Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio) Indian troops surround Dacca, E. Pakistan. Orphanage nearby bombed. India to cease bombing of Dacca and Karachi, West Pakistan, for evacuation of foreign ntls. India captures 2 more E. Pakistan towns on banks of Ganges R., crosses Meghna River, sinking enemy ships. Chittagong port bombed; foreign ships damaged. In West Pakistan, Indian ships bomb coast near Karachi where London ship damaged.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Hili, E. Pakistan) Indians meet heavy Pakistani resistance at Hili, though Pakistanis cut off from supplies and outnumbered.
REPORTER: Bert Quint

(Studio) In Calcutta, India, India's Chief of Staff in E. Major General J.F.R. Jacob replies to questions about captured Pakistanis.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Calcutta, India) [JACOB - says POWs realize Pakistan is losing, due to cuts in communications, supplies; will continue fight.]
REPORTER: No reporter given

(Studio) India repulses E. Pakistan air sweep across Kashmir.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Kashmir, India) Indians have harder time in west as West Pakistan has air support Journalism tightly controlled.
REPORTER: Richard Wagner (narrates)

(Studio) CBS has 8 reporters in E. Pakistan; unable to send film. Pakistan agrees to United Nations cease-fire and withdrawal proposal; India refuses until E. Pakistan Bangladesh government recognized.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite