Title items-in-lndia/Pakistan/Bangladesh - clear cables ... · silat£ral afifiks'mesi s1sked" yesterday by for?; 1c* n mi»i3t"rs of p3/52/50s) a® pakistan, according to re-ports

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Title items-in-lndia/Pakistan/Bangladesh - clear cables - Omnipress,UNROB/UNROD, and other clear cables

Date Created 29/01/1972

Record Type Archival Item

Container S-0900-0005: India/Pakistan/Bangladesh 1971-1977

Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit

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GOVERNMENT ETPUBLIC FOLLY SUPPORTS OBJECTIVES SPESESSIOH P A R A § ~

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AND 2000 P A K I S T A N I S FROM BANGLADESH TO =

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STILL TO BE SORTED OUT BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES. M A I N STUNBLING

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WHICH A REASONABLE NUMBER OF P A K I S T A N I N A T I O N A L S IN BANGLADESH ;

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V J I T H I N FRAMEWORK OF PNDO-BA~N.GLADESH JOINT D E C L A R A T I O N AND THAT

MOVEMENT OF PERSONS INVOLVED WOULD COMMENCE W I T H I N DAYS OF

A G R E E M E N T UNQUOTE. H I N D U S T A N TIMES CORRESPONDENT SAYS QUOTE

PRESENT ENDEAVOUR OF TWO TEAMS PS TO I R O N OUT DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN I N D I A N - C O M P R O M I S E F L A W AND M O D I F I C A T I O N S SUGGESTED

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THAT TWILL PROVIDE FOR POSTPONEMENT OF TRIALS OF 195 P A K I S T A N I

POWS A© RELEASE OF REST, R E T U R N OF ALL B E N G A L I S I N C L U D I N G

203 WHOM MR. BHUTTO HAD T H R E A T E N E D =

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UHDIC 183 FYI. PAPERS YAY TODAY THAT P A K I S T A W S FOREIGN YECRETARY MR'

AGA SHAKI, MEMBER OF P A K I S T A N I DELEGATION TO INDO-PAK TALKS, MADE

SUDDEN AIR DASH TO P A K I S T A N TO MEET HIS PR IKI MISTER MR BHUTTO AND

SUNG BACK I N S T R K C T I G N S PROBABLY ON PROPOSALS THAT HAVE EMERGED

FROM SEVEN-DAY =

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TALKS BETWEEN I N D I A N AND PAKISTANI DELEGATIONS. PTI SAYS THIS

D R A M A T I C DEVELOPMENT CAME IN MIDST OF REPORTS THAT SOME L A S T - M I N U T E

HITCH WAS HOLDING im SETTLEMENT OF H U M A N I T A R I A N ISSUES THAT WERE

LEFT OVER: BY 1971 CONFLICT. UNI Q U O T I N G INFORMED SOURCES SAYS

TALKS SUFFERED A GREAT SETBACK ONHFRIDAY WHEN P A K I S T A N I ^

P3 =

D E L E G A T I O N WITHDREW PROPOSALS IT HAD G I V E N ON WEDNESDAY. I N D I A N

EXPRESS STORY SAYS QUOTE W H E N N E G O T I A T I O N S SEEMED TO BE R U N N I N G

I N T O YERIOUS DIFFICULTIES OH THURSDAY, I N S T R U C T I O N S WERE SOUGHT

FROM MR BHUTTO. A C C O R D I N G TO ONE SOURCE, MR BHUTTO HIMSELF SUGGESTED

THAT A SENIOR MEMBER OF P A K I S T A N I D E L E G A T I O N SHOULD=

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T I M E S OF I N D I A STORY SAYS QUOTE IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT MAJOR HURDLES

HOTE MOT YET BEEN OVERCOME AMD HENCE NEED FOR F I N A L , =

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FACE-TO-FACE C O N S U L T A T I O N W I T H MR BHUTTO. FRIDAYS M E T I N G WAS

PRESUMABLY CONGER MED WITH PERIPHERAL ISSUES SINCE DISCUSSION ON

M A I N ONES MUST HAVE BEEN KEPT IN ABEYANCE TILL P A K I S T A N M A K E S

K N O W N ITS FINAL N E G O T I A T I O N POSITION. IF SEEMS THAT WILLINGNESS

P A K I S T A N INDICATED OH WEDNESDAY TO A C C O M M O D A T E DACCA VIEWPOINT

WAS mi M A T C H E L ' B Y =

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WORDS IN WHICH PROPOSALS WERE SET D O W N FOR I N C O R P O R A T I O N IN AGREEMENT.I

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WHETHER P A K I S T A N REALLY W A N T S TO FIND S O L U T I O N DURING TKISS R O U N D * . j

UNLESS MR BHUTTO NOW M A K E S UP HIS M I N D TO M A K E ADEQUATE RESPONSE, j1

I N D I A AND BANGLADESH WILL= ;

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PROPITIOUS TIME UNQUOTE, HINDUSTAN TIMES CORRECPONDENT YAYS QUOTE "X

SOtfE I N D I C A T I O N S WERE AVAILABLE ON FRIDAY OF T E N T A T I V E A G R E E M E N T ^ ;

HAVING BEEN REACHED, A L N A R E N T L Y IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN

LEADERS OF TWO TEAMS. TALKS MAY BE SUMMED UP ON = ;I

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SATURDAY WITH JOINT A N N O U N C E M E N T SIMULTANEOUSLY IN MEW DELHI i<

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UMDIC 1S2 FYI. PAPERS REPORT TODAY INDO-PAKISTAN EMISSARY LEVEL

TALKS MEETING WAS PUT OFF TILL 9, 30 AM 26 JULY. Kill REPORTING

FROM R A W A L P I N D I SAID TALKS ARE LIK BE EXTENDED TILL R E T U R N OF

PRESIDENT BHUTTO FROM HIS FOREIGN TOUR ON FRIDAY. PAPERS CARRY

AP DESPATCH =

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THAT PRESIDENT BHUTTO CUTTING SHORT HIS PAHIS VISIT AND R E T U R N I N G ^

TO ISLAMABAD*26~JULY WITH A FORMULA PR ES E HTED BY SH AH OF IR A M TO ;

SOLVE DISPUTES BETWEEN I M D I A AND BAH6LADESH AND P A K I S T A N . ACCORDING

TO AP STORY, UNDER COMPROMISE FORMULA THIAL BY BANGLADESH OF 195 ^

PAKISTAHI P C W S ' WOULD NOT TAKE =

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PLACE — AT LEAST NOT UNTIL PAKISTAN RECOGNIZES BANGLADESH AND

MR BHUTTO MEETS SHEIKH MUJIBLJR R A H M A N . FORMULA CALLS FOR R E P A T R I A T I O N*<•

CF P A K I S T A N I POUS TO BE STARTED IMMEDIATELY. TIKES OF I M D I A E D I T O R I A L

SAYS QUOTE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF CURRENT DISCUSSIONS WILL DEPEND

A C C O K M C D A T E BANGLADESHS LEGITIMATE DEMANDS. SINCE ISLAMABAD HAS BEEN

TRYING TO CONFUSE ISSUES AND TO MAKE IT APPEAR THAT PROPOSED TRIALS

OF ABOUT 1S>5 POWS ARE AT HEART OF DEADLOCK, IT WWEDS TO BE STATES,

EVEN AT A RISK OF REPETITION, THAT THIS IS MOT THE CASE. =

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TRIALS ISSUE CAM BE ISOLATED, SPECIALLY IB VIEW OF FACT THAT

PARISIANS M A I N APPLICATION CHALLENGING BANGLADESH RIGHT TO HOLD

TRIALS AND I N D I A TO HARD OVER PRISONERS IS QUESTION TO DACCA HAS

STILL TO BE T A K E N UP BY III CCC JJJ, PAKISTAN CANNOT INSIST 08

RETURN OF ALL POWS AS PRE COM3 !M ION =

F03 SETTLEMENT OF TWO OTHER H U M A N I T A R I A N PROBLEMS, THAT IS REPA-

TRIATION OF ISO ,000 BENGALIS STRANDED IN PAKISTANI AND 260,000

BIHARIS IN BANGLADESH WHO HAVE OPTED FOR PAKISTANI CITIZENSHIP. A

DECISION TO DO SO WOULD INDICATE LACK OF SERIOUSNESS ON ITS PART

TO END DEADLOCK UNQUOTE. EDITORIAL REFERRING TO =

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REPORTS FR08 LONDON THAT m BHUTTO IS WILLING TO ACCEPT ONLY

15,000 BIHARIS SAYS QUOTE ON THWT BASIS THERE CAN BE NO SETTLEMENT.

