NEW DELHI, July 18 (Reuters) —The United States airlift of East Pakistani refugees away from the border areas of India ended today at the request of the Indian Government, an American Embassy spokesman said.

Four C‐130's moved about 23,000 people from the eastern territory of Tripura to Assam in the last four weeks.

The spokesman said India had asked that the airlift, last a month and had not sought any extension. The reason given was that bad weather, which led to the cancellation of 44 flights, would become even worse and make flying very difficult.