terror and brutality in east pakistan ( us congressional records, may 11, 1971 )

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COP'JGRESSIONAL RECORD - ENAj ~ ~ l n ~ ~ l a - ~ . n ~mat t e r .&us 'andammunition sapplied by uson a gSiLllt basis or an- m-

chases are being used by one side in thise~ntllct. 3ar eCOM& a ~ d S b l X en~blesthe Government of -tan to divert ftrown re~omgso the pmchse at morearmstocarryonthiawar.Ibelieveemis-saries fromWest F%kktanare here rightnow to a& for more arms and more eco-nomic aid. And yet they W ua that whatishappeninginEsstBengslisaninter-naI matter upun which we s h d notexpress our view.In the drcums&Pces. it W P e m methat it is not moush far the senate todemand sumension oi militrvP d d toPakis&n until this contiid is resolved.Under the existine arrangements. themajority of the people of Pstisten w i l lcontinue to be deprived of the benefits ofour economicasaistance. Thereiore.PnMsuch time as this canflfct is resolved tothe satls2acUon of the e l e d d leaders ofEas t Bengal, our ecanomic aid to Pald-stas must be suspended. I stmngly urgethis,becamewhile this conttictIssts.weconomic aid we give to Wdsku~ i l l bcused by West Pdrbtan authorities onlyto suppress the majority fn East B e n d -I am no t advacating interference In

Efegoesan:~t htemala dong streets llncd wi& ram-~ ~ b o d t u h a m b e m b u r i c d l n~ w 6 n ~ s n d ~ w l t h ~ d ~~ ~ l a s e o v a e d d M M c t r A m f o o n dm n o n t h e p a r c h e s ~ a o u w r h i ~ t h c m -se1vcs am unaccllpicd rrrd d?sed

-t&s intend affairs. Iam advocat-ing ourdhemmgement from thiscopdtctTikugh the& of our arms and oure ~ ~ n o m t c s s i s ~n this colltlict, theGovernment of Pakistan haa bolved usin it asa partisan agatnst the mare POW-low part of Pagistan We wgd to dis-engage ou~e lvesrom thts ccuLact aun-pleteiy by stopping aZZ miHtary and eco-nomic assistance to PakistaP We cancnnsider resmnptlon of addance whenchum&mces reassure us that our aa-&tame wi l l resch where it iu mostneeded.The Government of -tan after ex-peIling foreign correspondentsan theeveof military action in East Pakhtan, hasf n v i t e d h s l l a d ~ o f t h e m i a r a c o n -d~tourofEastPagts tanunderapal lof heavy casaship.One d he priVnegecumspondenta,m. !&.lcOtm W. rown,reported, in The New York TLmes ofm y 7:Pmm a hellcopter dying over the easternreg!on d Eost PaListon. or?rt des&ucUone o P l d b a ~ L u ~ r a d a b g e s . . . Ar i s l t h e r a b r ~ t t o a d t y o f d a ob t la....d g s r t r r a m a ~ u k o f p e o g i e a t ~ e ~ ! s e tplace aha CBfdplly saluted pt%s?hgumy+P, h4 dtY athrPllY

ThisQnatthestoryofaminortn-kmal matter of Iaw and order. Whatthge press dispatches indicate b a ter-rible msyacre: It is a proper matter ofinternatiMal mterest snd world can-demnation I..& the Senate candann it;and let the Seaate ask the adminhh-tian to raise the matiter in agpropdateb-t e r n a t i d forums such aa theEconomicand SxW Colmcil w i th a view to seeg-

ing redresiof the grave violationsof hu-man rights involved.If we condone the happenings in Eastp a g i s t a l i n s n e n c e . t t u s ~ e d y w i l l ~be compounded. Reingees are s t resrmngout of East Wdstan, and the JndfsnGovernmeat has announced t h a t it Isalready host to some 2 million East Ben-galis who have fled. In East BePeal iDreli.wi th the disuption ofmxmaJ We andcommlmicatlons there, s the threat dfamine; there also is the &rest of thespread of cholera and typhoid and otherepidemics.Such calamities are M respectam ofnational boundaries and intkatlanalfrontiers r do ~t haw the pGovernment of Pagisbn is go& to beable to deal w i t h those thrests w i t h itsreso- depleted to banlauptw by awar it cannot afford. and the malaritg ofits population already alienated.It is necessary that the pressme of in-t e r n a t i d opinion be brought to bearupon that Government to create condi-tions in East Bengal in which the neces-sary relief can be provided to milliansof people who have auly known denial,exploitationand repression,and now, forno fault of theirs, face the threat ofdecimation by famine and tpidemic.I a& nnarrimoua consent that theitems o which have eferred be prfntedin the R e m .There being no objection, the itemswere ordered to be printed In the Rnc-om, 0s follows:

