INDIA-PAKISTAN DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE 9 DECEMBER, 1100 EST SITUATION REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B01737A002000010037-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 37
• Content Type: REPORT

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India-Pakistan Developments Since the
ecem, er 1100 EST Situation Re. art
1. Throughout East Pakistan, the Indians main-
tain the initiative and are rapidly fragmenting the
Pakistani forces. They claim to have crossed the
ma River at at least two points and to have cap-
east of Dacca, and assert that Dacca is virtually
encircled. In the West Pakistan-Indian area, the
Pakistani advance against Chhamb has won the town.
The Indians claim that several Pakistani attacks in
the Poonch sector have been beaten back with heavy
Pakistani casualties. The Indians continue to ad- 25X1
tared the town of Narayanganj some five miles south-
in the Sind. but they have been virtually un-
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2. The Pakistanis say they suspect that the at-
tack on Karachi harbor on 9 December which damaged
merchant ships was carried out by a Soviet missile
submarine. The Pakistanis say they consider this
possible because their aerial reconnaissance of the
Karachi harbor area after the strike revealed no
Indian OSA class missile patrol boats within 300
ilea of the area. They also say that there were no
Indian aircraft overhead during the attack.
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4. India has announced limited bombing pauses over
Karachi and Dacca to permit evacuation of foreign nationals.
An Indian official in New Delhi stated that Dacca would not
be bombed for a 24-.hour period from 6 p.m. local time on
Friday. This time period will allow 14 hours for repair
of the runway at Dacca and 10 hours, from 3 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, for aircraft to arrive, load and depart. All
planes participating in the evacuation must land before and
after the stop at Dacca at the airport outside Calcutta.
The Karachi airport, which has suffered little or no bomb
damage, will be free from air strikes during the hours 8-?12
a.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
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