PAKISTANI VISIT TO IRAN SET PUZZLE By Ralph Joseph
THE CANBERRA TIMES (Canberra) September 29, 1971
Is President Yahya Khan planning another big military sweep through East Pakistan to clear the countryside of guerrillas before getting on with his plans for by-elections in the province ? This seems the likeliest moment, with the monsoons now over and the pressure building up even in the west wing for the transfer of power to the civilians. President Yahya’s sudden one day trip to Teheran recently is still wrapped in mystery, but if he came here to ask the Shah for support, moral or otherwise, for a second large-scale military operation In the traitor province, there are no indications that he got it.
Is President Yahya Khan planning another big military sweep through East Pakistan to clear the countryside of guerrillas before getting on with his plans for by-elections in the province ? This seems the likeliest moment, with the monsoons now over and the pressure building up even in the west wing for the transfer of power to the civilians. President Yahya’s sudden one day trip to Teheran recently is still wrapped in mystery, but if he came here to ask the Shah for support, moral or otherwise, for a second large-scale military operation In the traitor province, there are no indications that he got it.
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