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(-eQ R a n ~~ MichelLeurent x%l tn Dacca, 0 0 apt- af mst~ w h e n t h e P o L i s t P n i ~ ~down on the Bengali Lndsg- mars-. m e p t . l ' T ~ ~ ~ t O t b d r h Q t C LBut LaTUent waded m bm and torPeddeoPstPtcd uam of tho city Warn bedaga p p u y ~ v t t h o t h e s ~ ~ t h eWeekQA) (B y Mlchel IAUnmt)DmxS. EAST PAKmrm.-The PPLtstrnim y t&cked the Bcngall lndep~mdenca-nt m Dacfa without aMfne hIus-day nieht .qd took tho P- by rrpgilw.Tha .rmp'ii Amerkan I624 -. Uturrrgm d i n i ~ d e s t ? o g c d ~ p a r t a a f M?Skistan's lugest dty .nd pmPindrl gpi-talThe ehid torgsts- he mi-, m epopukms Old Clty ahem Bhdk MujlburB a h m s n s n d h i l s A ~ ~ ~ a t n l n g -=st, aadtho ind-uess onmeoutddmaf tae dty at 1 3 Jnlmonpeaple.Pahep67#30pe=msaaratl l ledtnMeprov-hcu capital slonaToFplpgthe8MIlbmPipsbst t ;2e~&t-- y m d J a t e r d s y , - f o - i t h e ~b o d i ~ a i ~ & ~ d e ~ C ~ W I L n t h s i r d c l r m i --Y -Th e t adu had mida dlraet hits cm ' t h edonalturic~A- ram had been haally dl ld fnat the Ja-th C o l l ~ :(10mhdeniaw tmrqarted ldud ln 1qb.l Hall About M bodlam a t l l l o n t h a g m t w i a n d b t h e M -tori-Roops nporteQy &ed-nto M em r d i c a l c n l l e g e ~ t a l b u t t h e ~ t y t o nt h e r e w a a n a t ~Th- ded the city wltli only wh r t* - J l d ~ . Q O P l b p a a h e d ~ l o a d c dwlth faod snd cloths Only r f w UZSOIMre- to g depib th4orders oZ the mill* reghe.

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DACCA. Earrr P-An--In the name d'GQd and 8 united pakishaa DBC(a in acrushed rad mshtened city.a r b 34 hours oi smung by a t a ofthe -tan army u many as 7.WO peopleare dead. Iarge- f the dty have beenlevded. md Eost Psgistap'r Qht lor inde-pendence has been put to aa end.Desptta daims by Reddent Agha Muham-mad Yahp&hn, head of F%kMaz'a mLUtaz-g- that G u dtauuOLI b dm. alate rs Sunday t h o ~ d ar people w a n*ulg to t&a c o u n ~hs ci* -e r e r L m o s t d ~ m d t h r l u g h t e r wcoptinulng La other psrb of the pmrince.Th u e c o y n o d a u b t t h a t t h e d r m y a p s l zwnIzza1 of al3 the tawm md major papubt l o p e a n t u s a o d t l l a t ~ c a aand appszntly Ine~Tcctlve.As af Sunday. pe@n mure 6W.l bdng ibeat what appeared to ba the lIl@ltcsL provaa-ttoq bldldbg3 were atlU kFPg datroycdand the military rpprared to be mcfs determtaed than ever to- ts control Ovathe 731311engalue In Ps&ataaAlthough an accurate estimste of dvmalcgsualtia la Impestble. reporb dltaring Ltram 0utlyIJ.lg ucae, w u d t n g Chitta%on

ComLlla snd Jessom. put the d m . M u dLng Dacca. st &bout19.000 d e d .D-TH, D m C Z D O n OBVIOVS

