Pindi accepts aid terms
UNITED NATION’S MAY 19-The UN Secretary General, U. Thant is gratified that Pakistan has decided to accept his offer of aid for the people of East Pakistan through UN agencies, a spokesman told Reuter here yesterday. The Secretary General has asked Pakistan’s UN Ambassador, Mr. Agha Shahi, for more details of his Government’s needs before taking action in the request, the spokesman added. President Yahya Khan’s economic affairs adviser, Mr. Muzaffar Ahmed, called on U.
Thant on Sunday and told the Secretary-General of the aid required mostly food, and water transport to help carry it into the interior of East Pakistan.
Reference: Hindustan Standard 20.5.71