QUESTION IS ONE OF PRINCIPLE IN THAT BANGLADESH CANNOT LEGITIMATELY

BE EXPECTED TO ACCEPT AS ITS CITIZENS PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO PROCLAIM

LOYALTY TO PAKISTAN. -

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IF DESPITE HIS KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS THE CASE, MR BHUTTO REMAINS

INTRANSIGENT ONLY INFERENCE CAM BE THAT HE STILL DOES NOT WANT POWS

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THE ARMY GAVE ITS CASUALTIES SINCE THE FIGHTING! B E G A N WEDNES-

DAY AT 14 DEAD A«D 51 WOUHDED, THREE GENDARMES WERE ALSO = .-.-

KILLED* ,k, REPORTS TODAY SAID THAT PRESIDENT FiWWIEK

COMFLfelNSD TO PRESIDENT SADAT OVER THE EM1HY OF TROOPS INTO

LEBANON. AS A RESULT PRESIDENT SADAT, REPORTS SAID, TELEPHONED

SYRIAN PREMIER Mf tHMOUD AYOUSI ASD EMPHASIZED THAT ALL EFFORTS

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PARTICIPATE IN EFFORTS AT E H D I N G THH CRISIS. THE I R A Q I AMBA-

SSADOR HERE SAID THAT A SPECIAL ENVOY OF PHESIDEBT AL BAKER

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Cg. SERVERS HERE BELIEVED THAT KEW I f J T I A T I V E HILL INVOLVE RELEASE

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ViSITIHG DACCA IS QUOTE LIKELY TC VISIT ISLAMABAD SHORTLY

TO PUT FORWARD TO PRESIDENT BHUTTO *FI«AL SOLUTION* FOR

NORMALIZATION OF SITUATION BETWEK INDIA, PAKISTAW AND

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MAIN POINTS DESERVING YOUR IMMEDIATE NOTICE ANB/OK ANSWERING tn

YOUR STATED PKEQCCUPATIQNS ARE AS FOLLOWS! g

AAA. PLANNING COMMISSION MADE CLEAR IN PUBLIC STATEMENT DAY*

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BEFORE FOHKAL OPENIR6 OF CONFER EHCE THAT FIRSTLY CONFERENCE• X

WAS NOT REPEAT WOT A CONSORTIUM MEETING* SECONDLY CONFERENCE . ' ..-;

MS &?OTHiN<3 TO DO WITH FIVE-YEAR PUM EXCEPT EXPOSING GUESTS r _/ *

TO OUTLINES OF THE PLAH AND THIRDLY THE ÛESTIOM OF DEBT

REPAYMENT DOES WOT HAVE ANY RELEVANCE TO THE FORMAT OF =

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DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AID GIVERS.

B8B. BO SPECIFIC PLEDGES OF ASSISTANCE ABE ON PUBLIC RECORD.

HOWEVER JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ORALLY CONFIRMED TO USROB THAT

JAPANESE BILATERAL PLEDGE OF 100,000 METRIC TOKS RICE WOULD '

HOLD AND THAT JAPAN WOULD ARRANGE FOR EARLIEST POSSIBLE SHIPMENT.

CCC. WORE WILL FOLLOW AFTER FURTHER CONTACTS WITH =

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HEADS OF DELEGATIONS.

DDD. FIRST BUNCH OF CONFERENCE MATERIAL POUCHED TO YOU APRIL

THIRD. WORE SOONEST.

EEE. FINALLY HERE IS TEXT OF PRESS RELEASE APPROVED BY CONFERENCE

QUOTE. AT THE''INVITATION OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH,

AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CM DEVELOPMENT OF BABGADESK WAS

HELD IN DACCA UNDER THE =

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CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE HOST G O V E R N M E N T 0» M A R C H Si AHD APRIL 1 ' / 1

1S73. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S OF THE G O V E R N M E K T P '

OF IKE FOLLOWING C O U N T R I E S t

AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, C A N A D A , D E N M A R K , F R A N C E , FEDERAL E E P U R L I C

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<I8RD>, THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF), UNITED NATIONS

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP), AND THE UNITED N A T I O N S RELIEF

O R G A N I Z A T I O N DACCA (UNROD), WERE ALSO REPRESENTED. PARA. THE

CONFERENCE WAS INAUGURATED:

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BY MR. TftJUDDI^ AHMED, THE4;FINANCE MINISTER OF THE HOST GOVERNMENT-,

THE C H A I R M A N OF THE CONFERENCE WAS DR* HDRUL' ISLAM, THE DEPUTY1

CHAIRMAN OF THE BANGLADESH P L A N N I N G . C O M M I S S I O N , OTHEH MEMBERS

OF THE DELEGATION WERE THE HEMBESS OF THE P L A N N I N G COMMISSION •

AWD SECRETARIES OF T H E ' G O V E R N M E N T * PARA. THE CONFERENCE HAD

BEEN CONVENED =

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AT THIS POINT IN TINE WHEN THE MAJOR TASK OF RECONSTRUCTION

AMD REHABILITATION WAS foELL IN HAND AND THE NATION WAS ABOUT

TO HOVE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE. THE NESTING VAS HELD IN

BANGALDESH BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WISHED TO ACQUAINT THE'COUNTRIES

AND AGENCIES WITH THE PROBLEMS AND OBJECTIVESs

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CF THE HOST COUNTRY AT FIRST H A N D THROUGH A DIRECT CONTACT

WITH THE HOST NATION, ITS PEOPLE, AND ITS ADMINISTRATION.

PARA* IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS, THE FINANCE MINISTER DESCRIBED

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE AS TO ENABLE THE DONORS TO •,

SEE, UNDERSTAND, AMD APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS

AND' GOALS OF s ,

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BANGLADESH AND MENTIONED THAT THE COUNTRY WAS COMMITTED TO

ft TOTAL MOBILIZATION OF H U M A N AND MATERIAL RESOURCES FOR ~

DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANCE OF THE DONORS, THE MINISTER SAID,

COULD BE USED TO BRING ABOUT A SELF-RELIANT ECONOMY IN THE FUTURE.

PARA. THE DELEGATES HAD BEFORE THEM REPORTS BY THE BANGLADESH 1

PL A i^3 W I N G =

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COrSMISSICS, THE IBRD., IMF., AND USRCD ON THE ECONOMIC S I T U A T I O N

CF If HE COUNTRY AHD SPECIAL REPORTS ON PROBLEMS' OF FOOD AWD

f AGRICULTURE. PAHA. 1$ HIE O P E N I N G STATEMENT, THE C H A I R M A N

DESCRIBED IN SOME DEATIL THE RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES TO DATE,

THE PRESENT SITUATION AND THE PLANS FOH THE FUTURE. THE C H A I R M A N

-C EMPHASIZED =

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THE KEY IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WITH THE PARTICULAR

,( AIM OF REDUCING DEPENDENCE Oft FOOD JMPQKTS AMD OF EVOLVING

PROGRAMS WHICH WOULD CREATE EMPLOYMENT NOT ONLY AS AN EfSDr

IM RELIEF BUT ALSO AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE BEANS CF REDUCING

C POVERTY AND XN INEQUALITIES IK INCOKE DISTRIBUTION. HE STRESSED THE=

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MEED FOH FIBDIHG OTHER SOURCES OF EXPORT EARNINGS IN ADDITIONC TO THOSE EMANATING FROM JUTE. HE LAID STRONG EMPHASIS OH THE

CRITICAL'WEED TO REDUCE THE PRESENT RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH *LASTLY HE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMMODITY,;

( PROJECT AMD TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON THE SOFTEST POSSIBLE TERMS.=P 14=

C.PARA, THE DISCUSSION WAS OPENED BY DR. V. UMBrJICHT, THE OUTGOING

C CHIEF OF. VHROD, WHO GAVE A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE MASSIVE

DESTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE

IB 1971 AKD THE UNPRECEDENTED RELIEF EFFORTS MOBILIZED BY ;THE

f INTER N A T I O N A L COMMUNITY, HE ALSO MENTIONED HOV? WELL THE BANGLADESH

GOVESM1EJJT s

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f WHICH CAKE INTO EXISTENCE SUCH A SHORT PEHIOD AGO, HANDLED

THE TASK OF RELIEF AtfD R E H A B I L I T A T I O N AWD WAS GOING THROUGH

THE PHASE OF RECONSTRUCTION TO ENABLE A Fi!LL-SCALE DEVELOPMENT

< EFFORT. DR. L 'KERICHT EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR C O N T I N U E D ASSISTANCE

IK THE FIELD OF FOOD <U1D T R A N S P O R T A T I O N . P A R A . THE DELEGATES TO =

.PROGRESS THAT HAD BEEN MADE IN THE TASK OF HECQNSTFiUCTION

AND REHABILITATION, AND THE FACT THAT AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND

PLANNING MACHINERY AND =

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BUDGETARY PROCESS CAPABLE OF FACING THE JOB OF DEVELOPMENT

HAD SEEN ACHIEVED IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME . PARA.