The extent Of death and d inDpao- bvloua: Students d a d in thclbeds. butchem tn the markem klued behin~ ~ ~ n m d J l t l d r s p b u r n edeath In t h e house. PakWmi8 of Hindrellgiau shot enm, and shoppinvars nrzcd by lke. By Sunday,the PatistrPflew over nearly every bullding 0 hdQMlIltprl asualuu am not known but rLest ro1dlen ham been wounded mdOMomnrUlIed.~ae~cngallaprmngsrrmcdtooverrmtha moment. Sheik mfl?nRaPhman wswn away by t b umy mnearly all thc top members of bla Awam~ l s c t i o n h a m . I s o k m u r c s t e dLeading pouuut rctivtsB rn urrskdo t h a r a ~ ~ m d t h e a m a'newspapers that supported Mujlbas independence nbxement- edmpd.T a e ~ e a r g c t o f u m y t a n h t h a t m l lfnta DUXA Thursday -ht m a the studentAn eqtlmsted three battaliom of tmDpwere used in the attack an -PB.' s imamc one rrttlIery snd om? infantrymq started leaving the bamaCk3 ahafubdam 10 pm.By 11 p a . m g ad broken out. m d thp e o p l e w h o ~ s t r r e e d t o ~ y e r c c t m n lshift. ~~~ sa. tm~~, h u n i t h . co- pip-early czmmltla aa the troops rolled Int.to-m l p b ~ a a r n c d e h a t ~hqpaahg, but he refused to 1 hth o u e . " V I ~ o L n t o h t d i n s t 2 1 q ~ bthe whde oi Dsaer.t, lnd me.**side whe 6caped urmt. y?mT h e ~ t s ~ P l s o ~ b p i tw h o m ~ ~ U P d l e t c r s a i d m m e t h a umcp muld OPlY be urata&. Lcd by Ama i c anauppUcd M-W WarWar 11 tanka. one column Oi trmpl apeto Dater University dtorUy atter m(.lnlrrkTmopstoak ~ 5 t h c B r i t l e h Ca n d ~ l t a u a n r e ~ t a s h cdormttary-Caught bgsurprhe, mum a Q Q a t a d d s mW e d tn 4bPl Hall. h a s d m oi th'mtlltantly a n t i g a v ~ ~ m m tt u h f r Ub i~ s s h c l l s r L a m m e d l n t a * e b u u ~:roome raa spnyed with &

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May 1 1 , 1971 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- ENATwo days later b o d i a were sUU hmoulda-mg i n theh bvncd-out moms, 0th- werescattered outside. mom &?atul in a W YM e , so art -dent lay sprawledm isessal. seven tcscaers dled Ia their quarksm d a family of 11 were gunned dow Mthey bld In an outhouse.The milltury removed msnp uf the bodies,bu t the 80 bodha s t i l l thar could neverhave uxoanta d for all the blood In the cca-ddors of Lqhal Hall.At another &all th e dead were buried bythe mldivs in a hastily dug maas gmve, then

bulldozed over by t a z h .People living near the univcnlf werecaught In the h,oo, rnd 200 yard8 ofshantly housa running alangskLa a rrLlwsyline were destroyed d w he at&ck&my pa trob .Iso - a -y marketarea. Thc saidim nca down between th e~ ~ t J l + i r o - u t h s p r ( c p t . mdays later. when P ~ s s aa+ihle to get out8n4ewUltlUa,wmcofthemcnweresM1lylng rs though sleep. aelr blanketa pulledu p mu he k shoulders.I n t h e s a m r d i s t r k t t h e D e c c a ~Callege received dLmt bszooka m and mme -MYamsgtdA s th e untPvstQ came under attack.columns oi troops moved lnon tha &labyh e e d q w r r f u s d t h e ~ F n H s t a n p c l l a o nthe otha slde of the dtr.Tanks opened &e ibt, nd then thm troop6mooed in and leveled tha men'a despFngquarters. dring Lncandlsry munds into thebuildings.It W ?U Mt by people livingopposite. how many dled bat out of 1.lmpdtcc bssed that not manf are bellwed tohave acrpcd

LPYOHm EllA S t h i s ~ g ~ L n g ~ ~ a t h C r ~ B h s d n u -rounded Mujib's h o w . Whm e o n ss h e efore 1 a= Frldap. ha aaid he wasexpecting an attack my mirruta rod that heha d sent evngonc except hia m t s nda bodyguardaway to aarety.A nclghbormld thrrt at 1:10 rm a t m L ,anu~mredcarmdtrucblaadedPr i tbtm~~sdrove down the street dring aocr thc hoarr"Sblek you a o u l d eom+ chm."m omcercalled to Mujib in EngUah u hey rbppcs

outside. Re replled by rtcpphg out on o hiabalcony md aaylng. "Yea, I m a mudy butt h e r e i s ~ n e e d t D ~ . A l l y o u ~ ~ d t o h a wdone 8 allnb? on Uw trlcphoae .ndI wouldhave came."T h e o m c C r t h e n ~ L n t o t h s g a r d e aOf thc house ond told Mulib: TOUe U-trrted"He waa taken away slang with tbrea aem-mta, m .I&d his hod- who wa sbadly besten when he stmrkd to b w a l t WOBhr. One man w tu Hlled-a night watch-man hi- behind the f c n a of thc h ~ u a snart door.By1am i J r u v c r e bp r n i p s aUav aM4dtr, frappe had occnpicd the antversi8 .ndwmup* w. &a ahwttng a t 8hldentaatm in llidtng md were repbdng BepgaIti p d e p ~ ~ d e n c agn with PakMml nstionslflagr.There w m rtLZl heavy s h e w tn mmeucu. bat the ng)lmWE3 bc%nntps toslacken.Oppoalte theX n t e r c a n ~t a l otel whereforeign )omnull& wem detained, a platoond t r o o p s n l x c m d t h 4 e m p t y ~ o f T h 4P - P ~ ~ p c r p c r mning it- ungW t h m o s t h ~ t n f h e u e s a a d L i l l L P g rnight vatalmau

