Short Summary

A group of foreign journalists made a six-hour visit to the self-styled Bangla Desh guerrilla-held territory in the Jessore district of East Pakistan on Friday (8 October), interviewing guerrillas and villagers only 2 miles from the Pakistan Government forces.
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JOURNALISTS IN RIVER BOAT AND WITH SECTION COMMANDER IN VILLAGE, PASSPORTS BEING ENDORSED WITH BANGLA DESH VISAS, GUERRILLAS ON GUARD AROUND VILLAGE AND DESTROYED BORDER POST, JOURNALISTS WITH GUERRILLAS.




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Background: A group of foreign journalists made a six-hour visit to the self-styled Bangla Desh guerrilla-held territory in the Jessore district of East Pakistan on Friday (8 October), interviewing guerrillas and villagers only 2 miles from the Pakistan Government forces.

The journalists were escorted to the border by Indian security guards and then taken to Putkhali village. The local sector commander gave them a short tour of the guerrilla-held area, allowing them time to interview and photograph villagers and members of the Mukti Bahini guerrilla force. Visnews cameraman Durgadas Chatterji filmed the event.