1971.03.18 | YAHYA SENDS MESSAGE TO MUJIBUR  Dacca to Declare Independence from Karachi- Asghar | The Djakarta Times

1971.03.18, Bangabandhu, Newspaper, Yahya Khan

YAHYA SENDS MESSAGE TO MUJIBUR  Dacca to Declare Independence from Karachi- Asghar KARACHI,- President Yahya Khan was Thursday reported to have sent a message to East Pakistani leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, head of the autonomist Awami League. The envoy was believed...

1971.03.08 | BHUTTO NOW READY TO ATTEND ASSEMBLY SESSION  YAHYA KHAN WARNS AGAINST DIVISION | The Indonesian Observer

1971.03.08, Newspaper, Yahya Khan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

BHUTTO NOW READY TO ATTEND ASSEMBLY SESSION  YAHYA KHAN WARNS AGAINST DIVISION    Rawalpindi, March 8 (Rtr).  ZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO, chairman of the left-wing Pakistan’s People’s Party, said Saturday his party would attend the National Assembly session...

1971.03.03 | YAHYA POSTPONES SESSION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY | The Djakarta Times

1971.03.03, Newspaper, Yahya Khan

YAHYA POSTPONES SESSION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY  The Pakistn President, General Yahya Khan, has decided to postpone summoning of the national assembly to a later date, according to Pakistani Embassy here. In a statement on March I, he said he had decided to postpone the...

1971.11.30 | THE UNDECLARED WAR But in Dacca they couldn’t care less | Indonesian Observer

1971.11.30, Newspaper

THE UNDECLARED WAR But in Dacca they couldn’t care less  Dacca, East Pakistan, Nov, 27 (AP)- Millitary Commanders say 200,000 Indian troops are poised on the borders of East Pakistan, but the people of this steram. Ganges provincial capital seen unpertubed. A...

1971.06.26 | BANGLA DESH RESISTANCE CONTINUES | The Indonesian Observer

1971.06.26, Newspaper

BANGLA DESH RESISTANCE CONTINUES    Dacca. June 23 (AP) The Pakistan military claimed resistance by Bangla Desh dissidents operating from Indian … was endangering rail movement of food to refugees and others in East Pakistan. Maj. Gen. Rao Farman Khan, chief of...

1971.06.16 | SCORCHED EARTH OPERATION ALONG E. PAKISTAN BORDER | Indonesian Observer

1971.06.16, Newspaper

SCORCHED EARTH OPERATION ALONG E. PAKISTAN BORDER  by Dennis Neeld Shikarpur, India, June 15 (AP) “The Pakistan Army has launched a scorched earth operation along the frontier between East Pakistan and India, according to Indian military and civilian authorities...

1971.05.17 | BANGLA DESH RESISTANCE WITH WORDS NOT BULLETS | The Indonesian Observer

1971.05.17, Newspaper

BANGLA DESH RESISTANCE WITH WORDS NOT BULLETS  Banapole, East Pakistan, May 17 (AP). In this deserted customs checkpost, 100 yards from sanctuary in India, the Bengali dream of an independent Bangla Desh (Bengal nation) still exists. The green, red and gold flag of...

19714.05.14 | FIGHTING FRONT | Djakarta Times

1971.05.15, Newspaper

FIGHTING FRONT  On the fighting front the Press Trust of India reported that “Bangla Desh Liberation Forces” had stepped up their guerilla attacks on the Pakistani Army and killed at least 30 troops in one action in the north-western Rangpur...

1971.04.29 | BANGLA DESH RESISTANCE | Indonesian Observer

1971.04.29, Newspaper

BANGLA DESH RESISTANCE  Several hundred Bangla Desh troops are putting up a fight to keep their flag flying over the nearby East Pakistan border post at Benapole Dennis Neeld reported from Petrapole. The post itself is deserted, but the secessionists troops are in...

1971.04.26 | FIGHTING CONTINUES | The Djakarta Times

1971.04.26, Newspaper

FIGHTING CONTINUES  The Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Saturday that West Pakistan troops, using heavy artillery, were firing across the Indian border about 40 miles (64 kilometres) northeast of Calcutta. The agency, quoting reports reaching Calcutta, said the...