1971-05-05
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A. H. Mahmoud Ali, who resigned last week as Pakistani vice consul here and pledged allegiance to the separatist Bangla Desh regime proclaimed in East Pakistan, said yesterday he was setting up a Bangla Desh mission in New York.
“It is important to establish our government outside our country so the humanitarian aspects of our situation can be told to the out side world,” Mr. Ali said at a news conference.
He said he had received a telegram from the Bangla Desh — or Bengali Nation— mission in Calcutta, India, authorizing him to establish a Bangla Desh “presence” in New York. To finance it, Mr. All said he hoped for help from the 2,000 Bengalis in the United States and Canada.