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U. RSNAVAL BASE GUANTANAAM0 SAY, CUBA East Pakistan Surrenders By the ASSOCIATED PRESS The Indian government radio said today that Major General J. F. R. Jacob had arrived in Dacca to work out arrangements for the surrender of Paki- stani troops in East Pakistan. An official announcement in New Delhi said Jacob, chief of staff of the Eastern Command Headquarters in Calcutta, would negotiate the terms and modalities of the surrender of the "occupation forces." Informed sources in New Delhi said Jacob was carrying with him an in- strument of surrender for Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi, the commander of the Pakistani forces in the eastern province, to sign. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1971 Meanwhile, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi told a cheering Parliament that Indian troops had entered Dacca this morning. The first Pakistani troops to surrender, the 36th Pakistani Division, did 01 , so at 10:48 a.m.--12:18 a.m. EST. The surrender being negotiated by Jacob will involve an estimated 80,000 Pakistani troops remaining in East Pakistan. Sea Drama No fighting was reported on the western front MWhere a Pakistani drive into Fashmir appeared * ) (to be bogged down several miles inside the bor- Cubans Selz der. MIAMI (AP)--A Cuban gunboat attacked a Miami-based freight- Radio Pakistan made no mention of the sur- er yesterday in Bahamian waters and took possession of the render but conceded in a broadcast that the vessel after wounding the captain and two crewmen, the U.S. situation in East Pakistan was "very critical." Coast Guard reported. Pakistani President Mohammed Yahya Khan has Coast Guard spokesman Ron wright aaid the Johnny Express, scheduled a broadcast over Radio Pakistan. but sister ship of the Lyla Express which h was seized by the Cu- no indication was given of what he planned to bans Dec. 5, was being taken to Cuba say. "According to the Cuban government ," said Wright, "the in- Prior to the announcement of the surrender, jured have been removed from the ship and taken ahead. Our an Indian spokesman said the bombing of Dacca planes have turned back. The vessel was of Panamanian regis- had resumed when no reply try and not in U.S. waters. Our hands are tied." was given to Gen. Sam The high seas drama, which became known when the Johnny Ex- Manekshaw's ultimatum press sent out a mayday about 1 p.m. EST, apparently lasted but apparently the state- about 90 minutes. ments were erroneous. The ship's last broadcast reported it had been rammed and All-India Radio said was sinking. The braodcast was at 2: 40 p.m. the government had agreed First troops The Coast Guard said the attack--in which the Cuban boat to Niazi's appeal and ex- reportedly strafed the Johnny Expres a with a machine gun and tended a 16-hour bombing then rammed it--took place about 100 miles off Cuba's eastern pause over the city for coast, about two miles due west of the Bahamian island of another six hours. Little Inagua. The new deadline for The site is some 350 miles southeaat of Miami, in Bahamian surrender was 5 p.m., or waters. 6:30 a.m. EST. at midnight. Both the Johnny Express and the Ly la Express are operated A United Nations spokes- by Bahama Lines of Miami, a firm owned by four Cuban exile man in Dacca reports the brothers the Fidel Castro regime saya have been prominent in East Pakistani forces counter-revolutionary activity againat Cuba. have surrendered uncondi- A spokesman for the firm, Manuel A len, said Cuban gunboats tionally, but no word was given by either gov- have harassed Bahama Lines vessels day and night for the ernment involved to substantiate the report. last two or three months." He said in each case, the Coast Yesterday, India gave Pakistani forces in (Please see DRAMA. naze 2) East Pakistan 16 hours to surrender after Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi asked for a cease-fire. The deadline was later extended when Niazi said he needed "more time" to reply to'the sur- render ultimatum issued by Gen. Sam Manekshaw, the Indian chief of staff. , Niazi's cease-fire appeal was apparently backed by President Mohammed Yahya Khan, though he had vetoed an earlier cease-fire proposal. After delivering his ultimatum, Manekshaw (Please see DACCA, page 2) Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Thursday, December 16, 1971 GAZETTEER DACCA- set up a radio link with Dacca to await a reply. .a digest of late news The actual surrender message, however, had to be transmitted through U.S. government channels due to a failure of the Pakistanicommunications equipment. In