DE VOLKSKRANT, NETHERLANDS, NOVEMBER 24,1971
PAKISTAN IS ACTING IN PANIC
By H. C. Beynon
Pakistani reports of large-scale military action by India in East Pakistan seem to be inspired by panic, war-psychosis, and fear of a definite loss of the eastern province, rather than by military reports of Commanders in the field…
India cannot afford more and certainly not because of the area which is likely to free itself from the military regime. No more can India afford a long guerrilla war in East Pakistan, for the refugee problem is a heavy economic burden and the situation in unruly West Bengal is far from secure.