Ort aB-97 RL Department of State TELEGRAM CONFIDENTIAL™ 2}2 POSS DUPE PAGE @1 DACCA 91007 3114242 SI ACTION NEA®IS. INFO OCT=@1 EUR-2@ EA=15 CCO*Sg SSO-99 NSCE+O0 CIAE-0o o DODE-00 PM-05 HeO2 INR=08 L+O4 NSAE-9O NSC-18 P=03 t RSC-01 PRS=01 SS-29 USEA12 AID-28 SY-03 0-2 OPR-a2 Se Oc~98, cu-0s/Aa8- Oy. /167-W a Lari iets eewaceeneeces 45886 zo R 3118202 MAR 71 = FM AMCONSUL DACCA TO SECSTATE WASHOC 3026 AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD INED AMEMBASSY BANGKOK AMCONSUL CALCUTTA CINCPAC CINCSTRIKE AMCONSUL KARACHI AMCONSUL LAHORE AMEMBASSY LONDON MAC AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI CONFIDENTIAL DACCA 1907 SUBJECT! EXTENT OF CASUALTIES IN DACCA REF? LAHORE 52i le WE_ARE STILL HARD PUT TO ESTIMATE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED AND ARE CONTINUING TO OCCUR AS RESULT OF MILITARY CRACKDOWN THE HOST CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF NUMBER OF STUDENTS KILLED IN UNIVERSITY IS 582 AND-HAS RANGED AS HIGH aS 1,000 POLICE SOURCES INDICATE THAT FROM 600-800 EAST PAKI- STANI POLICE WERE KILLED IN DACCA DURING THE REALLY HARD FIGHTING ON NIGHT OF THE‘25TH. THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES IN THE OLO CITY WHERE. ARMY TROOPS BURNED HINDU ANO BENGALI AREAS AND SHOT OCCUPANTS AS THEY CAME TUMBLING QUT IS ALSO DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE Oo CONFIDENTIAL aAe Department of State : = en We >? TELEGRAM CONF EDENT IAL: PAGE! 2 DACCA #1907 3)1424z MOST OBSERVERS PUT THESE CASUALTIES IN THE: RANGE OF. 2,009 TO 4482+ AT THIS: JUNCTURE THEN» WE WOULD ESTIMATE THAT PERHAPS AS: MANY AB 42000 TO! 64000. PEOPLE THUS: FAR HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AS! A RESULT OF MILITARY ACTION« WE. HAVE NO INFORMATION: OF! MILITARY CASUALTIES BUT WE GATHER: SOME OCCURRED DURING: ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE WHO WERE WELL: DUG: IN AT POLICE LUNES» 2+ IT SEEMS CLEAR: THAT THE WHOLE! OBJECTIVE OF THE NEST PAK ARMY APPARENTLY WAS: AND! TS: TO HIT HARD AND TERRORIZE POPULATION INTO: SUBNISSION* ALLi EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL+ GP-3+ BL00D CONF EDENTIAL,