IKE DELEGATES WERE IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH THE PRIORITY THE

GOVERNMENT WAS ACCORDING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WITH HEAVY

RELIANCE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE RENEWED EMPHASIS BEING FIVEN

TO POPULATION CONTROL. a

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THE DELEGATES RECOHGNIZED THE NEED FOR FURTHER SIZEABLE FOOD

IMPORTS AND INDICATED CONTINUED SUPPORT* SOME DELEGATES SUGGESTED

THAT NONFOOD EXPORTING COUNTRIES MIGHT PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

EFFORT BY MAKING CASH GRANTS AKD GIVE OTHER SUPPORT TO THE

PROGRAM, PERHAPS BY TAKING OVER THE COST OF TRANSPORT. OTHER

DELEGATES EXPRESSED THE s

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VIEW THAT GRANTS OF AGRICULTURAL I HP UTS SUCK AS FERTILIZERS

AND PESTICIDES WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO REDUCE THE FOOD DEFICIT

BY STIMULATION NATIONAL FOOD PRODUCTION. PARA. THE DELEGATES

FULLY AGREED THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FGE DEVELOPMENT HAD

TO BE PROVIDED ON SOFT AND CONCESSIONAL TERMS. FURTHER, SEVERAL

DELEGATES SUGGESTED THAT SOME =

LOCAL CURRENCY EXPENDITURE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IK THE ASSISTANCE.

PARA. ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE WEETIBG SPECIFIC DISCUSSIONS j

TOOK PLACE OM THREE IMPORTANT TOPICS- THE FOOD SITUATION AND

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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PAYMENTS SITUATION. IN THIS CONNECTION THE NEED FOR e

FOOD ASSISTANCE WAS DISCUSSED AND PLEDGES FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE

WERE M A D E BY SOflE DELEGATIONS. THE MEED FOR ft SUBSTANTIAL FLOW

CF RESOURCES INTO THE COBTRY IN 1273/74 FOR DEVELOPMENT WASS

ALSO FULLY RECOHGNIZED BY THE DELEGATES. ALL THE DELEGATES

THANKED THE GOVER??WEWT OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH FOR

HAVIWG =

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fi'JOTIMi IMFGRKSD SCrjSCHS FIX RSP01TT SAYS SUOT!: THESE SOURCES 6AI

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ERf-JMEMT CF I N D I A , "HICK IS IK PROCESS OF COHSOLTATICNS WITH

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TO FORGIVE OR FORSET, BUT IT SHOULD BE PERMISSIBLE FOR HIM TO

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NO PUNISHMENT CAN BRING BACK WHAT HAS SEEK' LOST. TRIAL OF SOME

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WHO WERE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR ATROCITIES KAY EE KO MORE

THAN SYMBOLIC ACT TO VINDICATE SATIORAL KOHOUR, BUT BANGLADESH

HAS KGTHING TO LOSE BY BEINC CONTENT WITH CUCH CYMBOLIC VINDI-

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NO JUSTIFICATION FOR OBJECTING TO IK-MEDIATE RELEASE =

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ALL JAUAJJS CAW BE T A K E N BEFORE LIST OF OFFICERS TO BE T R I E D IS

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HAS RESPT SISILITY TOWARDS THOSE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE ITS- •

NATIONALS, BUT THEIR NUMBER MAY BE REDUCED IF IT BECOMES CLEARER

THAT N G N - B E N G A L I S ARE MOT NECESSARILY =

UNACCEPTABLE OR URWacOWE IW BANGLADESH. AS FOR THOSE WHO CONSIDER

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HAVE TO ACCEPT REE?0«SIBILITY. AT THIS MOMENT, HOWEVER, BANGLADESH

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HO FROM IVANSMITH. MARCH 13TH FINANCIAL TIMES CARRIES TWO

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OF AID FROM D O N O R ' S MEETING THIS MONTH.

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STORY INDICATES THAT PROJECT P L A N N I N G AND FND DISBURSAL

THAT R E G I O N HISTORICALLY SLOW AND QYOTE THIS VIEW EMPHASISED

BY KNOWLEDGE THAT ONLY FORTY PER CENT OF AID GIVEN UNDER

UNROD HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SPENT YET AND THIRTY PER CENT OF THE

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UNQUOTE. STORY SAYS CERTAIN U U U N N N OFFICIALS STILL PLACING

FAITH IN CANADA WHICH HAS ALREADY PROMISED TWENTY FIVE MILLION•%

DOLLARS IN FOOD GRANTS BUT QUOTE HAS NO MORE MONEY TO GIVE AND

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SUPPLY OF FOOD GRAINS AND C O N T A I N S REFERENCE TO SECGEN'S EARLIER

APPEAL, D A I L Y TELEGRAPH EDITORIAL DEALS W I T H PAKISTANI PRISONERS

AND EMPHASISES M U J I B ' S ELECTORAL VICTORY QUOTE HAS ALSO SWEPT

AWAY AN EXCUSE PUT FORWARD FOR HIS REFUSAL TO RELEASE PRISONERS

UNQUPTE- EDITORIAL SAYS THAT HOLDNG PRISONERS TO SQUEEZE PAKISTAN

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INTO RECOGNISING BANGLADESH QUOTE MOST FLAGRANT VIOLATIN OF

THE GENEVA CONVENTION UNQUOTE. MUJIB'S ELECTORAL VICTORY ALSO

QUOTE MAES IT ABSURD FOR PAKISTAN TO D E N Y THAT SECESSION UNDER

HIS LEADERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY VINDICATED UNQUOTE*

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T H U R S D A Y POSSIBILITY OF AYE SECOND SUMMIT B E T W E E N I N D I A N

P R I M I N I S T E R A N D P A R I S I A N S PRESIDENT U N T I L P R E P A R A T O R Y W O R K

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BANGLADESH IN OFFER INS TO REPATRIATE WIVES AKD CHILDREN OF

P A K I S T A N I C I V I L I A N INTERNEES AMD PRISOHERS-OF-WAR .

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OF W O M E N AND C H I L D R S N TO A?3D FROM P A K I S L A K UMDER OFFER

MADE BY I N D I A AKD BANGLADESH WILL T A K E PLACE* SOURCES

POIHTED OUT THAT ISDIA-3ANGLADESH GESTURE WAS MADE PURELY

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LETTER WASSSEST TO EDITOR YESTERDAY AWEBNOOJ*. BEGINS* D£AR SIB, I HEFEE ;.

TO A LETTER ENTITLED "FOOD FOE BANGLADESH"*

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ADDRESSED TO YOU OK E5TI! OCTOBER, 1972, SY PROFESSORS

DQRFSAB AND REVELLE OF H A R V A R D UHIVERSJTY» BUT G&LY PUBLI- ')

SHED 08 F R I D A Y , IOTH SOVEK8ES,, 1972, THE TWO PROFESSORS HEFEH

TO **THE UHACCOUSTASLE COWPLACCUCY OF THE UHJTEO ÂTIOSS •

MISS10S THAT SUPSSVISES FOOD IMPORTS AND DISTRIBUTION** fs

! CAN ASSUftE YOUR READERS THAT ttO ORE - LEAST OF ALL THOSE

DIRECTLY eO?5CEHfc£j} #!TH TH£ FOOD SITUATIOH ZH SA8SLADESH -

UHDEnESTIKATES NOW, OR HAS NEVER UNDERESTIMATED » THE SERIOUSSESS

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LAST E I G H T WOSTHS, THS FOOD SITUATIORs

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DiSH IS 1972 HAVE BEE?*' SURMOUNTED SUCCESSFULLY, THE FIHST

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OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP OF THE PRIME KIMISTER, AND THE REMARKABLE

RESPONSE FROM MANY OOVERJWEftIS ALL OVEH THE VORLD* ALL 60VERM-

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GREATLY 18FLUEWCED BY THE OUTCOME OF THE PRESENT HARVEST* '

REAUSIHQ THAT FACT, A MISSION WAS ASSEMBLED 3E8VHAL WEEKS AGO

UNDER THE *

DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP OF PROFESSOR ROBERT CHAKDLER OF THE ROCKEFFELLE8

FOUNDATION, IS ORDER TO OBTA1H THE EARLIEST AN8 BEST POSSIBLE -:

