Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi praised the Indian people for showing utmost restraint and said, “India would do nothing to provoke war”. She was addressing the Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels today.
The New York Times, in an editorial published today, stated, “What United Nations Secretary General U Thant called a “potential” threat to peace last August has become too imminent a peril to be longer ignored by the world organisation.”
Pakistan President Yahya Khan said in an interview published in Le Monde today, “ If the people want clemency for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman I would grant it.”
The New York Times today reported, “From a disorganized, confused band of freedom fighters that moved into action when the Pakistani Army struck in late March to try to crush the Bengali autonomy movement,