~ n r m ~ W E O r m r r sB ut t ha w o rrr t ~ y e t t o t o mrA t n~ I mt dda ym y , grin w i t h o u t warning, .Q)1- aftnwpn poured FptD the old &on of thedty w h u c more tban a mLUt011 people Ilvei n . rprawung ai nurma -strrctaPcrf-brntrt11haun,thcy toEpkW+UcdUyd e . M t e lrrp =the"old Town" a3 I t la &ed where Mum hs dMme or his strongest support oi thc peopleinDseeaThey mddealy appeared at thc end of

the atmet." ilnCd O M old man. %en theydmPe down it drfng Into sll the hou8es."Thc lead -anft -sm followed by mldiemcangtng ans oi gawIlpe. Tlrose who triedto escape were BhOt. ThQBO who stayed w 5 eburned all=. About 700 men, women andd t d there that day ncvnm d t p mThc 8amB waa repeated in a t I d brwother rrcu, Ul of them covering myfihtzauptoaha l fmi lea rmam.& ~ m , ~ w r l d ( r r a t O O L t h D W ~t a e y m P l d a m l y v i t h M t m l a t m c k S dr P o r r d o o b O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ & lt h e O l d ~ w e m . I r a a t t s c l c c d' T m l l o o ] d n g f c ~ m Y ~ l a h - a p c -n c a ~ ~ o n ~ y m o r n t n g u~ w a n d e r e d ~ t b n d l m o i o r r a o f ~ eb r e u r r r ' T h s v o M O l n m y ~ . n d r rt a r I b s v e a P l p ~ a o 0 f ~ ~ -~ d t h r , b ~ m a m a c r a a f t h e c r r t m~ i n ~ t D o L ~ l n f h r ) ~. r e a o f t h a O l d ' I b a e ~ t h e ~m d e t r i e ~ ~ o o C a r ~ k t n w lm d ~ a w t t h c g n h g r o a p sT b l r u e a . t o a , w a . . Q L ~ ~-- - . W~ ~ a n 4 t r o o p r Q r ~ E M t B a n g l r e g i -~ t ~ b e l q g ~ i n ~ m b p l c h r t a~ ~ ~ ~ ~ L n d ~ u aar thr, cltp-mngl .pd 1~ 1 0 ~ i t o n r t a e e l L t g e c n t a a a d ~u u a af ldWk q o r t ar Mujib.auluaued la these- mtll eazfy~ Y ~ . b u t b p t ~ o f 0 5 ~k b * e M - w b p R i d B y

~ o f t h . L - . . . o . w y ~ -~ ~ p . p ~ . I t M f a q . Y r a a t h a n ~~&hsdtaLmrhcl t erIn irrumcaBvhrrn-nehada?ted.A t 4 p J a L ~ y f o u r ~ ~ ~ i nthr ,rodarrgddc .AbnI fhorPttu tbrbul ld -ing- n m-. By 88-7 nuuniaga n t J u l a ~ ~ o f . b t d ~h u d c a e d ~ ~ ~ ~ w t .~ ~ f - t h e y . p p s M d t b r ~d l a r w an the- n Bstmday~ t h a r a c H o ~ f h c ~ e mr a r l d b e ~ r n l u L 7 a J n P m M 4 p m r .I t - ~ t h s m u t i . l L w n g a l r --hrnntaPaw--*,-i n spra - P m dQ dai nO . n~ m w -m e n t ~ t o r e p o r t b . c L t o r r o r t r r r dh r S ~ c r o n s d ~ t U b s h . p d a lin*-.

