners Assail Remarks on the Conflict in East

By ERIC PACE, Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 18, 1971. pg. 7, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 17

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 17 -- The Pakistan radio said tonight that Pakistani troops yesterday evening "secured" Chuadanga, the town "that Indian propagandists had been claiming as the seat of the so-called Bangla Desh Government."

Pakistan's Made-in-U.S.A. Arms

By CHESTER BOWLES. New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 18, 1971. pg. E13, 1 pgs

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ESSEX, Conn.

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the week review

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03624331

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ESSEX, Conn. -- The appalling struggle now going on in East Pakistan is a further testimony to the folly of doling out arms to "friendly governments" with little regard for whom they are to be used against or for what reasons.

Pakistan: In This Case 'War Is Hell' For One Side Only

-- SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG. New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Apr 18, 1971. pg. E2, 1 pgs

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editorial_article

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AGARTALA, East Pakistan

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the week review

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03624331

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948

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AGARTALA, East Pakistan -- War is hell, everyone says, but it is usually hell for both sides.

EAST PAKISTANIS CLAIM CONSULATE; Mission in Calcutta Is Taken Over by Bengali Staff

By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERGSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 19, 1971. pg. 11, 1 pgs

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NEW DELHI, April 18 -- The predominantly East Pakistani staff of Pakistan's diplomatic mission in Calcutta took over the establishment today and transformed it into a mission of the newly proclaimed provisional government of Bangla Desh -- the Bengal Nation.

Governor Appeals to People

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 19, 1971. pg. 11, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 18 -- The Governor of East Pakistan, in a radio address tonight, called on absent East Pakistani troops, policemen and civil servants to return to duty and warned the populace not to harbor what he called "miscreants and fascists" in their homes.

Fighting in East Reported

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 20, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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Pakistan: Who's to Blame?

M. ZAFAR MALIK, M.D.. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 20, 1971. pg. 42, 1 pgs

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letter_to_editor

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03624331

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It is shocking that the Pakistani Army and its political leaders have been maligned in the April 10 letter "Home Rule for Bengal." The Pakistani Army has been accused of "systematic killing of civilians and wanton destruction of properties."

Pakistan Accuses India of Attack in East

By ERIC PACESpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 20, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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KARACHI, Pakistan, April 19 -- The Government charged today that "armed Indian nationals'' supported by artillery fire from Indian territory attacked a border post in East Pakistan Friday.

An Internal Matter'?

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 21, 1971. pg. 46, 1 pgs

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editorial_article

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03624331

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Washington is following a dangerously short-sighted policy in continuing to insist that the Pakistani military government's slaughter of democratically elected leaders and repression of the majority of its population in East Pakistan is strictly "an internal matter." Although the army appears to have the Bengali uprising under control for the moment, the bloodbath in "Bangla Desh" has immediate and long-run implications that the world community ...

Flee by the Thousands

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 21, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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03624331

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NEW DELHI, April 20 (Reuters) -- With fighting reportedly continuing in East Pakistan today, refugees by the thousands were said to be fleeing from the eastern province to India.

Karachi Reports Gains

Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 21, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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03624331

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Pakistan Demands India Oust Diplomats

New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 21, 1971. pg. 3, 1 pgs

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03624331

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NEW DELHI, April 20 (UPI) -- Pakistan demanded today that India oust dissident East Pakistani diplomats who seized the Pakistani deputy high commission, or consulate, in Calcutta on Sunday.