Mr. Speaker. on Sunday. August 1. 1971. 40.000 people packed Madison Square Garden in New York City to hear concerts by two members of the original Beatles rock group and other entertainers. The proceeds were donated to the United Nations to be used for the relief of the millions of suffering refugees in East Bengal. At the concert. a petition was circulated and signed by more than 5.000 people. The petition urges the U.S. Government to protest the atrocities being committed at that time by the military government of West Pakistan and tc stop all U.S. aid to that government.
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