-a* b a r n - d - pmm ta ~emumom sun.w.c l n n lstopped and 8a the w came up m eerlaa I c n a a t t I d a v e r t b e d ~ , ~ ~-m-A---~ p k k l y d e d ~ ~ ~ l ~ o f t & e c m c a r r By Jahn L Wcmdnxff)a n d t h e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t r o a p e a r ~L C 9 u W A f o m . ~ ~ . g o , ~ ' ~ c s tbr O B UWpPing-up opat l rmr -y antd it emld nnt and 101-

diemandhsUeoptersmEadBengaltosvmmiv013 d the cyclone that toDB hundreoi thoasnn$s oi uvea ln the mauth or tGanges-Ittmops.ndhelimptaswerrmovfrom West Zndis might attrcB tArlny sPld ~ t i m che Army Statemel m 3 i s e w Q Z n d i a o p e s L n ~ I t s a lr c l i c r a i d f m t h e F p e l ~ ~ ~ ~ . )

'%anmmR"- AnTa- bould ~ UICUY appealPPbidan toatop blocdahed. In aR mnsdens c r l e o f U l U q d c m a o d s w e d o ~ ~''RepTtn n l t d n g ou t d M akw

sugged Uaughter to anprecedentad deg8s Resident Yshya Eahn army seeks tomewith 8amga hasamha t e force irscfothat h underd nation#. .. ageat nel s tostopLl ll lpgrodgctnl idsuppl ies.ndAewzdard should BY M."Today, thst eame West Prldstan Ans h o ' J m c v a y ~ o f b s L n g p r e p s r c d t o sita lnstddla tomola populousB& Be-Ifv ,n rn all-out eUm to shootdeath them t a fhit December's lecuoNo room rnnrlnr for doubt u ta $Punjabi-domhaM my ' s -tiongo the whole distpna.For the only justmcatiaa thrrt d d~ f o r t h e g r L L y ~ d rThursday and =day mmklbe a total Pictoof bulletd ow the nunPiolrnt attempidt h e ~ t o p u t L n p o ~ r a u @ m u rhsd akted in palling muctloned by tdrmp- - OuBm -=~ e n t a i n t c r n c d l e s t eek a t tplwh Daaa In-tal Hatel com ~ y f r a g m e n t s ~ w b t l m 30~trddb-sew ~OIdLcrs.haotiPgh* dbadfnS3.a -g(lp Op+pipS UP 00dopo mpt]r-hBpdcd yatha, tha Anny rt l n g n r u t o d ~ ~ p l s a s .Bu t two Emapean newama evaded tdr m yondr taye dbe bi ndafe we xtr a~ d t h c y ~ t ~ t o u r ~ r m ~ a b ta g e b d a r e ~ ~ f o P n d a r r t a n d B p cT h d r r q m r b h . v r e D n d n n r d t h e wb ~ d ~ w h o ~ i m l y at h e ~ o f n n n n r r r r p o rlonged bursts at ma&jn+gun and am*ZMtie-rth nm Coming hPm the new apP(IaimIccn U n l m t y , ~ ~ t w u l m rb a d l u g s tEa sky tor holPI wtheir aamea

aun---u n d r c Q d ~ ~ v e r c b a r n c d rtheir hula pad hundreds more vac buri P a m a s l ~ ~ ~ .t h e t w o n c a r m r t n w h o ~ t h e y t o m-.They also comlrmd prcviQIU Telinbledl o m s t l c ~ t b . t l u p ~ a l tb a o U ~ v e r r , ~ m d M ! t .t ~ r e s t d e u t r a h o t w hThe only bond between West Pmkba n d ~ ~ t h 8 n m w~ A n n y I t a U 4 t h c r ~ ma b L c h t h a d t V i d d ~ W U e r a t ahsm agsht -11-bsusum raugmn md m w h mZndtr raspartltl-men todry, the &my exewnen its auth1 t y l l l t h e ~ o r ~ b b m i c .PaUsbnl Yet tmrning a human bcfng. adead, i POEgy f-blddrp bl~ 0 - mtb I* k w ismc r i m s c h . r l s d t o ~ w ~MusumB.such upon renow MUSUIW inn a m a c d ~ ~ l t z t e a n b a~ a ~ c g a o l o t h e r l d o h r r r r p l~ a ~ i r c n n ~ w e t i t p . l d s f 0~ y a I r e a d ~ l a c t i n s . i d , o n l ~ bznim vicbfy. bnd mg militpry-eq* gnndng. not - blol h c d u t h r 3 ~ ~ . - f at h e ~ ~ i n d c e r d c b - - s P p 8 8 1 ~ tC l m e a ~ t o h o a c o oh a d u l c U l e t e a f ~ r p ~ p p ~ * ~ -