ASSESSMENT OF THE PROSPECTS FOR 1973*AHD THE LIKELY SCALE OF

R2CSSSARY IMPORTS DURIWG THAT YEAR, THE CHANDLER MISSION WAS

PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED 0-5! 6 OCTOBER, 1972»s

PARA MEAtitfHILE, HOWEVER, BANGLADESH HAS SUFFERED ABOTHER AND

HOST SZSI3US BLOW, BY THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER IT WAS CLEAR •

THAT THE W08SOON RAt»S HAS FAILÔ* THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL RAINFALL |

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BROUGHT TO THE ATTEKTIIOH OF GOVERNMENTS PRINCIPALLY COKCERHEO>

AS THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS SECAPSE APPARENT, THIS 0ETE*

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IMMEDIATELY IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE A SHORTFALL IN

THE APJAS HARVEST AKD WITHOUT WAITIKO FOB THE OUTCOME OF PROFESSOR

CHANDLER'S MISSION, THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE a

UNITED NATIONS MADE A8 APPEAL OK THURSDAY* 9TH NOVEMBER, 1972, TO

THE GOVERNMENTS COHCE8KED FOK S£.V£« HUNDRED THOUSAND TO^S OF

FOODAQRIMS TO BE DELIVERED OURIWQ THE F2HST QUARTER OF i»73»

THE PRIME SI SISTER OF BANGLADESH, AFTER CAHEFUL CONSIDERATION*

HAS DECIDED THAT THE BALANCE Of=

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CLEAR THAT ADEQUATE

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POSSIBLE TO SECURE THE GPT1MU8 US£ OF ALL F0035AQni«S BOTH LOCALLY

PRODUCED AMD THOSE IMPORTED FHCm ABROAD* FARA I DO NOT DOUBT

.THE GOOD 1STESTIQ8S OF =

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THEY WOULD ACHIEVE MORE IF TH£Y WOULD CONSULT PUBLISHES I8FORWATIOH

AKO CHECK WITH THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOK THIS VITAL PKCSLEB IS*

BANGLADESH BEFORE PUBLISHING MISLEADING INFORMATION WHICH

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RESPECTIVE G O V E R N M E N T S COLOM <i ) L I N E OF CONTROL IS JAMflU AND .KASH-

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PAPERS, R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S OF ASK\ CHIEFS OF I ^DIA A t v D P A K I S T A N ODEi)

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QUOTE.

TO G E N E R A L MANEKSHAW COAS I N D I A N ARMY FROM LT GENERAL

< TASSARA CMO. INFO GUYER/URQUHART N E W Y O R K HQ.

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE APPEARED IN P A K I S T A N TIMES DATED 27

J U N E =

1-972. SUBQUOTE.

STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF TRUCE FROM TODAY. THE CHIEFS OF ARMY

r STAFF OF PAKISTAN AND I N D I A HAVE AGREED TO STRICTLY ENFORCE

CEASEFIRE FROM 3 PM ( P A K I S T A N S T A N D A R D TIME) TODAY, THROUGH

THE UN CHIEF M I L I T A R Y OBSERVER'S GOOD OFFICES. A STATEMENT

{ OF THE M I N I S T R Y OF =

P3/51 =

DEFENCE ISSUED IN RAWALPINDI LAST (MONDAY) NIGHT SAID: THERE

{ HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CEASEFIRE

VIOLATIONS IN THE RECENT PAST. PAKISTAN HAS BEEN KEEPING THE

CHEIF MILITARY OBSERVER, UNITED NATIONS MILITARY OBSERVERS

GROUP FOR INDIA AND PAKISTAN, INFORMED OF THESE BREACHES. =

PA =

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CHIEFS OF ARMY STAFF OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN HAVE AGREED TO

STRICTLY ENFORCE THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT WHICH COMES INTO:" .Jf

> EFFECT AT 3 P.M. ( P A K I S T A N STANDARD TIME) I.E., 3:30 P.M.

( ( I N D I A N S T A N D A R D TIME) OK JUNE 27. IT IS =

P5 =f

HOPED THAT THIS MEASURE WILL HELP EASE TENSION RESULTING FROM

f CEASEFIRE VIOLATION. UNSUBQUOTE ON THE SAME SUBJECT I HAVE

TODAY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM COAS PAKISTAN ARMYXT''

V DATED 27 JUNE. SUBQUOTE. AFTER OUR D I S C U S S I O N ON 17 JUNE -

£. 1972, THE DP10 I N D I A N ARMY R A N G UP ON =

PS/51 =

€19 JUNE AND CONVEYED THAT AS A RESULT OF YOUR EFFORTS WITH

c THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF INDIAN ARMY, HE HAS AGREED TO REDUCE

TENSION ALONG THE LINE OF CONTROL. THE TWO CHIEFS OF ARMY STAFF j

C HAVE AGREED TO STRICTLY ENFORCE CEASEFIRE WITH EFFECT FROM 1500 • ' ;

*.- HOURS (WPST) =' .J

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€ 27 JUNE 1972. WE HAVE ALSO AGREED NEITHER TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING

(- DEFENCES ALONG THE LINE OF CONTROL, NOR TO TRY TO EDGE FORWARD' !

FROM THE PRESENT POSITIONS. YOUR ARE REQUESTED TO PLEASE ENFORCE

C THE ABOVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO CHIEFS AS FAR AS THE STATE ,,.•

c. OF JAMMU =

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C AND KASHMIR IS CONCERNED AND ASSIST IN R E D U C I N G T E N S I O N IN THE $'jl

<- AREA. UNSUBQUOTE AS I HAVE HAD NO ADVICE FROM YOU ON THIS SUBJECT, }{

I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR STAND ON THE MATTER, UNQUOTE I DIRECTED

C MY SOIC DELHI TO VISIT AHQ INDIAN ARMY FOR INFORMAL SOUNDINGS

1 ON =

P9 =

V THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AND HE WAS ADVISED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR

OF MILITARY OPERATIONS THAT THE INDIAN ARMY WAS IN DIRECT CON-

TACT WITH THE PAKISTAN ARMY AND THE NEWS REPORTED IN THE PAPER

T H & T THS-RF W D F M n RP 1 A Q T R T P T OF A CUTE1 T P f T AC FOAM i e ; n n I.I-DT OT i T t u r -

IS CORRECT. H

P10 =

HAD N O T H I N G TO A U G M E N T THIS STATMEMENT. THE ADMO FURTHER

STATED THAT IF SOMEBODY IS TO CLARIFY THE STATEMENT IN THE

PAPER THAT I N D I A A R R A N G E D THE CEASEFIRE T H R O U G H THE CMO, IT

IS UP TO THE CMO TO CLARIFY AS I N D I A HAS NOT SOUGHT THE CMO'S

HEPLP BUT HAS DONE =

PI 1/27 =

THE N E G O T I A T I O N S DIRECT. I N D I A WISHES TO DEAL DIRECT W I T H THE

P A K I S T A N ARilY AND IT IS NOT READY TO WAKE ANY STEPS T H R O U G H

THE UNMOGIP O R G A N I Z A T I O N +

COL OPS/49 OPS 810 27 1972 3 3 3:30 2727 17 1972 19 1500 27 72

1500 27 4-

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QUOTE

FOR GENERAL MANEKSHAU, COAS INDIAN ARMY FROM LT GENERAL TASSARA, j

* CMO. HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY AUTHORITIES ON THE PAKISTAN SIDE THAT j

£ INCIDENTS AS REPORTED IN MY OPS 40 DATED 13 JUNE AND -

P2 =

V IN MY OPS 44 DATED 17 JUNE CONTINUING AND CAUSING MILITARY

; CASUALTIES, PAKISTAN AUTHORITIES HAVE COMPALINED TO UNMQGIP

ABOUT SEW ALLEGED BREACHES OF THE CEASE FIRE IS THE CHAHI SPRING .. -f

AREA AND REQUESTED THAT UN GOOD OFFICES BE SUED TO HAVE THESE

ALLEGED VIOLATIONS STOPPED:

- NW 2397 =

P3 =

UNDER MG FIRS, NV 2397, NW 24S5 AND KU 24S6 UNDER 3 IHCH MORTAR

AMD A R T I L L E R Y FIRE <89 ROUNDS) OK 13 JUNE BETWEEN OSOO

AND 1100

; HRS.

