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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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Daily Telegraph (London)

  • Mrs. Gandhi calls cabinet, meets service chiefs — David Loshak

    • Knoxville Journal

  • Red Bloc Again Snarls U.N.

    • New York Times

  • 4 Nonmembers Heard In U.N. Council Debate
  • Editorial: The War Proceeds
  • HOME ASKS SOLUTION ACCEPTABLE TO EAST
  • SOVIET SAID TO AVOID BENGALI RECOGNITION
  • U.N. REFUGEE AID EXPECTED TO HALT — Thomas J. Hamilton
  • U.S. Stand Angers India
  • East Pakistanis Rejoice but They Lack a Leader — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Background of Dispute
  • China Assails Indian ‘Plot’
  • Swiss Assistance Asked
  • 30-Mile Penetration — Reuters
  • WAR DEBATE GOES TO U.N. ASSEMBLY — Eric Pace
  • Dacca Watching the War and Waiting — James P. Sterba
  • U.S. CUTS ECONOMIC AID TO INDIANS — Bernard Gwertzman
  • PAKISTAN CLAIMS GAINS IN 2 AREAS — Reuters
  • INDIA SEEKING TO RING FOE IN EAST — Charles Mohr

    • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Backchannel Message From the Ambassador to Pakistan (Farland) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)1 Islamabad, December 7, 1971, 1257Z.
  • Backchannel Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Ambassador to Pakistan (Farland)
  • Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India Washington, December 7, 1971, 0250Z.
  • Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Information Cable
  • Conversation Among President Nixon, Secretary of Commerce Stans, the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig), and the President’s Assistant and Press Secretary (Ziegler), Washington, December 7, 1971, 3:55

    • Reuters

  • VIDEO: EAST PAKISTAN & INDIA: INDIAN SOLDIERS TAKE DARSANA ON THRUST TOWARDS JESSORE.. EAST PAKISTAN REFUGEES LISTEN TO RADIO REPORTS — Reuters