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(Bp-a 1T h c P ~ k m ~ l a r l l e g e d t o b a v e ~r w .r or maddc EW P me ob-jactlve h ulcl to k,the ellmbstbn of thepalltical md LpwlectLlaI leadership, and ItmQht well have bctn a v t d .O l d ~ e ~ u ~ r l s o s P l d t a h a v *bcen rcvlvcd T h a w & Of HLodUd M a-lagad to have been a l a agbm by Mnsllnr-& amt o-.cbvgea - n b n -don yesteday by 8 young mur who hitD a c c r t a r l l u t l l b w e e k r i t r r s p l n d l P g t h a

t(p0 y there. roc many rra;wuu MEnamscnnnotbetoldad.lnitIknovhimtobe a Level-haadtd .ndresponsible m6zl.E b c o n u r m d t b . e B b . t L h ~ l b u r B p h -msn. th# EMt BQnga lodu. aerped the- bu t 11 manbaa of hla bodyguardwremedThe ShrtLh w uratcd by troqx laatThwday, held lp the LSdrmfa &hod fa r torodam.d henmwn to We s t PoldshP. E O laGbcvea be hald Ln M p l t a nAexudbg to tbb lnformrmt, spatkm of physical 8nd psychol~gldde-a h c t i o n became ap-t e v e n d- then.mt Zllght of nghtlps on March 15.rttcr. lt keama clear that certain P w mh a d h t n & l & e d t o b a t b n r l ~ o i a u n -p L U y ruwtraLPcd b m .~ L n d p d e d A ~ L c r g w ~ . s N -dents ( who M the masf rrdMdthsLMgw).pmiawnmdthalr-.md any Hlndu whO muld be foaod.The Army- ad r p p ~ t l ycondudad tbst the were the nu -elcus of a utura Be- - ove-ment. The prorefaam represented tb-akktan lntaulguliak vim far thr, admini-strstkm of r frrtrve bldqa&nt Bmga.T h e r r r s o n f m k i l U n g t h e A r s m i ~leaden- eli-crldert. A# for th# mndas.my inionnant ls can- that tho troop

v u r ~ t . o E e l l e v e ~ t h e y w e r e u m m a l l g nforcebehind the aeccssioPLtmov-t.N o singla obrvre? cDuld poardhly hUVO 0b-served all that we nt on during the five d.pof nghung, b u t w m t f o a ov r mad m yseen.A t tasu n t w f r M u s , the rratdeutlaldarlBitorJ J-th Eall. vaa-or Elndu atudalta. TAak eacka lad to thew a U o f t h e c o m p o o n b . w h t e h M k mblasted dovnOutsIda ttta brdldlng t?aem w u r trashmsss gmve. In- b k d shcrmcd tmme v a y r o o m w ~ h d ~ b e Q l I n o t c d .Thae were bodla d d x a 8 - y - W menIn tb4 lmmna' sear w.In, the atprtzwlb d the faculty staa.~ d r a r ~ e ~ . b o t d c d I n t h e l r b c d kT h e d a d b o d l a a l w h 8 t . p ~ t o ~ -en* kmlly at . senior pmial58m. werefoand In urethra spatment.outside wem seen tb4 bodla of rtudent~still c Lthk. or bamboo *vm. mt h d r h . n d s . ~ ~ M o o d y f ~ t a o nthm central &bk880, m d apldchcs ai bloadtrickled down ths l n r l l oS the build-inn.

TbCs la wbnt rrpp n933dly- t d-l P w 8 & u l r c o w l t d w ~ t ~ d ~u m n r r e d a p o r t h o ~ ~ a n s ~ a r t a o f t t ~ropcPtr received frhndn kriora heM t D r a .TM Anny m o w d Lp. Lp f m , to OCUm~ p o i n t 3 a r ~ t o w ~ Y b e r o m m t d -night on lbr& 15. Raddaut YshJI KhanbpdQpvtc dfm gr r r c h i op l y . favhopnbmfayr .nd tho mmmptlop - hat theon his pemnaal Lnamcttona.-z-to 0nd. q - 7had heen rPrned O .lot to -a 8 l lt h e approactlea to th4 Cantaammt M y.ttcr RMLdent'S dqartmo. Burloderb d F c r t e i n l y ~ u p ~ O U t ~ e t t I r ,.Pd!namml. ia(9ht ImMnaorrths~d.y.~ c c h a d o i t h t h e w n r e d a o f d r i n g ~-rJ .rtinery. -rJ mdatba sutam&c vespon6.Thrm gbu t the night. them ass he gtMa l k g e ~ . n d t R c a r ~B y & v n . r k g e ~ d ~ ~ ~ ~mach 02 th4 city uld dritted d&y narul-oRtdr b d he wealthy 8uburb of Gul-.bPn.?Yreaware . trrorcanIntheBl lml8re8, the Icma al eommllnal- aullarLntlmmnnth.A " r h o a t t o k S l l n c r P l a w ~ ~ u p mthe city an March !m. saldim wum aeonw i t b rntaputlc wespona st the h o m aof Colimd eknml. a rrtllrd Beagal &myonker.S h o d i n g . n d ~ e o n t L p a r Q ~ g . h t h ex l l g h t . b u t l m ~ , m d ~ d e w u I a aduel for f i n hourJ on 987 hfscchn.O t a i p s s w a R t h m u g l l t h t ~ ~ o itac dty. d d m y d -a m d ~~~'hats 'IIP~- varyrhem.nl the alder p u t of the dty, neu thepdies slum, uam alm@eta d-euoneverywhere. Itm that rhe d ya t m n g ~ t o t h a d r m y t o o L ~~ r t t h t l l e h e l p o i p o l l # m c n . n d ~O f t t l e M ~ ~ m e y R r 8 ~ dto ban bean nmmacrd* tcmalty.B r t a g w a - - , b e = w * l - "t a e ~ . M Q t o ! r t h e m ~ o p l y . ebudle ol dotha.T h 4 ~ e w p a s a @ n l K t c d o g B P n d a y t o.Dav- o buy food. b e a m Hewh k & M s h m t m m m y dcsgopcdA t t h e B a m n r ~ . t h a * dv i U a g e s 8 a d ~ o f E l n d a ~nas brrrd and -1y d m ybodlea wW?a seen Ln the rubble. sad tbo f e w~ ~ = w u r a d = i e d r r r d ~ -ned. /m e eopuludaudrawn maq that EUL PaL-i?rtazlrocrldberftbodpolttlcsl.ndLrrtd-. k&er=hQ far st least 8 decade. andpa-ps ..-a . , . .. 3 .