their exchange of messages yesterday, the two generals were talking about East Pakistan. Nothing was said about the western front, 1,000 miles across India, A Uganda military spokesman says Sudanese govern- where fighting broke out after Indian forces invaded ment troops have pentrated three miles into Uganda and East Pakistan Dec. 3 to help Bengalis set up an inde- have been fighting Southern Sudanese guerrilas for the pendent Bangla Desh, or Bengali nation. past two days. He also says that unless the troops Manekshaw told Niazi he had received his request for are withdrawn by today Uganda will be forced to move a cease-fire, and while the contents of the message against them with 'maximum force." The spokesman said were not released an Indian government spokesman said last night there have been casualties in the fighting the Pakistani general had committed himself to surren- but he gave no figures. Sudan has been involved for der. years in civil strife in the southern part of the Manekshaw said that immediately upon receipt of a country. favorable reply he would direct Indian forces "to re- frain from all air and ground action against your John L. Frazier has been sentenced to death in forces." the gas chamber after the Redwood City, Calif. jury "I give you my solemn assurance that personnel who deliberated five hours. Earlier, Frazier was convicted surrender shall be treated with dignity and respect in the murder last year of Dr. Victor Ohta and four that soldiers are entitled to and I will abide by the others. provisions of the Geneva Convention," Manekshaw con- tinued. Congressman Mario Biaggi has introduced "Further, as you have many wounded, I shall insure a bill to create a system of handling servicemen's that they are well cared for and your dead-given proper grievances outside the chain of command. The 13 mem- burial. No one need have any fear for their safety, no bers of the House Black Caucus have co-sponsored the matter where they come from. Nor shall there be any Bronx Democrat's legislation. The bill would estab- reprisal by forces operating under my control." lish an independent commission to investigate service- Manekshaw then warned that if Niazi failed to comply, men's complaints. It also would establish a new fe- "You will leave me with no other alternative but to deral court to handle military grievances. resume my offensive with the utmost vigor at 0900 hours on the morning of Dec. 16." Rep. John M. Murphy, D-N.Y., said yester- The messages between the two generals were exchanged day he hopes the present negotiations for revision of through the U.S, Embassy in New Delhi, which is in the Panama Canal Treaty "will leave no cause for any touch with the consulate in Dacca. anti-U.S. up-rising in Panama. An actress from Shanghai inCommunist DRAMA-GEoe China has become a symbol of the improved relations be- guard was notified but no action was take,. tween China and the United States. Chen Yuan Chi, on Coast Guardsman Wright said Bahama Lines was informed a stopover in London, said she believes she is the of the ship's fate by Panamanian Embassy in Washington, first private citizen of Mainland China to obtain an D.C. He said he understood that the U.S. State Depart- immigrant's visa to live in the United States. ment had relayed word to the embassy. "We don't know how many crewmen were hurt," Wright New York State Mediation Board Chairman Vincent said. "All we know is that Capt. Jose Villa reportedly McDonnell says he is resuming efforts to finalize a was shot in the back and two crewmen were wounded." taxi driver contract agreement that has been in limbo Wright said 22 persons were aboard the 235-foot since early this year. McDonnell has scheduled a meet- freighter as it returned empty from Haiti to Miami. ing for tomorrow at his New York City office. He served as mediator in a taxi dispute that led to a 15 day strike one year ago. Stateside Temperatures eseGu.ntanamo Coil.5.1 0.oil Boston rain 41 34 Local Forecast New York cloudy 41 37 Philadelphia cloudy 42 39 14*0. Sob5A050 0010Sf.0.000 Norfolk partly cloudy 80 65 Mostly clear today with scattered W03 . 5.0.s.-u. .0 AtlAnta cloudy 67 59 rain shower activity during late Cpl. N-1. by. spo . B41t00 sue 10".". "3li ftofta100 0001,101.x:". Jacksonville clear 79 61 afternoon and early evening. The M0 TonY 04.5. -t Sdioo 40 .4 D-0. 00"0f 500 Miami rain 78 76 winds are northerly at four knots sI."z1,b.401000041101.1 Aft1.0 Detroit fog 36 34 becoming easterly this afternoon Tim Oo Q--~o L,.0.1publi.1. -oodiao 000U 00r a 0 -d golVltims 0m bp sod .00110 -10p000 Chicago rain 46 40 at 10-14 knots with gusts to 25 of 00.N 300ft0.