1971-06-07
By Reuter
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Refugees cower from monsoon
Lucknow, India, June 6.—Mrs Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister, today described the bloodshed in East Pakistan "as the most unabashed example of the use of governmental violence in human history".
"The international community has a duty to impress upon the rulers of Pakistan that democratic urges cannot be suppressed through armed might", she said.
Mrs Gandhi made her statement in a message to a national convention of minorities in Bangla Desh (East Pakistan) being held, in Lucknow.
Mrs Gandhi said: "When four million people are forced to flee from their homes and their country into our territory through terror, obviously the matter cannot remain an internal matter of Pakistan."
Mrs Gandhi appealed to the people of India to strengthen the Government's hands in tackling the situation created by the huge influx of refugees.
Mrs Gandhi later flew to Calcutta forr crisis talks with the state government—Reuter
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Our Foreign Staff writes: Britain and the United States are withdrawing their envoys from Dacca, it was disclosed yesterday. Mr Frank Sargent, the British Deputy High Commissioner, will be given a new post. The withdrawal of Mr Archibald Blood, as United State Consul General was described by Washington officials as a routine transfer.