Thank you for visiting the Bangladesh Archives. These archives are a collection of material on the 1971 war of Independence in Bangladesh. Material includes Newspaper and magazine articles. Documents from the US government and other sources, videos and audio matieral. Any suggestions and contributions of material is always welcome.

This page is very much a work in progress and new material is added regularly. The site currently has the following content.
Total items: 3024 — Text : 2762 — Image : 12 — Video : 250 — Audio : 0

The latest update was on: 2024-06-16 21:38:19 GMT

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Nixon Presidential Materials

  • Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting1
  • Memorandum From Samuel Hoskinson of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 26, 1971 — Samuel Hoskinson
  • Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 26, 1971, 10:38–10:44 a.m.
  • Times (London)

  • Exchange of heavy fire over Bengal border — Peter Hazelhurst
  • Pakistan refugee offer seen as cruel joke — Peter Hazelhurst
  • India seeks aid 'blockade' on Yahya Khan regime
  • U.S. National Archives

  • Memorandum From Secretary of State Rogers to President Nixon — William Rogers