বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ৮৩। মার্কিন বিমানে বাংলায় সৈন্য ওয়াশিংটন পোষ্ট ১৯ আগষ্ট, ১৯৭১ পাঠানো হচ্ছে THE WASHINGTON POST, AUGUST 19, 1971 PAKISTAN USING U.S. JETLINERS TO HELP MOVE MEN TO BENGAL Two jet airliners leased from an American company have been integrated into the Pakistani International Airlines fleet, which Pakistan's central government has been using to move troops and material in and out of its strife tom province of Bengal, it was learned from official sources. The planes, both Boeing 707s, are under lease from World Airways, which describes itself as the largest U.S. charter airlines. It does half its business with the U.S. armed forces. The lease was arranged with the knowledge and explicit authorization of the State Department, the Commerce Department and the Civil Aeronautics Board. According to American sources recently returned from East Pakistan both U.S. officials and private individuals-PIA jetliners are used to carry wounded troops out to West Pakistan and to bring in replacements. PIA, Pakistan's official flag carrier, has seven of its own Boeing 707s, plus the two leased craft. The airline flies commercial routes between Pakistan's east and west wings, as well as extensive international routes. The two leased planes, for which PIA is paying the Oakland, Calif., based World Airways S 170,000 a month, have enabled the Pakistanis to continue commercial service as well as diverting other for military duty in the campaign to crush the Bangladesh independence movement. World Airways is under contract to the U.S. Military Airlift Command, and is a prime charter carrier of American troops to and from Vietnam. World Airways had U.S. military contracts for nearly $26 million last year and over $51 million in 1969, a company official said. The two planes which World provided to Pakistan in June were replacements for two similar 707s leased last summer. They are equipped to handle passengers as well as freight, according to CAB sources. PIA used the planes last summer to augment their normal commercial services. Application for renewal of the arrangement was made at about the beginning of June. The Commerce Department issued a new license on June 18 nearly two months after the Pakistani army crackdown against the Bengalis. It was clear by them that the extra planes
