RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 4—Pakistan charged last night that the Indian Army had attacked at least four points along West Pakistan's border. The Pakistani Air Force and Army have been given orders to penetrate India as deeply as possible, a Government spokesman said.
The spokesman said that the first fighting in West Pakistan began about noon yesterday, with firing along the border, especially on the cease‐fire line in Kashmir, where Indian and Pakistani forces fought a brief but bloody war in 1965.
“It's the 1965 war all over again,” a military spokesman said.
He said incidents occurred almost simultaneously in Kashmir, in the Shakargarh salient, Poonch, Uri, the Kasur border, Hussein‐i‐Wala and at Chamb, between Jessar and Lahore, in Rajastan, and at Rahimyarkhan.
Cease‐fire Rules Cited
According to Pakistan, the cease‐fire rules in Kashmir require that when an incident has occurred the commanders of opposing Indian and Pakistani ranger forces immediately consult.
This time, the spokesman said, when the Pakistani commanders went to talk with their Indian counterparts, they were met by regular Indian troops, who fired on them. The Indian attacks were said to have been supported by artillery and fighter bombers.
The spokesman said the Pakistani Air Force retaliated during the afternoon and evening, bombing at least seven Indian airfields. He said the bombing was continuing.
Indian Targets Listed
He said the Indian airfields that were bombed were at Amritsar, Pathankot, Avantipur, Srinagar, Uttarlai (in Rajastan State) and Agra and Ambala, both said to be Indian jet bomber bases.
He said no Indian interceptors had attacked the Pakistani planes, all of which returned to base.
“We will have to wait until morning to see whether the Indian bombers were knocked out,” he said.
The spokesman added that Pakistan did not intend to bomb nonmilitary targets and did not plan attacks on Indian cities.
Pakistan's President, Gen. Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan, scheduled an address to the nation.
Various ambassadors called on the President to determine what was happening. Among them was the United States Ambassador, Joseph S. Farland.
The United States has repeatedly advised Pakistan to exercise restraint and avoid war.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman declined to say whether war would be declared. He also declined comment when asked what would be done about Indian diplomats posted in Pakistan.
During the 1965 conflict, war was never declared and there was never a formal break in diplomatic relations between Pakistan and India. The new fighting in West Pakstan appears to be in virtually the same places as in 1965.
The military spokesman said that Pakistan's offensive would extend to East Pakistan as well where, according to Pakistan, the army has been restrained from crossing the Indian frontier until now.
Under a full moon, army trucks and heavy artillery could be seen rolling toward their positions.
The Pakistani Government declared a blackout last night throughout West Pakistan and civilian flights were canceled, at least for the night. Radio and television alternated martial songs with instructions for air‐raid alerts and civil defense and leading polticians made statements urging national unity in the coming war with India.
A leading politician told newsmen that Pakistan would probably announce the formation of a new civilian government in a day or two. Zulfikar All Bhutto, leader of the leftist Pakistan People's party, said there had been agreement that General Yahya Khan would continue as President, that the East Bengali politician Nurul Amin would be made Prime Minister and that Mr. Bhutto would be Deputy Prime Minister.
“Especially during wartime,” Mr. Bhutto said, “a political base for the nation is essential —that means a civilian government.
“During the present emergency I have agreed to temporarily accept the second position in a civilian government with the understanding that wars do not last forever and things must be changed afterwards. After all, Mr. Nurul Amin represents only himself whereas I represent the people of West Pakistan.”
During the last few days there have been increasing preparations for war in the west.
Civilian vehicles have been requisitioned, reservists and former servicemen have been called to duty, persons in essential positions have been mobilized and a civil defense corps has been organized.
Last week the dependents of Americans and other foreigners were evacuated from border towns in West Pakistan, most of them to Rawalpindi. Their men folk in Lahore and other border communities are expected to remain, at least for the time being.
Phone calls indicated that Lahore, 18 miles from the Indian border, was quiet, with no indication of approaching fighting. During the 1965 war the Indian Army nearly reached Lahore before the cease‐fire took effect.
Pakistan maintained yesterday that India had made only “small tactical dents” in her territory, but Western military attachés, who admit that their information about the situation in the eastern wing is severely limited by the lack of observers, believe that the incursions have been much more serious.