- SW 2397 AHD HW 249$ UNDER MG FIRE, SW 1993, W 2095, NV 2495

^ A8D =

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HW 24S(S UMDER 3 INCH M O R T A R A?JD A R T I L L E R Y FIRE (312 ROUNDS) ON/.

io JUNE AT 1915 HRS TILL 14 JUNE AT OSOO HRS,

/ - BW 259S UiJDER MG, ROCKET L A U N C H E R (6 R O U N D S ) AND RECOILLESS RIFLE

FIRE <3 ROUKDS) ON IS J U N E BETWEEN 1330 AND 1S50 =

HRS Af^D ON 16 JUNE AT 2230 HRS TILL 17 JUNE AT 0530 KRS.

- HW 239S UNDER MG AND RECOILLESS RIFLE FIRE (11 ROUNDS) ON 17

JUNE BETWEEN 0545 AMD 1SOO HRS.

AT 0430 KRS.

-KW 2596 UNDER MG AND 2 INCH MORTAR FIRE OB 18 JUKE AT 1800 HRS

TILL 19 JUKE AT OSOO HRS.

- tiW 2397, KW. 2495, KW 2496, NW 2S95 UNDER 2 AND 4 INCH MORTARS

FIRE <32 ROUNDS) ON =

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19 J'UftE BETWEEN 0500 AMD OS55 HRS.

- NW 253$ UNDER MG FIRE 00 19 JUJJE AT 1800 HRS TILL 20 JUNE AT /,• - •

0530 MRS,

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ANY ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY, PLEASE BE

ASSURED THAT UK GOOD OFFICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR AMY PSATTER

WITHIS3 U N M O G I P =

PS/6 s

TERMS OF REFERENCE AND JURISDICTION* *

UNQUOTE

,:. SEE MY LETTER OPS 300 DATED E4 JUHE 197)

CQL 352 40 13 44 17 2397 £397 2495 £49$ 389 13 0600 1100

£337 243S 19S3 £095 24S5 2496 3 312 13 1915 14 OSOO 2496

6 3 16 1330 1650 16 2230 17 0530 2496 11 17 0645 1800

2596 17 1SOO IS 0430 £596 2, IS 1800 19 0600 0655 2596 19 1SOO

20 0550 300 24 1972 +

LAST WORD LAST PS READ WELL .... 24 JUME 1972 RPT 1972 -H-

ETATPRIORITE

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G U Y E R / U R Q U H A R T FROM TASSARA. FOLLOWING MESSAGE FORWARDED COAS

I N D I A N ARMY

QUOTE

FOR GENERAL M A N E C K S H A W , COAS FROM L I E U T E N A N T GENERAL TASSARA, CMO

HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY A U T H O R I T I E S ON THE P A K I S T A N SIDE THAT

I N C I D E N T S AS REPORTED IN MY OPS 40, FILE OPS 300 DATED 13 =

P2 =

JUNE 1972 CONTINUING UNABATED AND INCLUDE SHELLING OF VILLAGES

SAMAHI NW 2589 AND CHAUKI NW 1993 CAUSING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.

ALSO REPORTED THERE IS CONSIDERABLE RESENTMENT ON THE PART OF

CIVILIAN POPULATION IN AREAS AFFECTED AND CONSIDERABLE TENSION ON

THE PART OF MILITARY AS THEY CONSIDER THAT THE FIRING =

P3/67 =

IS ONLY CREATING PROBLEMS AND CAUSING UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE

CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND ANY ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY. PLEASE BE

ASSURED THAT GOOD OFFICES ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE WITHIN UHMOGIP

TERMS OF REFERENCE AND JURISDICTION.

UNQUOTE —

THESE INCIDENTS REPORTED IN MY LETTER DATED IS JUNE PARA 11 £CT-

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DIRECTOR GESERAL .. \ ACTION

UNITED tiTO. U"L'

WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR BANGLADESH RELIEF OPERATIONS DC-SB

AIRCRAFT, PAYLOAD 15000 KILOS, SUITABLE FOR AIRDROPS.

WE HAVE C O N S I D E R A B L E - E X P E R I E N C E 18. RELIEF OPERATIONS WITH THE

I N T E R S A T I O K A L HED CROSS in SIAFRA AND UJIICEF 18 N I G E R I A .

PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU REQUIRE ADD IT 10 lit AL AIRCRAFT FOR THIS

OPERATION A3D IF Ts'E CAK BE OF ASSISTANCE*

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KA8AC ING DIRECTOR

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UNA!IONS

UHROD 956 FOR JACKSON FROM UMBRIGHT

PRIME MINISTERS RETURN FROM UP COUNTRY WHICH HE VISITED

DURING LAST FIVE DAYS HAS BEEN DELAYED BY ONE DAY. HE WILL

BE BACK TODAY AND EYE HOPE TO SEE HIM TOMORROW OR SUNDAY =

COL 55 S -H-

X-ZY368 S GENEVA 260 09 1S31Z=

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U N A T I O N S j!

NEWYORK= '>

GVA 2389 GUYER/URQUHART FROM__WINSPEARE. YOURJ702. 1. AS

FORESEEN AKP REPORTED SUBSEQUENT TO MY VISITS, BIHARI CIR-

CUMSTANCES HAVE OBVIOUSLY NOT IMPROVED. WHATEVER THE PHYSICAL

CONDITION OF BENGALI R E T U R N I N G REFUGEES AND OTHER DISPLACED

PERSONS THESE AT LEAST HAVE ADVANTAGE OF FEELING SECURE AND ABLE

TO MOVE FREELY IN SEARCH:

P2 =

OF MEANS OF SUPPORT. THE ONLY MEANINGFUL SOLUTION TO BIHARIPROBLEM STILL LIES IN ESTABLISHING POLITICAL CLIMATE WHICH WILLENABLE THEM TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. 2. MEANWHILE, WHILE CONSTANTHARPING BY WESTERN CORRESPONDENTS AND SOME INTERNATIONAL AGENCIESON BIHARI PREDICAMENT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO EXACERBATION OF ANTAGONISMTOWARDS BIHARIS ON PART OF BENGALIPOPULATION, THIS=

P3=

CONTINUING PRESSURE ALSO ENSURES THAT DACCA GOVERNMENT REMAINS

CONSTANTLY AWARE OF PROBLEM AND DOES NOT THINK THIS IS SOMETHING

WHICH CAN MERELY BE WISHED AWAY. THUS I FIND IT USEFUL THAT

UNATIONS CONTINUE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO BIHARI SITUATION AND TO

SUPPORT RELIEF ON THE APPROPRIATE SCALE FOR DISTRIBUTION TOMINORITIES:

MINORITIES AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DACCA AUTHORITIES IN THIS

REGARD: SECOND, TO MAINTAIN SOME INFLUENCE ON THE EFFECTIVE 53

PROVISION OF AID TO MINORITIES: THIRD, TO LET WORLD OPINION g

KNOW THIS IS BEING DONE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME UNDERLINING THE ^

RELATIVE SCALE OF THIS OPERATION AND ITS LIMITED PLACED 37

ro

IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF RELIEF TO BANGLADESH AS A WHOLE+

P4=

BY INTERNATIONAL REDCROSS OR OTHER AGENCY CHARGED WITH THIS

RESPONSIBILITY, THIS ARRANGEMENT, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN AGREED

BY UNROD, SHOULD CERTAINLY CONTINUE SO LONG AS NECESSARY AND

THE RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS OF UNATIONS ASSISTANCE THUS GIVEN . ij

SHOULD ENABLE US: FIRST, TO MAKE CLEAR TO GOVERNMENT THE SPECIAL

WEEDS OF=

COL 2389 3702 1 2 +

AY-237 SA-41 SRINAGAR 1054/1051^6 0812Z Pl/53/50=

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, U N A T I O N S

NEW YORK =

( UNMOG/268 GUYER/URQUHART FROM TASSARA.

f

1. FURTHER TO MY U N M O G 259, THE FOLLOWING BREACHESJ).F_THE

' CEASEFIRE^WERE REPORTED D U R I N G THE PERIOD 30 APR - 06

MAY. ALL TIMINGS WPT.

A. 30 APR. LA IN KOTLI REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED =

P2/52 =

WITH MACHINE GUNS AT NR 2015, NR 1913 CNAUSHERA CHECK POST AREA)

ON 28 APR FROM 0845 TILL 1000 WPT.

