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East Pakistan SurrenderEnds FightingDaccaHaltOrdered in WestBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Indian army triumphed on its eastern front today with the unconditional surrender of Pakistan’s army in East Pakistan. Then the Indian government ordered its troops on the western front to stop fighting Friday night in a unilateral cease-fire.The Indian Cabinet’s decision to call a pause in the Kashmir area was made in the face of a declaration by Pakistan’s president that he would carry on the war with India until the “occupied areas are taken back.”In announcing the Indian government’s decision, an official spokesman said: “We have repeatedly declared that India has no territorial ambition.“Now that Pakistani armed forces have surrendered in Bangla Desh, and Bangla Desh now is free, it is pointless inThe Pakistan president, AghaMohammed Yayha Khan, apparently refusing to write off East Pakistan, broadcast his intention to put out, two weeks hence, a new constitution that he insisted would apply to “both the wings” of Pakistan.Before New Delhi’s announcement of its intention to ceasefire in the west, an Indian spokesman had reported the biggest tank battle of the war as having taken place in thatsector within the past 24 hours.Announcement of the eastern-front victory brought cheers in the New Delhi Parliament.The prime minister: 2nd graf original, deleting 1st lead.Indira Gandhi told the Indian Parliament in New Delhi.The prime minister said the surrender was signed in Dacca, East Pakistan’s capital, at 4:31 p.m.—6:01 a.m. EST—by Lt. Gen. A.A.K. Niazi, the commander of the estimated 80,000 Pakistani troops. in the province.India’s 12-day wear in East Pakistan ended in victory today as the commander of Pakistan’s forces there surrendered unconditionally, Prime MinisterThe surrender was recieved, she said, by Lt. Gen. J.S. Aur-' ora, the commander of India’s eastern command, who flew to Dacca this afternoon.As Mrs, Gandhi spoke in Parliament, Radio Pakistan announced that fighting had stopped in East Pakistan following an agreement between the local Indian and Pakistani commanders. Monitors said the broadcast, in the Urdu language, made no mention of surrender.our view to continue the present conflict.“Therefore, in order to stop bloodshed and unnecessary loss of life, we have ordered our armed forces to cease-fire everywhere on the western front, with effect from 2000 hours Indian standard time on Friday, Dec. 17, 1971.”“It is our earnest hope that there will be a correspondingimmediate resoonse from the*government of Pakistan.”The time given is 8 p.m. local time, equivalent to 9:30 a.m. EST.The eastern and western fronts are separated by about 1,000 miles, as are East and West Pakistan.In East Pakistan, Indian soldiers marched victoriously into Dacca and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi told her people: “Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.”It has been the provincial capital of the East wing of Pakistan.Mrs. Gandhi declared refugees who had fled from East Pakistan to India were already returning to the area which India calls Bangla Desh, or Bengali nation.Surrender BoostsCease-Fire HopesBy WILLIAM N. OAT1S Associated Press WriterUNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) — Reports early today that the surrender of Pakistani forces in East Pakistan was imminent were believed to improve chances that the U.N. Security Council would finally adopt a resolution calling for a cease-fire and troop withdrawal in the India-Pakistan war.Five proposed resolutions were before the council, and a vote was expected beflt;ye the end of the day.Britain and France, the Soviet Union and Syria introduced resolutions Wednesday night, alongside Italian-Japanese and Polish proposals put in Monday and Tuesday.When the council adjourned shortly after midnight Wednesday, none of the resolutions was believed to have much chance of adoption. But the later word of the collapse of Pakistani resistance in Dacca wasbelieved to lessen the prospects of the Russians vetoing the British-French resolution.The resolution had two major provisions, calling for:l.“An immediate and durable cease-fire ... until operations of disengagement leading to withdrawal have taken place.2.“A comprehensive political settlement in accordance with the wishes of. the people concerned as declared through their elected and acknowledged representatives.”Ex-Illinois GovernorIndicted in Stock DealBy F. RICHARD CICCONEappointed by Kerner during his two gubernatorial terms fromSir Colin Crowe of Britain explained that this latter provision referred to the representatives elected in the 1970 elections, meaning the Awami League members whose independence movement President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan’s army has been trying to crush since last March.It was in support of the Awami leaders, now organized as the government of Bangla Desh, or the Bengali Nation, that India went to war 12 days ago.The Syrian and Soviet resolutions also included provisions for a cease-fire and some sort of action toward a political settlement.
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