October 23, 1971 (vol. 82, iss. 38) • Page Image 1
…Crisis in Bengal: EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was corn- piled from news service reports of the conflict in East Pakistan. The flight of millions of Bengali ref u- gees into India to escape devastating civil war in East Pakistan has set the stage for a major confrontation on the subcontinent with the threat of a big power showdown lurking in the wings. In the stiflingly overcrowded border districts of western India an estimated nine million Be...…