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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: GENERAL AURORA AND PAKISTANI COMMANDER NIAZI, SIGN SURRENDER DOCUMENTS — AP
  • VIDEO: A DOCUMENT OF SURRENDER IS SIGNED — AP

    • CBS

  • VIDEO: CBS report on the end of the war — CBS

    • Daily Telegraph (London)

  • Mother India’s new offspring — David Loshak
  • EDITORIAL: Bangladesh now

    • Guardian(UK)

  • EDITORIAL: The first doves emerge

    • Library of Congress - Kissinger Papers

  • Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, December 16, 1971, 12:15 p.m.
  • Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, December 16, 1971, 10:40 a.m.
  • Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and His Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
  • Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and His Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

    • New York Times

  • U.S. Says Possibility of Canceling Moscow Trip Is Not 'Live Issue' — Bernard Gwertzman
  • Editorial: Diplomatic Debacle
  • The Barrels of Indian Guns — Eqbal Ahmad
  • East Pakistan Leader Accepts Surrender Ultimatum of Foe; India Sends General to Dacca — Reuters
  • Bhutto Denounces Council And Walks Out in Tears — Henry Tanner
  • U.S. Ships with Dual Role Moving Up Bay of Bengal — Tad Szulc
  • Indian Animosity Grows — Fox Butterfield
  • Letter to the Editor: U.S. vs U.N.
  • Russians in India for Talks Delay Their Departure Again — Associated Press
  • PAKISTAN SEEKING INDIAN GUARANTEE — Malcolm W. Browne
  • Soviet Ignores Warnings — Hedrick Smith
  • Pool Dispatch From Dacca
  • Text of Indian Message — Associated Press
  • Troops Prepare for Final Drive
  • Attacks Suspended — Charles Mohr

    • Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon — Henry Kissinger
  • Backchannel Message From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Ambassador to Pakistan (Farland) — Henry Kissinger

    • Pravda

  • FOR PEACE on the INDIAN SUBCONTINENT — V. Shurygin

    • U.S. National Archives

  • Memorandum for the Record
  • Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Sisco) to Secretary of State Rogers

    • Washington Star/Evening Star

  • East Pakistan Falls, India To Halt Fight