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...bring about international intervention. Should a U.N. peace-keeping mission be sent in, for example, pressures from the Indian side of the border would be greatly alleviated, allowing the Pakistani troops to concentrate on subduing the Bengali rebels. For precisely the same reasons, India is seeking to avoid intervention???on the theory that such relief would enable Yahya to avoid a political settlement and thus prolong the refugee burden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: India and Pakistan: Poised for War | 12/6/1971 | See Source »

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