Word: pow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government of India, the country holding the Pakistani prisoners, has perhaps suffered the most from the POW issue and is presently displaying a more flexible attitude in an effort to solve the problem...
...Indians, in addition to supporting Bangladesh and continuing to violate the Geneva accords, have also been accused of torturing and killing prisoners. The Karachi Sun reported on April 2 that India had killed its 43rd POW and that the Pakistani government had demanded an immediate inquiry. Such occurrences have only worked against any settlement of the POW issue...
...fact that India desires to bring about a solution to the POW issue has become increasingly clear in recent weeks. On March 31, Indian Premier Indira Ghandi told an Egyptian newspaper that "India does not want to keep the Pakistani prisoners but wants to turn them over to Pakistan within the framework of an overall settlement of problems between the two countries...
...weeks ago, a special envoy from India arrived in Dacca, the capital of Bangladesh, to discuss the POW issue with Sheikh Mujibur. The New Delhi Statesman reported that the envoy was "seeking to end the stalemate in the POW issue," adding that he would have to go Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, after concluding his talks with Sheikh Mujibur...
Indications that India is wearying of the POW issue were apparent in an editorial published in the April 4 edition of the New Delhi Statesman. "New Delhi is perhaps reconciled to the prospect of some trials being held," the statement said; "all it can hope for is that their number be restricted and Dacca will agree to the release of the bulk of the POWs without delay...