( LA IN RAWALKOT REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS (100

MEN IN EACH LOCATION TOTAL 300) CROSSED THE LIKE OFi

CONTROL AHD WENT TO NR 247812, =

P3 =

NR 256819 AND NR 268817 (DODA AREA) ON 27 APR AT

0800 HRS AND FIRED 2 BURSTS WITH MACHINE GUN AT NR

2383 ON 27 APR AT 1100 HRS. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

- LA IN RAWALAKOT REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED 68

ROUNDS WITH 4.2 INCH MORTARS =

P4/51 =

( TO NR 3293 AND NR 3393 (KOPRA AREA) ON 27 APR FROM

1000 TILL 1500 HRS. AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF PEOPLE

ARE REPORTED TO BE INJURED.

( - LA IN DOMEL REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS (OWE COMPANY

STRENGTH) CROSSED THE LINE OF CONTROL AND WEWTTO

NL 941404 =

(LIPA VALLEY AREA IN AN AREA ON THE INDIAN SIDE OF THE

} CFL BUT CLAIMED BY THE PAKISTANI AUTHORITIES AS

^ BEING UNDER THEIR CONTROL) ON 27 APR FROM 0410 TILL

0440 HRS.

y HR REPORTS ALSO THE FOLLOWING F I R I N G INCIDENTS W I T H

.j ARTILLERY IN THE LIPA VALLEY AREAS

P6/52

' - 37 ROUNDS AT NL 9340, NL 9440 ON 26 APR FROM 079 TILL

v 1445 HRS.

- 30 ROUNDS AT NL 9399, NL 9439 ON 27 APR FROM 0235 TILL

• 0310 HRS.

, AND THE FOLLOWING FIRING INCIDENTS WITH HEAVY MORTARS:

- 3 ROUNDS AT NL 9340, =

P7 =

, NL 9440 ON 27 APR AT 1500 HRS.

- 15 ROUNDS AT NL 9440 OH 28 APR AT 0300 HRS.

- HO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

- LA IN BHIHBER REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED WITH.. i

MACHINE GUN AT NW 5467, NW 5566, NW 5567 (CHAAMB AREA) =

' P8 =

j ON 28 APR AT 2300 HRS TILL 29 APR AT 0100 HRS. NO

CASUALTIES REPORTED*

B. 03 MAY LA IN KOTLI REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED

} WITH MACHINE GUNS AT NR 1310 CNAUSHERA CHECKPOST AREA)

ON 01 MAY AT 1205 HRS. HO CASUALTIES REPORTED. =

'•> P9 =

j - LA IN RAWALAKOT REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED 20

ROUNDS WITH 4.2 CNCH MORTARS AT NR 2581 (DODA AREA)

ON 30 APR FROM 1030 TILL 1300 HRS. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

, AND THAT INDIAN TROOPS (TOTAL NOT STATED) CROSSED THE

LINE OF CONTROL AND WENT =

P10 =

TO NR 256319 ON 30 APR AT 1150 HRS.

C. 04 MAY LA IN RAWALAKOT REPORT THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED

5 BURSTS WITH MACHINE GUNS AT NR 0562 (PUNCH CHECK POST

AREA) ON 02 MAY AT 0835 HRS. MO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

- LA IN DOMEL =

Pll =

REPORTS THAT I N D I A N TROOPS FIRED 1 R O U N D W I T H HEAVY

MORTAR AT NL 9340 CLIPA VALLEY AREA) ON 30 APR AT 0945

HRS. AND 1 ROUND WITH HEAVY MORTAR AT NL 9340 ON 01

MAY AT 1135 HRS. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

- LA IN DOMEL REPORTS THAT =

P12/51 =

FOLLOWING INCIDENTS WITH HEAVY MORTARS IN THE CHHOTA

KAZINAG AREA:

- 17 ROUNDS AT NM 0421 ON 30 APR AT 1300 HRS.

- 4 ROUNDS AT ,. 0219 ON 30 APR AT 2340 HRS.

- 6 ROUNDS AT NM 0421 ON 01 MAY AT 1730 HRS. =

P13 =

- 11 ROUNDS AT NM 0421 AND NM 0220 ON 01 MAY AT 1130 HRS.

HR ALSO REPORTED THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED 3 BURSTS WITH

MG AT NM 0422 ON 01 MAY AT 0220 HRS. WO CASUALTIES

REPORTED.

- LA IN RAWALAKOT REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED =

P14/49 =

150 ROUNDS WITH 4.2 INCH MORTARS AND 25 POUNDER GUNS

AT NR 3292 CLOPRA AREA) FROM 01 MAY 1400 HRS TILL 02

MAY 0300 HRS.

- AND 88 ROUNDS WITH 4.2 I N C H MORTARS AND 25 POUNDER G U N S

FROM 0530 TILL 1500 HRS. MO CASUALTIEU REPORTED. =

P15 =

D, 05 MAY LA IN KOTLI REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED 20

ROUNDS WITH MACHINE GUNS AT NR IS 12 (NAUSHERA CHECK

POST AREA) ON 03 MAY AT 1730 HRS. AND UTTH RTFlRc; Awn

- HE REPORTS FIRING =

w. P21/48 =

WITH RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS AT NL 9535 AND NL 9735 ON

04 MAY AT 0130 HRS. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

- HE ALSO REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS (STRENGTH 4) CROSSED

THE LINE OF CONTROL AND WENT TO NL 975371 ON 03 MAY AT

1030 HRS +

COL UNMOG/268 I 259 30 06 30 2015 1913 28 0845 1008 100 300

247812 256819 268817 27 0300 2 2383 27 1100 68 4.2

3293 3393 27 1000 1500 941404 27 0410 0440 37 9340 9440 26

0730 1445 30 9339 9439 27 0235 0310 3 9340 9440 27 1500

15 9440 28 0300 5467 5566 5567 28 2300 29 0100 03 1310 01

1205 20 4.2 2581 30 1030 1300 256819 30 1150 04 5 0562 02

0835 1 93

0 30 0945 1 9340 01 1135 17 0421 30 1300

4 0219 20 2340 6 0421 01 1730 11 0421 0220 01 1130 3 0422

01 0220 150 4.2 25 3292 01 1400 02 0300 80 4.2 25 0530 1500

05 20 1612 03 1730 2300 9 4.2 25 3293 02 2000 2300 4 2383

02 1600 180 1612 04 0730 1000 100 20 04 2030 05 0030 06 __

25 4.2 40 3293 3393 03 1600 2300 3292 04 0800 1500 140 5 ,7 """*•

3292 04 0800 1500 50 3292 04 1630 1730 1 9340 04 0130 9735 " ^

9334 04 0300 0400 9535 9735 04 0130 4 975371 03 1030 + _-,. ":-;

ro

MACHINE GUNS AT 2300 HRS. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

'- LA IN RAWALAKOT REPORTS =

P16 =

THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED 9 ROUNDS WITH 4.2 INCH MORTARS

AND 25 POUNDERS GUNS AT NR 3293 CKOPRA AREA) OH 02 MAY

FROM 2000 TILL 2300 HRS. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

- LA IN RAWALAKOT REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED 4 BURSTS

WITH MACHINE GUNS AT NR 2383 =

P17 =

CDODA AREA) ON 02 MAY AT 1600 HRS. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

- LA IN KOTLI REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED 180 ROUNDS

WITH MACHINE GUNS AT NR 1612 CNAUSHERA CHCKPOST AREA)

ON 04 MAY FROM 0730 TILL 1000 HRS. AND 100 ROUNDS WITH

MORTARS AND =

P18 =

20 ROUNDS' WITH RECOILLESS RIFLE FROM 04 MAY 2030 HRSTILL 03 MAY 0030 HRS. AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF CASUALTIESREPORTED.E. 06 MAY LA IN RAWALAKOT REPORTS THE FOTLOWING FIRING INCIDENTSWITH 25 POUNDER GUNS AND 4.2 INCH MORTARS IN THE KOPRAAREA:- 40 =

P19 =

ROUNDS AT NR 3293 AND NR 3393 ON 03 MAY FROM 1600 TILL

2300 HRS.r

- 140 ROUNDS AT NR 3292 ON 04 MAY FROM 0300 TILL 1500 HRS. ]

- 50 ROUNDS AT NR 3292 ON 04 MAY FROM 1630 TILL 1730 HRS. !

- LA IN DOMEL REPORTS = '

P20 =

THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED 1 ROUND WITH HEAVY MORTAR

AT NL 9340 CLIPA VALLEY AREA) ON 04 MAY AT 0130 HRS AND

FIRING WITH MORTARS AND ARTILLERY AT NL 9735 AND NL 9334

AYWA236 SA-44 SRIHA6AR 263/260 6 0930Z PI/52/50 =

ETATPRIORITE

UNATIONS

NEWYORK =

UNMOG/270 OPS/20 IMMEDIATE

SOIC FROM CMO. VLEASE PASS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO COAS INDIA.

