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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.

This page is very much a work in progress and new material is added regularly. The site currently has the following content.
Total items: 3024 — Text : 2762 — Image : 12 — Video : 250 — Audio : 0

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

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Associated Press

  • VIDEO:INDIAN FORCES CONTINUE ADVANCE THROUGH EAST PAKISTAN — AP

    • New York Times

  • Editorial: The Emergence of Bangla Desh
  • War on the Subcontinent: Mr. Nixon and South Asia — John P. Lewis
  • Letter to the Editor: Judging India
  • India Disputes U.S.
  • General Khan: Old Friend of the President — Fox Butterfield
  • General Manekshaw: He has the Common Touch — Fox Butterfield
  • White House Says Vote in U.N. Supports Its Stand — Bernard Gwertzman
  • Camels, Hippies, Envoys, Buses: War Crowds the Khyber Pass
  • In Pakistani Kasmir, War Gets Support
  • Indians Reported Repulsed — Reuters
  • Dacca Said to Be Quiet — United Press International
  • Foreigners Leave Karachi — United Press International
  • Karachi Raid Reported — Reuters
  • Indians Report Drive in West — Reuters
  • New Jersey Woman, 28, Freed From Jessore Jail
  • COPTER EVACUATION SUGGESTED FOR U.N.
  • PAKISTANI CITIES ALL BUT ISOLATED — United Press International
  • U.N.'S CALL FOR TRUCE IS REJECTED — Eric Pace
  • PAKISTAN INSISTS HER FORCES HOLD — Henry Kamm
  • INDIA REPORTS NEW GAINS IN EAST — Charles Mohr
  • War on the Subcontinent - The State That Never Was
  • Bengalis Dance and Shout at "Liberation" of Jessore — Sydney H. Schanberg
  • Pakistan's Holy War

    • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting
  • Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, December 9, 1971, 5:57–6:34 p.m.
  • Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, December 9, 1971
  • Conversation Among President Nixon, his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), the Soviet Minister of Agriculture (Matskevich), and the Soviet Chargé d’ Affaires (Vorontsov), Washington, December 9, 1971, 4:00–4:41 p.m.
  • Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, December 9, 1971, 12:44–1:27 p.m.
  • Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan — John Irwin
  • Backchannel Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Ambassador to Pakistan (Farland) — Henry Kissinger
  • Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon
  • Memorandum of Conversation between Vladimir Matskevitch, Vorontsov and Nixon

    • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/62.

    • U.S. National Archives

  • Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India — John Irwin
  • Memorandum for the Record, Washington, December 9, 1971, 6:59 a.m. — Colin C. Hamilton

    • Washington Post

  • Happy Crowds Welcome Indian Army To Jessore — Dennis Neeld