-- In tw o ai thr otd dm l8rg-t bnsurs,ant enidrely mndu and the other pmdau-lnmlt1y 60 . the or &sd .ndbadng~ ~w ammo v c r p o r c r i n O t h 6 t t h a am -~ V l r L k d ~ r i t h c M I b a O w t h ~n a r a . A t ~ ~ a r m d g h t ~ V e m~ l n ~ ~ e o r r u f n e d b u t x ~ ~an- ump.I n ~ h o r r r r e . m y t n i ~ m w t h e . t l l da a n n ~ o l . m r p r h o h d b e m a . h o tt o d e d & m t n a t a W a r a . I t ~ ~by his wailing vlva.~ t h a t b w a a e a r q i a g r ~ h a s nthe A* I u g w la&er; maah mamrB s h n u n ~ ~ p c a l l n g t O ~ B r l t k h ~ :D t s c r l M r y t t M ~ L n ~ ~ - ~s d d : ~ m F U t u J ~ t h m ~ a p n n ?m d v h e n t b p e o p l a m n o u t ~ r h a t t h a am t & * n t s ~ ~ t r p b . ~ l d ~~ m d 1 ~~ ~ . n d E I p p o p n m ~ V ~ ~ ) h . L D g-y, no mattar w h e a e r rt wumen orchudmn'On tho way to th e &pol% I saw .bout

la, bulhl eollccted tugathand thebkda w u c eating&emmMr. dlsnr aaid OM-tbird aS the a b UDsces Upivanity were dead and atildapw e r e U l l a d i n t h d r b e d ~ H a ~~ ~ p o l k a o m a rwith rtln pans."S7dkh Mullbur Bahmaa ha =id, h& h ! m z t o b ! l l B r i t r l n * m d t h ~ ~ h o kWOrLd oi the terrible aitwtlan the Bengauiacing." -[prom br New Y a k Tbaa, Apr. 11.1971AN XzmrxN~~A-?Wuhlngeon Is f o I l o w l q r daqmoml h o h t 4 u g h t c d p o l l e y I r r a m t l p ~that tb m P.Lishpt xn=m ~ a 0 tdaughtar of dem0~1UcaUyOkded h d eu a d ~ o n a i t h a m a j d t yU f x i t n E M t ~ L ~ y. p t nmattar." Altbaqh the umy sppan tohthe BengaIi rrprfslPg undQ COLI tml tor mmoment, th4 blmdbath ln Igan%n himMdhts sad law-run l m p l i c a ~m~ewaTld~ammapl tycasnaf8urdbig~ b ammedbtsntemsaam cancers mub e d o r t J m h a m r n ~ ~ I n EThe rlrrnghba of rdstum .nd l