INFO: GUYER/URQUHART NEWYORK

QUOTE. SAM MANEUHAW XCOM TASSARA,

D U R I N G VISIT TO COAS PAKISTAN ON 5 MAY HE HANDED ME THE FOLLOWING

ALLEGED CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST PAKISTAN BY I N D I A N =

P2/51/50 =

TROOPS. SUBQUOTE.

ONE. AREA NN 1508. MAP SHEET 43 N REFERS. i

ON 24 APR 72 OWN TROOPS ON ROUTINE PATROLLING WERE FIRED |

UPON BY INDIANS WHO HAD ENCROACHED INTO OWN TERRITORY IN

AREA NN 118830. INDIANS FURTHER ENCROACHED INTO OUR

TERRITORY AND OCCUPIED HILL =

P3 =

FEATURES IN AREA NN 1508. ON 25 APR 72 INDIANS FIRED ON

nrro T rt/"> nn r« T i: Tur*

MORTARS. THE STRENGTH OF INDIANS IN THIS AREA IS APPRO-

XIMATELY A BATTALION MINUS. ON 25 AND 26 APR 72 INDIAN

HELICOPTERS BROUGHT IN MORE =

P4 =

REINFORCEMENTS, SUPPLIES AND AMMUNITION INTO THIS AREA. THE

INDIAN TROOPS IN THIS AREA CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN THEIR

POSITIONS AND FIRED ON OUR TROOPS THEREAFTER.

L ON 2 MAY 72 ANOTHER BATTALION STRENGTH OF THE INDIANS WAS

SPOTTED IN AREA NN 1383 MOVING NORTH. THESE ARE ADDITIONAL

TROOPS =

P5 =

SENT BY THE INDIANS TO REINFORCE HIS POSITIONS IN AREA OF

ENCROKCHMENT.

X TWO. LIPA VALLEY AREA.

TWO COMPANIES ATTACK LAUNCHED BY INDIA ON 4 MAY ON POSITION

IN AREA NL 9035. FURTHER ATTACKS LAUNCHED AL

INST SAME

PMSITION BY INDIA ON 5 MAY. SUBUNQUOTE MATTER REFERRED

UNDER =

P6/ 10=

UN GOOD OFFICES FOR ANY ACTION CONSIDERED NECESSARY. UNQUOTE

COL UNMOG/270 OPS/20 5 1508 43 24 72 110330 1508 25 72025 26 72

AY234

IA-46 UN ISLAMABAD 365/362 6/5 0740Z=

LTF

OMNIPRESS

( HEWYQRK = U N I I C 143 FOR HO OP I FROM YACOLfB = ~=CO

A PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE PRESS RELEASE,PUBLISHED IN

SATURDAYS PAPERS, SAID QUOTE A NUMBER OF CLASHES HAVE TAKEN

PLACE BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIAN TROOPS IN THE NORTHERN AREAS

AND THE KASHMIR SECTOR FOLLOWING INDIAN ATTEMPS TO ENCROACH=

P2/

UPON PAKISTANS TERRITORY UNQUOTE. BOTH SIDES HAVE' SUFFERED

CASUALTIES AND QUOTE FIGHTING CONTINUES IN KASHMIR SECTOR UNQUOTE,* '

THE REPORT ADDED. THE INDIANS HAVE NOW BUILT UP, THE REPORT SAID,

QUOTE APPROXIMATELY A BATTALION STRENGTH IN THE AREA OF ENCROACHMENT

UNQUOTE. UNATIONS OBSERVERS, IT=

P3/

SAID, HAVE BEEN QUOTE FULLY APPRISED UNQUOTE OF THE SITUATION

CREATED BY THE INDIAN ARMY. ANOTHER PRESS RELEASE OF THE PAKISTAN

DEFENCE MINISTRY SAID, QUOTE INDIA HAS COMMITTED FRESH BREACHES

OF CEASEFIRE IN THE KASHMIR AND LAHORE SECTORS AND PAKISTAN IN

LODGING A STRONG PROTEST WITH DELHI=

P4/

OVER THESE VIOLATIONS UNQUOTE. PARA PAKISTAN TIMES, IN AN

EDITORIAL ENTITLED, QUOTE UNCTAD III: BLEAK PORTENTS UNQUOTE,

SAID THE QUOTE IMPOVERISHED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HAD PINNED GREAT

HOPES IN THE CURRENT SESSION OF UNCTAD III AND THOUGHT THAT IT

WOULD INITIATE POSITIVE STEPS TO CORRECT T'riF-

PV

IMBALANCES IN GLOBAL TRADE AND RECTILY THE DISTORTIONS OF

INTERNATIONAL AID UNQUOTE. BUT THE CONFERENCE, IT SAID, QUOTE

HAS SO FAR MADE LITTLE HEADWAY UNQUOTE. IT POINTED OUT THAT QUOTE

POLITICS DOMINATED THE FIRST PHASE UNQUOTE OF THE CONFERENCE

PS/

BIG POWERS, QUOTE DELIBERATELY SIDE-TRACKED MAJOR ECONMIC ISSUESUNQUOTE. WORSE, IT SAID, THE INDUSTRIALISED NATIONS HAVE QUOTEJUST TURNED DOWN UNQUOTE A PROPOSAL BY GROUP OF 77 TO INSTITUTESPECIAL CENTRAL FUND FOR THE 25 LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES THE PAPERSUGGESTED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE =P7/

DECISIONS OF UNCTAD I AND /S8 AND ADOPT QUOTE A VIGOROUS INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY UNQUOTE IN KEEPING WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS

OF THE CURRECT UNATIOHS DEVELOPMENT DECADE. FAILURE OF THE CURRENT

DECADE, IT WARNED, WOULD QUOTE FURTHER CORRODE UNQUOTE THE CONFIDENCE

OF THE THIRD WORLD IN=

P8/63/S2 =

THE UNATIONS. IT MAY EVEN LEAD TO QUOTE A NEW AND FIERCE CONFLICT

BETWEEN THE HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

UNQUOTE, IT ADDED. THE ONLY WAY TO WARD OFF THIS THREAT QUOTE

IS TO SAVE UNCTAD III FROM ENDING UP IN FIASCO UNQUOTE, IT SAID.

ENDALL FYI THIS IS LAST CABLE BY YACOUB FROM ISLAMABAD =

OMNIPRESS ISLAMABAD*

COL UNIIC 143 UNPIIC 81 UNPIIC 81 77 25++

AY23

DA-160 NEWDELHI 413 6 0735Z:^MMMMWM^^j! 1 —*

PRESS

OMNIPRE S

NEWYORK=

V

UNDIC 133 FYI. ACCORDING TO INDIAN EXPRESS WHILE PRIMINISTERS MRS

GANDHI WHO t'AS INFORMED OF CLASHES BETWEEN INDIAN AND PAKISTANI

Rm^-PRH^REB-tfe?- -f-Q -ftWreEir-tffiK-pÔGRfifraE-TC-- GO-TOr~tfEEKOTD~' '

HOLIDAY IN HILLS OF UTTAR PRADESH, GOVERNMENT IS KEEPING AYE

CLOSE WATCH ON SITUATION.:

P2=

PRESS CARRY THIS M O R N I N G STORIES ON CLASHES IN FRONT PAGES BUT

ALL I N D I A RADIO DID NOT BROADCAST THIS M O R N I N G ANY NEWS DESPATCH.

PARA TIMES OF INDIA STORY ON CLASHES QUOTE IN MOST PROVOCATIVE

OF SCORES OF CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY PAKISTAN SINCE

DECEMBER WAR, PAKISTANI TROOPS IN BATTALION:

P3=

STRENGTH SUPPORTED BY ARTILLERY THIS M O R N I N G (5 MAY) ATTACKED

AND I N D I A N POSITION IN KAIYAN AREA, IS KILOMETRES SOUTH-EACH OF

TITHWAL IN KASHMIR. THEY MOUNTED A SECOND ATTACK IN AFTERNOONRM

DEFENCE MINISTRY SOURCES HDRE SAID F I G H T I N G WAS STILL GOING

ON THIS EVENING.PAKISTANI BUILD-UP IN OCCUPIED =

D/.

