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

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New York Times

  • Pakistan Expected To Fight to Finish — Malcolm W. Browne
  • INDIAN ARMY SAYS DACCA IS IN RANGE OF ITS ARTILLERY — Fox Butterfield
  • Editorial: Realism on the Subcontinent
  • Red Cross to Aid Wounded, Prisoners of Both Sides
  • Moscow Assails U.S. Step — Hedrick Smith
  • FREED BY BENGALIS, WOMAN IS BACK HERE
  • Firm Soviet Backing of India Is Said to Irk Nixon — Bernard Gwertzman
  • Mrs. Gandhi Wields Power Firmly — Charles Mohr
  • Dacca in Brief: Swarming, Dusty, Beleaguered City
  • PAKISTANIS CONTINUE MEETINGS IN PEKING — Reuters
  • U.S. Lacks Details on China
  • THIRD SOVIET VETO BARS TRUCE PLAN — Henry Tanner

    • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Memorandum for the Record
  • Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India — John Irwin
  • Telegram From the Presidentʼs Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) in the Azores1 — Alexander Haig
  • Memorandum for the Record — Alexander Haig
  • Telegram From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Presidentʼs Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) — Henry Kissinger
  • Backchannel Message From the Ambassador to Pakistan (Farland) to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) — Joseph Farland
  • Letter From Pakistani President Yahya to President Nixon — Yahya Khan
  • Telegram From the Presidentʼs Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) in the Azores — Alexander Haig

    • Novosti Press Agency (APN)

  • STOP BLOODSHED AND ENSURE NON-INVOLVEMENT OF OUTSIDE FORCES — Mikhail Krylov

    • U.K. National Archives

  • Excerpt from the Records of the UK Cabinet CAB 128/49/63.

    • U.S. National Archives

  • Telegram From the Consulate General in Dacca to the Department of State — Herbert Spivack
  • Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State — Joseph Farland
  • Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan — William Rogers
  • Telegram 5627 From the Consulate General in Dacca to the Department of State, December 14, 1971, 0408Z — Herbert Spivack
  • Telegram 5628 From the Consulate General in Dacca to the Department of State, December 14, 1971, 0441Z — Herbert Spivack
  • Telegram 12542 From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State, December 14, 1971, 1420Z — Joseph Farland