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.
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Associated Press
VIDEO: INDIAN TROOPS ADVANCE TOWARDS KHULNA — APVIDEO: INDIAN TROOPS ADVANCE ON WEST PAKISTAN TOWNS — APVIDEO: INDIANS BOMB DACCA — APLibrary of Congress - Kissinger Papers
Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) and the Minister of the Soviet Embassy (Vorontsov)Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) and the Minister of the Soviet Embassy (Vorontsov) - 2New York Times
White House Is Planning a Postwar Relief Program — Benjamin WellesThe Big Powers: They Didn't Want This Tragic War — Bernard GwertzmanBangla Desh: The Crucial Fact Is That the Pakistanis Are Hated — Sydney H. SchanbergIndia vs. Pakistan: 'Let Me Get the Hell Out Of Here!'Editorial: Stricken Subcontinent' Mister Comrade, To You!'McGovern Says India Was Justified in Action — United Press InternationalIndia Says Planes Find Orphanage Undamaged — United Press InternationalHigh-Level Soviet Delegation Leaves for Talks in New Delhi — Hedrick SmithBHUTTO SHUNNING CONTACTS AT U.N. — Henry TannerU.N. Observer Unit in Kashmir, Despite Combat, Reports Daily — Sam Pope BrewerBattle at Kashmir River Said to Leave 900 Dead — Fox ButterfieldGeneral Bars SurrenderEvacuation From Karachi — ReutersEarlier Flights Barred — Sydney H. SchanbergBritish Planes Begin Evacuating Foreigners From Dacca After Pakistan Lifts Bar — United Press InternationalINDIANS CLOSER TO DACCA, LAND PARATROOP BRIGADE; REPORT 3,000 PRISONERS — Charles MohrMilitary Situation in East Termed 'Grim' by Pakistan — Malcolm W. BrowneNixon Presidential Materials
Conversation Among President Nixon, his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), and his Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig), Washington, December 12, 1971, 8:45–9:42 a.m.Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, December 12, 1971, 11:04–11:14 a.m.Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) and the Minister of the Soviet Embassy (Vorontsov)Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, December 12, 1971, 10:27–10:37 a.m.Message From President Nixon to Soviet General Secretary BrezhnevMemorandum of ConversationMessage From the Soviet Leadership to President NixonMemorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon — Henry KissingerTimes (London)
The war of the 700 million — Murray Sayle, Phillip Jacobson, Saeed Naqvi, Henry Brandon, Nicholas CarrollU.S. National Archives
Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Eliot) to the President’s Assistant for National Security AffairsTelegram 223704 From the Department of State to the Embassy in India, December 12, 1971, 2250Z — John IrwinTelegram 12414 From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State, December 12, 1971, 0825Z — Joseph FarlandTelegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State — George BushWashington Post
Jessore Cheers Arrival of Bangla Desh Leaders — Laurence SternWashington Star/Evening Star
Mrs. Gandhi's Curious Stand on Bangla Desh — Crosby S. Noyes