THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 MARCH 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992551
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 27, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
27 March 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
27 March 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The current situation in Pakistan is assessed on
Page 1.
The situation in Luang Prabang appears on Page 4.
President Thieu is said to have offered Prime Min-
ister Khiem the vice presidential nomination next
fall. (Page 5)
Lanusse takes the Argentine presidency on a ro-
tating basis. (Page 6)
Two days of clashes have been reported in Jordan.
(Page 6)
The Soviets are sending naval replacements to the
Mediterranean area. (Page 6)
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PAKISTAN
The army's ability to re-establish central
government authority in East Pakistan remains in
doubt. According to clandestine East Pakistani
broadcasts, paramilitary forces and troops from
the army's East Bengal Regiment have surrounded
West Pakistani forces in most garrison towns. The
Indian press reports that East Pakistanis have
seized the government radio station in Chittagong,
the province's major port. These reports are un-
confirmed, however
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Reports from the US Consulate-General indicate
that Dacca is under army control and relatively
calm, despite scattered shooting and an enormous
fire which burned through the night in the Old City.
The curfew has been lifted from 0700 to 1600, but
is still in effect at night. Twenty-five foreign
correspondents, including five Americans, were or-
dered out of East Pakistan for their own safety
and flown to Karachi by way of Colombo, where they
were not permitted to disembark.
Yesterday, in a radiobroadcast, President Yahya
Khan tried to justify the military intervention as
necessary to preserve the nation's unity. He accused
Mujib of treason and banned his party. According
to Yahya, in the recent series of meetings to resolve
differences over the projected constitution, Mujib
had insisted on a program that would have resulted
in chaos, and Yahya could not allow "some power hun-
gry and unpatriotic people" to destroy Pakistan.
The clandestine radio claims that Mujib has
proclaimed East Pakistan independent as the People's
Republic of Bangla Desh (the Bengali Nation). Early
today, however, the government announced that Mujib
had been arrested some hours before the proclamation
of independence. Mujib's followers deny this
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