PAKISTANI REBELS ASK RECOGNITION
DETROIT Free Press, April 14, 1571
NEW DELHI—(UPI)—The secessionist government of Bangladesh proclaimed its sovereignty in East Pakistan on Tuesday and appealed to “all democratic countries” for recognition and assistance in the civil war with West Pakistan.
The proclamation, broadcast by the rebel Free Bengal Radio and monitored here said the capital of the Bangladesh (Bengali Nation) government would be Chuadanga, a small town 10 miles from the border with India.
NEW DELHI—(UPI)—The secessionist government of Bangladesh proclaimed its sovereignty in East Pakistan on Tuesday and appealed to “all democratic countries” for recognition and assistance in the civil war with West Pakistan.
The proclamation, broadcast by the rebel Free Bengal Radio and monitored here said the capital of the Bangladesh (Bengali Nation) government would be Chuadanga, a small town 10 miles from the border with India.