Thank you for visiting the Bangladesh Archives. These archives are a collection of material on the 1971 war of Independence in Bangladesh. Material includes Newspaper and magazine articles. Documents from the US government and other sources, videos and audio matieral. Any suggestions and contributions of material is always welcome.

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The latest update was on: 2024-06-16 21:38:19 GMT

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Congressional Record

  • REPORT OF THE WORLD BANK MISSION TO EAST PAKISTAN — World Bank
  • Library of Congress - Kissinger Papers

  • Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to President Nixon — Alexander Haig
  • New York Times

  • Nixon Is Criticized By Senator Church On Aid to Pakistan — Tad Szulc
  • Reuters

  • VIDEO: VISLIB: THE TRAGEDY OF EAST PAKISTAN--COVERAGE OF DESTRUCTION, THE REFUGEE PROBLEM AND NORMALISATION OF LIFE BY WORLD-BEATING VISNEWS CAMERA TEAM (1971) — Reuters
  • VIDEO: INDIA: INDIA WARNS THE U.S. OVER PAKISTAN AS SPECIAL ADVISER KISSINGER MEETS MRS. GANDHI. (1971) — Reuters
  • Times (London)

  • India alerts army units in Kashmir and accuses Pakistan of plot to infiltrate troublemakers — Peter Hazelhurst
  • £833,000 a day needed for refugees
  • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/37.
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Memorandum of Conversation — Harold Saunders