PAKISTANI CHAOS EDGES INDIA NEARER TO WAR By Crosby S. Noyes
THE EVENING STAR (Washington) September 30, 1971
With each day that passes, the chances of reaching a political settlement between East and West Pakistan decrease and the danger of war between Pakistan and India grows. Despite the claims of the government in Islamabad, the military situation in East Pakistan is anything but under control. The repressive efforts of the army which began on March 25 to crush the Bengali movement toward autonomy go on- Today, according to reports, whole villages are being systematically destroyed. And each time they are, other whole villages are abandoned, their inhabitants joining the flood of refugees fleeing toward India. Again despite the claims of West Pakistani officials, government administration in the eastern province has virtually ceased to exist.
With each day that passes, the chances of reaching a political settlement between East and West Pakistan decrease and the danger of war between Pakistan and India grows. Despite the claims of the government in Islamabad, the military situation in East Pakistan is anything but under control. The repressive efforts of the army which began on March 25 to crush the Bengali movement toward autonomy go on- Today, according to reports, whole villages are being systematically destroyed. And each time they are, other whole villages are abandoned, their inhabitants joining the flood of refugees fleeing toward India. Again despite the claims of West Pakistani officials, government administration in the eastern province has virtually ceased to exist.
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