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Within less than two hours after his arrival, Gromyko and Indian Foreign Minister Swaran Singh started official talks. Problems arising out of the Bangladesh movement and Pakistan’s attitude cropped up during their 65-minute talk.

US DONATION FOR RELIEF WORK IN EAST PAKISTAN

The US Secretary of State William P Rogers met for four hours with Secretary General Thant to discuss ways the United States and the United Nations could cooperate in aiding the millions of East Pakistanis left destitute by cyclone and war.

Both sides in the talks stressed that they felt that humanitarian efforts must take priority over politics. Earlier, Thant had warned the member states that he saw a grave threat to peace in the tensions along the Pakistani‐Indian frontier.

Rogers presented Thant with a check for $1 million, which a United States spokesman described as “the first million”. The spokesman said another million would follow and that both contributions were to be used to finance United Nations efforts to aid the destitute and hungry in East Pakistan.

KABARI SENTENCED BY PAK AUTHORITIES

Leading Bangladesh actress Kabari was tried in absentia and sentenced 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment by the Pakistani Martial Law Authorities. They also confiscated all her properties in Bangladesh.

Shamsuddoza Sajen is a journalist and researcher. He can be contacted at sajen1986@gmail.com