1971.06.12, Newspaper (Economist), Refugee
It’s Much More Than Cholera A Way Has Got To Be Found of Getting The Refugees Back Into East Pakistan, And That Mean Squeezing President Yahya. It has taken cholera to arouse the world to the plight of the East Pakistani refugees. By Thursday so much vaccine and...
1971.12.18, Newspaper (Economist), Refugee
The Refugees Tide Ebbs There were misgivings in India that the war would touch off a new influx of refugees from East Bengal, but it did not come. There were few pitched battles, and these were mostly around military cantonments. In general the scene of fighting...
1971.06.12, Newspaper (Economist), Refugee
What Made Them Flee? By our Special Correspondent in Calcutta “Our Public relations machine was not ready. The army PR people were not in Dacca on March 25th and 26th, and we definitely made a mistake with the foreign correspondents there.” This was as far as a senior...
1971.06.12, Newspaper (Economist), Refugee
It’s Much More Than Cholera A Way Has Got To Be Found of Getting The Refugees Back Into East Pakistan, And That Mean Squeezing President Yahya It has taken cholera to arouse the world to the plight of the East Pakistani refugees. By Thursday so much vaccine and...
1971.07.10, Heroes & Wars, Newspaper (Economist)
The Mukti Fauj Is Still Fighting Things show no signs of getting better in East Pakistan even though on President Yahya’s timetable they should start picking up from now on. No more Awami League members of the National Assembly have come forward to cooperate...
1971.03.13, Newspaper (Economist), Political Steps of Bangabandhu
Teetering on The Brink Martial law is pushing East Pakistan towards declaring independence -unless Sheikh Mujib gets the substance of full autonomy. Just when Dacca seemed quieter at the beginning of this week, the expatriate community there began to pack its bags....
1971.04.03, Newspaper (Economist)
THE WEEKLY ECONOMIST LONDON, APRIL 3. 1971 UNITY AT GUNPOINT East Pakistan’s Sheikh Mujib looks a loser today, but it is more likely that President Yahya has chosen the road that leads to a civil war he cannot win. President Yahya has taken desperate action. He...
1971.07.31, Newspaper (Economist)
THE ECONOMIST, LONDON, JULY 31, 1971 TIME IS RUNNING OUT IN BENGAL A first small step to getting Bengal refugees back home has been achieved in Pakistan’s acceptance of United Nations observers in East Pakistan. India rejected this week the suggestion that there...
1971.09.11, Genocide, Newspaper (Economist)
Genocide The Economist | 11th September 1971 SIR—So, according to your correspondednt Mr. Mujahid Rasul (letters, August 28th), the Punjabi survivors of last March were spirited away back to West Pakistan so that they should not know of their fellow’s fate. This...
1971.09.11, Newspaper (Economist)
Pardon for some The Economist | 11th September 1971 President Yahya has at last done something. Last week General Tikka khan, East Pakistan’s governor, was sent home to West Pakistan and his responsibilities are now divided between a Bengali civilian, Dr...
