1971.06.30, Newspaper (Guardian)
Most Terrible Thing This is the most terrible thing I’ve ever seen, both in terms of human suffering and the scale of this thing,” said Mr. Reg Prentice, one of four British M.Ps. who visited East Pakistan recently. Reference: Guardian, London – June 30,...
1971.07.05, Newspaper (Guardian)
Villages Burnt The trouble with these people;’ said one Army Major to Woolacott, “is that they have never seen ‘a war before. They run like rabbits: Maybe when they have had their villages burnt down three times they’ll get used to it.” Reference:...
1971.04.07, District (Chuadanga), Newspaper (Guardian)
Death and victory in BanglaDesh Martin Woollacott In Chuadanga, Tuesday- the town held by East Pakistan Rifles and considered provisional capital of the state. Above, bayoneted women and children in Jessore earlier this week. Lieutenant Attaula Shah, a Pathan from...
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, Newspaper (Guardian), Political Steps of Bangabandhu
Why Mujib’s Bid For Freedom Failed Martin Adeney who has just returned from Dacca. in the background to the talks that turned into a civil war By its sledgehammer attack on a largely unarmed population in the name of “One Pakistan ” the military Government...
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, Newspaper (Guardian), Political Steps of Bangabandhu
Heavy Fighting After UDI By East Pakistan By Our Foreign Staff Heavy fighting was reported from several areas of East Pakistan last night as Government troops moved in to crush a breakaway movement led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was denounced by President Yahya...
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...
1971.03.16, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Guardian), Yahya Khan
Machine Gun Guard On Yahya In Dacca Martin Adeney Dacca, March 15. President Yahya Khan drove onto Dacca today. behind half a dozen military trucks with machine guns leveled, to try to solve the constitutional crisis. For a fortnight this has caused East and West...
