DACCA, Pakistan, Dec. 11—Lieut. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi, military commander of East Pakistan, told newsmen today that “you will see my dead body, or alive I'll go forward.” His statement lessened hopes of surrender before the Dacca battle is joined by advancing Indian troops.

According to reliable reports, international officials have talked with the Pakistani high command here about acceptable cease‐fire terms.

These terms reportedly centered on repatriation or protection for army personnel, West Pakistanis, and the non-Bengali population.

Then word came from Islamabad, West Pakistan, that there would be no surrender and that orders were to fight to the last man.

An unidentified man armed with a sub-machine gun cleared people from the United States Information Agency's library in downtown Dacca today, then set explosive charges that caused extensive damage, injuring several passersby. No Americans were hurt.

The sound of sporadic small-arms fire was audible day and night in Dacca.

Truckloads of Pakistani troops, towing field howitzers, passed through the city toward the military garrison near the airport.

Newsmen visiting the town of Narayanganj, 12 miles south and a key route for the Indian drive, reported late yesterday that the town was virtually deserted, with forward Indian elements seven to eight miles to the east.