-t drrlllsru, a pdd l y Mmbcrs cd PtentLal leademhip groups, apgcus to be-FouLng. Atareover, the djsmpum Ot enamiemdooci . lWecauaedbyUmnghtb bound to ereatb a- hardship ovr p s o l o a g d p e r l o d . T h a u b r m pto Jurrtllg 8 b o n g p l c ~y the world mmualty far m~~ d o hioos h e d m d f a r t h e . d r i r r r d o P o i I n d em l l c l ~ l nT h s ~ ~ t l t a d f h U mt h t a c o n d l c t . n I n ~ ~ b ytempUngtoplamthabhmefarRengallr- n ndghbarLns India If deeu.or prorolmny -Tatmi-OVSCES w mwcd M i e722%!t!etqmanmdlamdp.stam mald uplodm into s war mi@q u l d y tnrolve one or mom of me mapva 1114mted Iat!nxM secmlty camdl and Its membar data hrm not only &r l g h t m t h e ~ b ~ t o & r P ui n ~ p o v r r t o t r p t a f ~ m.-=an*-A p ~ 1 yarrvy burden of rupcmbUty f d l s on he U d t d Btrh Gorapmednce W-.% rnns pro- - rdpal muscle of W u i FaUshm'r nrillpower and drncriean eamomLc aid d le o r n e ~ y e r u d nGomrnmmt'r aurvirrl W haw~ ~ t m s u p p o r t ~ tdwelopmcnt in Pakwan. Coatlnocd Wbacklng fortm rnilltuy roghle InWauubC P P d y b a d t O ~ f o r t~ I n t e r e a t S O P t h e m dconunant -

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May 11, 1971 CONGRESSIONAI, RECORD- ENATEeven an the prchm ofw. hleh them-selves M lmocmpM And c h s dAuthorltiea sid th& af a h a v n y umedB e P g a l l ~ i W = ~ o i r b o a L 1 r n . n r r r -1 y . u h a d a r n ~ ~ t a s a g h t l n g . mwera n(d to han bean en-muh c d rad rrmcd *th mLchina guns. marbn And rackat la-4lugelyOf--0 m d . t ~ ~ m a t . b e f o n t h a ~ -meat l o l d i aa tank the ckQ, thrBen@& badk u u d a . t l c a s t 1 . 6 0 0 B l h o r l o r n o n - ~rtsldcnta. drmJ andab intmdpetd corm-q o a d e n t a t o ~ v h o a a i d ~ h s d k a ra l l l a u g h t c r a f ~ ~ i a b y t ? M d a m i -ant Bcng.li group lcd by mom- Of UiaA d e . ba polltlal party that wanoutlawed by tho oplzsl -t w#rra t t e r f h c m L Z i ~ ~ b e g a n i n M ~ -PtPnonlluch26.['ThemWeM lpoa non-Bengrrllr rhue I1 1 V d md now themM 25 ~ V O n : The 1~ t c d ~ q ~ t h e ~ t p a s t -maaternhavlngsatb] IOmws from Warrt Pnldstan Q-%t h e f o r c r s o c e a p y L n g ~ ~ d c c l l n n t Q 'd b c h a overall amlalty ngura ill Mymul-6klgh Dlstrlct, which la dMcrlkd M themnmt popalout dngu dlsmnt in .1lMUthA s k Such dgurea. ln m y ama. may not beknown."Them vem m many badlea hem: oneomcer &dm% impodbh to identifythem or bury them.'He a8ld they had to be Uuown into theErahll8putl?3m9ar.a t r i m f the OangPrP a r t h . k s t t a o m c m t h . , f t k ~ m R a n Ma l r r r l ~ h v e k e n g r t h c r i n g I n t h . a e 8 .ThenuinIrmdlifehm app~pt lyac-~ i n t h e n m l & u l d f n l i t g I c w e 8 O P C d d 4Mymgemlanh. md in c h a t o f hub a thadbealburpedtothcgrcmnd.n l D a c c a , c r p i t r l o f M ~ o o m -m e n b wem &own three ~ P Q Saidt Q h r v e k m e a ~ f m n l ~ ~ a findltraun# Indian f- lnalde Pakw8n.

-coIIMLsmwmaT h 4 t h r c c m c n r r l d t h a t ~ h d h mm l t t o ~ b a r d a p a B a a d h d m -m o v e d t h i r r m i t ~ b e f o m ~ t h eimntlcr. p.Lbtrp1 a-tlco nidthat meqhad upturd nm mdlml border gnard. in I .a l l . a n c o f t h e m ~ c dT h c r s r c a r m l l t t l c q u a u o n a t ~ p o i n t Ithat the .rm~in lnrn l lmntmlOf .11~jor~ ~ o l k s t P - . ~ d a h L c h h a v ak e n e v r a s t e d hy at lcut half the red-dmta.brmyomdr l rM id th . tpOck&a i r raM-rpee eoptinne. Thr*maid that attempt. had Ib a z r m a d e t a b l o r ~ p M d g u a a d o t h a ~ ,of m m 7 n ~ t l O n ut that march-add*rtroyo w - vitb hallcopkr mppart w e nmpiay n a t d bmg-.

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