P4 =

"KASHMIR HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY PRONOUNCED IN PAST FEW WEEKS

UNQUOTE. PARA PTI STORY QUOTE OBSERVERS IB DELHI ARE PUZZLED

AT ATTACK WHICH COMES WITHIN AYE WEEK OF EMISSARY-LEVEL TALKS AT

MURREE IN SEARCH OF AYE DURABLE PEACE IN SUBCONTINENT. THEY WONDER

WHETHER PAKISTANIS ARE DOING THIS DELIBERATELY T0=

P5 =

RAISE QUESTION IN UNATIONS OR WHETHER TIS AYE MERE LOCAL INCIDENT.

PAKISTAN HAS ALREADY COMMITTED AYE SERIES OF CEASE-FIRE VIOLA-

TIONS ON ENTIRE WESTERN FRONT WHILE AT SAME TIME COMPLAINING

TO UNATIONS ABOUT SO-CALLED INDIAN CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS

STOP SOME OBSERVERS WONDER WHETHER THERE IS AMY OUTSIDE INSPIRATION

FOR ACT I ON. =

P6QC

^GOVERNMENT IS W A T C H I N G SITUATION CLOSELY UNQUOTE. PARA UNI

STORY QUOTE MILITARY OBSERVERS HERE DESCRIBED PAKISTAN'S ACTION

ASAYE CALCULATED BID TO TAKE BACK SOME OF TERRITORY IT LOST

AS AN ATTEMPT BY PAKISTANI FORCES IN AREA TO CATCH=

P7=

INDIAN TROOPS UNAWARES. COMPETENT MILITARY OBSERVERS THINK

OCCURENCE MAY BE AN ATTEMPT BY PAKISTAN TO ALTER CEASE-FIRE

J-INE IN KASHMIR BEFORE SUMMIT TALKS TO GIVE IT GREATER STRENGHT

AT BARGAINING TABLE. BESIDES, ANY GAINS THEY MAY BE HOPING TO

MAKE IN AREA MAY ALSO BE CALUCLATED =

PS =

TO BOLSTER LOW MORALE OF PAKISTANI FORCES ESPECIALLY AFTERTHEIR

PERFORMANCE IN LAST CONFLICT WHICH SAW LIBERATION OF BANGLADESH.

ACCORDING TO INFORMED SOURCES THERE IS NO WEED FOR ANY CONCERN OVER

INCIDENT IN VIEW OF ADEQUACY OF INDIA'S DEFENCE PREPAREDNESS *5— 4r-o

IN AREA AND KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF THAT PAKISTANI FORCES = jfr;

WILL NOT BE ABLE TO M A K E ANY DENT IN I N D I A N DEFENCES UNQUOTE=

STAJDUHAR+

COL 133+

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U N A T I O N 62450

WUI TELUS NY 163 05 091.5

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UWNY CO CECO 157

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ETATfe-

ll NAT IONS

fe NEWYORK

197 FOR BANGLADESH UNIT PERSONAL A T T E N T I O N SIR

ROBERT JACKSON AND VICTOR UMBRICKT UKDEVPRO DACCA STOP

CEYLGNISATION POLICY IN CEYLON IS MAKING AVAILABLE

SEVERAL UK N A T I O N A L S OF CONSIDERABLE E X P E R I E N C E AND

ABILITY STOP ONE SUCH IS CHRIS FERGUSON AGE 54 DEPUTY

CHAR I M A M AND F I N A N C E DIRECTOR OF B R O W N S GROUP STOP

PAGE2

HE IS HIGHLY REGARDED AND WELL LIKED BY HIS P1ANY

ASSOCIATES HERE INCLUDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

AND BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER STOP BACKGROUND

INCLUDES MANY YEARS OF SERVICE NOT ONLY IN CEYLON BUT

ALSO IN WHAT IS NOW BANGLADESH AS WELL AS WEST PAKISTAN

AND INDIA STOP SPECIALITIES HAVE INCLUDED COMPANY ADMINISTRATION

PAGE3

r-J

AND LAN CMA FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STOP IF YOU NEED HIM

cm FERGUSON READY WITH ENTHUSIASM TO HELP OUT IN

BANGLADESH OPERATIONS STOP EYE HAVE PERSONALLY KNOW HIM FOR

SEVERAL YEARS AMD FEEL HE WOULD MAKE AN

EXCELLENT OPERATIONAL COLLEAGE IN UNATIONS

BANGLADESH EFFORT STOP IF EITHER OF YOU IS INTERESTED

PAGE 4

PLEASE CABLE ME STOP REGARDS

SCHAAF UNDEVPRO

COL 197 54

AY 155 RAWALPINDI 733 20 0820Z

ETAT

UNATIONS NEWYORK =

UNMOG 24S.

?7URQUHART FROM HALLIDAY. 1, FURTHER TO MY UNMOG 237. THISSPEIIAL SITREP IS FORWARDED BECAUSE THE INCREASE IN COMPLAINTSRECEIVED FROM THE LA AT DCMEL WHICH INDICATES A DETERIORATION OFTHE"SITUATION IN THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE DOMEL SECTOR PARTICU-LAft

-LY IN THE BUGINE AND CHHOTA =

P2=

KAZINAG AREAS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT BUGINA AREA IS CLAIMED BY

THE INDIANS AS BEING IN THEIR HANDS (DENIED BY THE PAKISTANI AUTHO-

RITIES) AND CHHOTA KAZINAG AREA IS CLAIMED BY THE PAKISTANI AS

BEING IK THEIR HANDS (DENIED BY THE INDIAN AUTHORITIES)* AS NO

SPECIAL =

REQUEST FOR UN GOOD OFFICES WAS RECEIVED FROM PAKISTAN ARMY GHQ TO

REDUCE THE TENSION IN THESE AREAS IT IS SUSPECTED THAT BOTH SIDES

ARE FIGHTING, 2. THE FOLLOWING ALLEGED BREACHES OF THE CEASEFIRE

WERE REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD 16-20 APR. AAA. 16 APR. LA IN DOMEL

REPORTS =

P4=

T k i n T / i M r< t.i T T 1 1 r i r - * i n/ j^^

MORTARS AND 1600 ROUNDS WITH MACHINE GUNS AT NL 9766, NL 9767,i

' ML 9668, NL 9669, NL 9269, NL 9369 AND NL 9470 (BUGINA AREA) ON

( 11 APR FROM 1730 TILL 2130 HRS. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED. LA IN DOMEL

REPORTS THAT INDIAN =

P6=

<• TROOPS^ FIRED 320 ROUNDS WITH HEAVY MORTARS AND 1600 ROUNDS WITH MACHINE

GUNS AT\NL 9766, NL 9667, NL 9668 AND ML 9669 ON 12 APR FROM 0500

TILL 1115 HRS AND 100 ROUNDS WITH HEAVY MORTARS AND 1500 ROUNDS WITH

1 MACHINE GUNS AT NL 9766, NL =

( P7=

9667, NL 9668, NL 9669, NL 9269, NL 9369 AND NL 9470 (BUGINA AREA)

C ON 12 APR FROM 1330 TILL 2030 HRS* NO CASUALTIES REPORTED. LA IK DOMEL

( ~REPORTirTHAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED 1300 ROUNDS WITH MACHINE GUNS AT

NL 9766, NL = -

(- P8=

f 9667 AND NL 9669 (BUGINA AREA) ON 13 APR AT 0845 HRS. NO CASUALTIES

REPORTED. LA IN RAWALAKOT REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED 13 BURSTS

*• WITH MACHINE GUNS AT NR 0364 (PUNCH CHECKPOST AREA) ON IS APR AT 1700

HRS. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED. =

P9=

( BBB. 17 APR. LA INX BHIMBER REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED ONE BURST

WITH MACHINE GUN AT NR 1203 (KHAMBAH FORT AREA) ON 15 APR AT 1230 HRS.

NO CASUALTIES REPORTED. LA IN DOMEL REPORTS THAT INDIAN TROOPS FIRED

C 500 ROUNDS WITH MACHINE GUN AT NL =

9669 AND NL 9267 (BUGINA AREA) ON 15 APR FROM 1730 TILL 1945 HRS.

( NO CASUALTIES REPORTED. CCC. 19 APR. LA IN DOMEL REPORTS THAT INDIAN

TROOPS (ONE PLATOON STRENGTH) CROSSED THE LINE OF CONTROL , WENT "; -• •' . .*

TO NL 392377 AND FIRED WITH MACHINE GUNS = ',••

AT NL 89S362 (LIPA VALLEY AREA) ON 15 APR AT 0900 HRS. NO CASUALTIES

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, IN DOMEL REPORTS THAT I N D I A N TROOPS (TWO PLATOON STRENGTH) CROSSED

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