1971.03.28, Country (Russia), Newspaper (Observer)
Russia may recognise Bangladesh From Dev Murarka : Moscow, 27 March Soviet opinion is rapidly moving in favor of recognising East Bengal as a separate State. Though Moscow does not propose to make any rash move, it increasingly feels that recognition by the Big Power...
1971.03.28, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Observer)
Editorial No Unity By Compulsion An undivided Pakistan is a matter of great concern to the rest of the world: its loss could cause even more political instability in this turbulent part of Asia. But the unity of Pakistan cannot be maintained, or restored, by military...
1971.03.29, Country (India), Newspaper (Times)
Bengal Fighting May Bring Indian Attack Peter Hazelhurst Calcutta, March 28. Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the West Pakistan leader, has been applauding the Army’s decision to repress the eastern wing and 75 million Bengalis by force. “Thanks to Allah, Pakistan is at...
1971.03.29, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Times)
More ‘Independence’ Moves Amalendu Das Gupta Calcutta. March 28. Although Pakistan Radio claims that the army is in full control of the situation in the eastern province. unofficial reports reaching Calcutta say that fierce fighting is continuing in Dacca....
1971.03.29, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Guardian)
Will Pakistan Fall Apart? Pakistan is pitching towards political chaos at a truly frightening speed; and bad luck compounds bad judgment. On one hand there is renewed confrontation with India over Kashmir hijacking which provokes war nerves, bellicose rhetoric and...
1971.03.29, Newspaper (Guardian), Yahya Khan
Yahya Has Taken A Move For Autonomy And Made it Into A Revolution Peter Preston There have always been two views of Yahya Khan. Either he was what he professed: a gruff and straight-forward Pathan soldier – pear-shaped, sunk in his cups of an evening, eager to...
1971.03.29, Country (India), Newspaper (Telegraph)
East Wing Sealed off Killing on a mass scale is underway in East Pakistan, caught in the grip of a vicious civil war, according to all available indications from the province, which is now virtually sealed off from the outside world. Diplomatic sources which still...
1971.03.27, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Guardian)
Tragedy In Pakistan (Editorial) Pakistan’s civil war has finally erupted, and in the worst possible circumstances. While the two sides kept talking some hopes of compromise remained. But troop reinforcements arrived with suspicious speed by boat after the talks...
1971.03.27, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Times)
Pakistan on The Brink of War East Pakistan yesterday exploded into violence and grave political drama. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the acknowledged leader of Bengali nationalism in the province, responded heroically to the Pakistan army’s intervention with a call for...
1971.03.13, Newspaper (Guardian), Political Steps of Bangabandhu, Yahya Khan
Mujib Ready To See Yahya Martin Adeney Dacca, March 12. Sheikh Mujib said today that he was willing to hold discussions with President Yahya to settle the question of East Pakistan once and for all. The president of the Awami League, which is acting as the virtual...
