Certainly the situation then in South Asia was not basically different than it is now or has been from the beginning. And between July 7 to the 14th our Government had a peculiar opportunity to influence events on the subcontinent. To refresh our memories. the situation at that time in East Bengal was that the Pakistan Army was touring the countryside killing members of the banned Awami League Party. and slaughtering in the process thousands of innocent men. women. and children. Over 7 million refugees found it necessary to flee to India in order to escape the bloody terror of repressionsome 45.000 were fleeing each day. The freely elected leader of East Bengal. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. was still in jail.
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