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[News Script: Bangladesh]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about newly freed Bengali leader Sheik Mujibur Rahman arrived in Dacca to the welcome of diplomats and troops there to greet him.
Date: January 10, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bangladesh/ Rhodesia]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Sheik Mujibur Rahman appealing to the Mukti Bahini guerrillas to surrender their arms within the following day. In other news, the British commission is scheduled to visit Rhodesian, Gwelo to access public opinion for a political settlement.
Date: January 17, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Khan]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 8, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Humanitarian Relief to Bangladesh: U.N. Appeals, U.S. and Other Responses, and Problems of Distribution

Description: This report discuses the provision of humanitarian aid in Bangladesh through the United Nations following the 1971 war between India and Pakistan and the difficulties of distributing the aid to the interior of the country.
Date: June 8, 1972
Creator: Christopher, Luella Sue
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The India-Pakistan War of November-December 1971: Background, Causes, and The Role of American Diplomacy

Description: This report discusses the November and December 1971, war between India and Pakistan over the persecution of Hindus by the West Pakistani army fighting East Pakistani rebels in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and their refusal to allow East Pakistan to become independent. The war ended with India's defeat of the West Pakistani army in East Pakistan and the recognition of the new country of Bangladesh. U.S. policy towards India and Pakistan is also discussed.
Date: April 20, 1972
Creator: Niksch, Larry A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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