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(Studio) Dacca, E. Pakistan, surrendered by Pakistani Lieutenant General A.A.K. Niazi to Indian General Jagjit Singh Aurora, resulting in creation of free Bangladesh state. Happy Bengalis greet Indian troop liberators in streets. Photos of events shown.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Taki, Calcutta, India) Pakistani refugees leave India, en route home. A refugee family profiled. Bengali villages repopulated. Films of Taki India, and Debhata, E. Pakistan shown.
REPORTER: Kenley Jones
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(Studio) War in India still underway. Indian Prime Min. Indira Gandhi calls for unilateral cease-fire. Pakistani President Yahya Khan pledges to continue fighting. Tank battle reported inside West Pakistan border.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(W. Pakistan) Pakistan air force composed of old planes while Indian A.F. large and modern. Pakistani pilots said better as fighting for a cause. [Pakistani PILOTS - say Indian pilots afraid of them.] Pakistan claims air supremacy in West
REPORTER: Richard Hunt
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(Studio) Indian Prime Min. Indira Gandhi sends President Nixon letter criticizing US for allowing war by not securing Pakistani release of Bangladesh leader President Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler reaffirms India's role in starting war.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Calcutta, India) Anti-American sentiment high in India. Demonstrations against United States and for USSR frequent. Indians angry at United States casting of war blame on India. Appearance of United States carrier Enterprise in Bay of Bengal inflamed Indian public opinion further.
REPORTER: George Montgomery
(Studio) Mrs. Gandhi's letter says govts. didn't search for genuine basis for reconciliation of crisis. Crisis reviewed.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Value of dollar down on foreign money mkts. 10 biggest non-Communist trading cntrys. begin talks in DC.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Fin. mins. expected to reach agreement on new exchange rates for world currency. French financial minister says United States to remove 10% import surcharge when this is completed. Admin. denies report, saying exchange rates agreement would be tentative until trade restrictions on United States goods removed and allies agree to pay more mutual defense costs.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
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(Studio) Cuba admits capture of Miami-based cargo ship Johnny Express calling it pirate ship under CIA. Captain Jose Villa and several crewmen wounded. Villa's family goes to Key Biscayne to ask President Nixon's help.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Miami, Florida) Bahamas Line owned by 4 Cuban expatriots who were involved in Cuban revolution; claim ship purely cargo vessel.
REPORTER: John Dancy
(Key Biscayne, Florida) Villa family visits Nixon. [Daughter, Isabel VILLA - says family wants Nixon to bring father, now an American citizen, home.] Photos taken of Nixon and Mrs. Villa. [After talking with Nixon, ISABEL expresses joy at Nixon consolation.] Nixon issues statement deploring attack.
REPORTER: John Dancy
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(Studio) United States Air Force Phantom jet shot down by enemy near Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Colonel Oran Henderson verdict for My Lai massacre cover-up being considered by jury at Fort Meade, MD.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) House-Senate committee compromises on for aid bill, excluding Mansfield end-war amendment.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Mary Ann Harbert reports on 3 1/2 years in Chinese captivity.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Valley Forge, Pennsylvania) Miss Harbert not jailed; lived in guarded commune. [Miss HARBERT - describes daily routine in China, her refusal to make anti-government statements.] Possibility of China's instigating North Vietnam release of American POWs discussed.
REPORTER: Catherine Mackin
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(Studio) Senator Thomas McIntyre endorses Senator Edmund Muskie in his bid for Democrat President nomination
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) 9 Democrats pursue President nomination; winner $9 million in debt at outset. Tax check-off not in effect for this campaign. Telephone, airline debts cause limitation of these services.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Justice Department to help Miami police in Democratic Convention San Diego, site of Republican conv., wants twice as much financial aid.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Police and gadgets used to minimize demonstrations and potential violence. Gadgets listed.
REPORTER: Carl Stern
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(Studio) Hijack of Bolivian airliner to Chile attempted; thwarted when security officers boarded. Hijacker and pilot killed in shoot-out.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) New nation of Bangladesh profiled. 8th largest in world in population; 1 of poorest ($77/yr/person); geographically size of Arkansas. Flag incls. map of nation in gold. Problems cited: returning refugees, rebuilding of war rubble. Pol. turmoil probable with leader in jail; dependence on India necessary.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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