HERALD TRIBUNE (New York) October 18, 1971
By William Drummond
New Delhi, Oct. 17:—The Indian Army has been placed on alert as tensions on the Indian-Pakistani border have apparently reached the critical point, it was learned today.
Indian Defense Ministry spokesmen say that Pakistani forces are “gathered in strength” on the frontiers in both East and West Pakistan. “Why should we be shy of acknowledging that we are fully prepared to hit back if Pakistanis are foolish enough to hit us ?” said a spokesman.
In Karachi, the official news agency, Associated Press of Pakistan, reported that President Yahya Khan offered to withdraw Pakistani forces along the borders if India with¬draws its forces and ceases infiltration and other hostile acts- Mr. Yahya’s proposal was made at a meeting with Soviet President Nikolai Podgomy in Persepolis during the 25th centenary anniversary celebrations marking the found¬ing of the Persian Empire, the news agency said.

HERALD TRIBUNE (International) October 18, 1971
In a time of personal diplomacy, when old molds are feeling shattered by the journeys of a Japanese emperor and the impending visits of an American President to Peking and Moscow, the arrival of President Tito in New Delhi has a traditional air. It is Tito’s fifth trip to India since 1954; St is the customary exchange of courtesies between Yugoslavia and India, leaders among the “non-aligned” nations.
But the atmosphere surrounding the meeting between President Tito and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is quite different from that which prevailed during the Yugoslav leader’s earlier journeys to New Delhi. For one thing, he comes there at a time of acute tension between India and Pakistan, when the trouble in East Pakistan have produced1 military repression which has driven millions into India, and India is actively supporting the independence movement of Bangladesh.

HERALD TRIBUNE (Paris) October 16, 1971

The Sipsah, an 8,000 ton Pakistani ship, has recently unloaded crates of North Korean small arms and ammunition at Karachi, well informed sources reported here yesterday. The vessel arrived at Karachi on September 18 from Hungnam, North Korea, the sources said.
They also reported that Pakistan and North Korea had signed agreements for the opening of consulates in each others countries. North Korea is about to open a consulate in Dacca, the provincial capital of East Pakistan, the Washington sources said. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department has expressed concern over reports of increasing troop build-ups on both sides of the Indian-Pakistani border.

HERALD TRIBUNE (New York) October 13, 1971 

 The Pakistan military tribunal that tried the East Pakistani leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, for '‘treason” has found him ‘guilty’ and recommended the death penalty, authoritative Indian sources said today.
The trial was said to have been concluded ten days ago and the recommendation has been sent to President Yahya Khan. An Indian official source said that the verdict of the secret trial has been circulated to all the diplomatic missions of Pakistan. The Indian officials obtained the information from a Pakistani diplomat who had defected.

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE September 22, 1971

London, Sep. 21 (AP) -Diplomatic sources of two countries reported tonight that President Mohammad Yahya Khan of Pakistan may be ready to authorize negotiation with imprisoned Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for settlement of terms in the East Bengal crisis.
The Pakistan High Commission in London could not be reached for commcnt on the report which, if confirmed, would represent a retreat by the Pakistani President.
As the informants portrayed the situation, General Yahya would insist as a precondition that any arrangements giving the East Bengalis the autonomy they have claimed would have to be within the framework of a united state of Pakistan. Secession or even self-determination would, in other words, be excluded.

HERALD TRIBUNE International, August 9, 1971 Published with The New York Times and The Washington Post.

It would seem that the imminent possibility of a major clash between India and Pakistan has mobilized, if not the conscience, at least the practical interest, of virtually all the world’s powers. The Soviet Union is reportedly urging India toward restraint; Red China is reportedly doing the same with Pakistan ; the United States is using what influence it still retains in both countries to similar purpose, and the Western nations in general are trying to apply the brakes before collision occurs. The United Nations—in the person of Secretary-General U Thant is being consulted. This unanimity is as rare as the situation is dangerous.

HERALD TRIBUNE (Paris), August 9, 1971 

Mr. Anwar is a Bengali journalist in Southeast Asia. He wrote this article in reply to one published by the International Herald Tribune on July 19.]
Whether seen from London, Paris, Washington, Moscow or Peking, the revolt in East Bengal has now acquired the magnitude of an international issue that has seized the atten¬tion of the world powers.
Having just invited a delegation of the World Islamic Secretariat to visit Dacca on a government-conducted tour, even the government of Pakistan finds it difficult to pretend that it is an internal matter that can be settled in the way similar to the post-Sukarno regime in Indonesia dealt with the so-called Communist threat through the massacre of un¬armed civilians.

By : ANTHONY MASCARENHAS

The background to the writing and publication of this remarkable report is told on Page 112.

ABDUL BARI had run out of luck. Like thousands of other people in East Bengal, he had made the mistake—the fatal mistake—of running within sight of a Pakistani army 1 patrol.

He was 24 years old, a slight man surrounded by soldiers- He was trembling, because he was about to be shot.

“Normally we would have killed him as he ran,” I was informed chattily by Major Rathore, the G-2 Ops. of the 9th Division, as we stood on the outskirts of a tiny village near Mudafargnnj, about 20 miles smith of Comilla. ‘‘But we are checking him    out for your sake. You are new here and I see you have a squeamish stomach.”

HERALD TRIBUNE June 1, 1971

Millions of refugees—Muslims and others—have flooded India escaping from what France-Sir (14 May) described as “Abattoirs humans au Pakistan.” The Pakistan Ambas­sador in his letter to you today (May 26 ) says that it is India’s fault. We have many faults but we are not responsible for the ruthless repression in East Pakistan. The Guardian of London stated on the 31st March:        “Henceforth the country