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LIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 01 ISLAMA 03855 01 OF 02 110728 Z12ACTION NEA-12INFO OCT-01 EUR-25 IO-12 ADP-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-09 H-02INR-10 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-10 PA-03 RSC-01 PRS-01 SS-15USIA-12 SR-02 ORM-03 DPW-01 RSR-01 /123 W--------------------- 032739R 110609 Z MAY 73FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABADTO SECSTATE WASHDC 9175INFO AMEMBASSY BERNAMEMBASSY DACCAAMEMBASSY KABULAMCONSUL KARACHIAMCONSUL LAHOREAMEMBASSY LONDONAMEMBASSY NEW DELHIUSMISSION GENEVAUSMISSION USUN NEW YORKLIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 1 OF 2 ISLAMABAD 3855E. O. 11652: N/ ATAGS: SREF, PFOR, PK, BGSUBJECT: DETENTION OF BENGALEES IN PAKISTANREF: ISLAMABAD 3712

SUMMARY: ONLY CLASS I ( I. E., HIGHEST LEVEL) FORMERBENGALEE CIVIL SERVANTS WERE DETAINED BY GOP NIGHTMAY 5-6. TOTAL OF ABOUT 250 PICKED UP IN ISLAMABADPLUS 150 IN KARACHI. FAMILIES WERE NOT DETAINED ASORIGINALLY REPORTED AND, AT LEAST IN ISLAMABAD, THEIRMOVEMENTS REMAIN UNRESTRICTED. HIGHEST RANKING DE-TAINEES HELD IN RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE QUARTERS ATAIR FORCE CAMP. GOP DOES NOT INTEND CUT OFF THEIRALLOWANCES. GOP OFFICIALS ASSERT THEY HAVEBEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN INSURE THEIR SAFETY INLIMITED OFFICIAL USELIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 02 ISLAMA 03855 01 OF 02 110728 ZEVENT BANGLADESH WAR CRIMES TRIALS, ALTHOUGH THEYCONCEDE THAT DETENTION COULD ALSO RELATE TO POSSIBLERETALIATORY GOP TRIALS. ICRC AND SWISS DENY THAT GOIOR BDG HAS YET ASKED THEM TO INVESTIGATE WELFARE OFDETAINEES. END SUMMARY.1. THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES FURTHER DETAILS REGARDINGDETENTION BY GOP OF FORMER BENGALEE CIVIL SERVANTS ONNIGHT OF MAY 5-6.2. SENIOR GOP OFFICIALS ( MFA ADDITIONALSECRETARY ALTAF SHAIKH AND ADDITIIONAL CABINET SECRETARYNAWAZ) HAVE TOLD US THAT ONLY FORMER CLASS I ( I. E.,HIGHEST LEVEL) CIVIL SERVANTS WERE PICKED UP MAY 5-6AND THAT GOP HAS NO PRESENT INTENTION OF DETAININGFORMER CLASS II, III OR IV CIVIL SERVANTS. TOTAL OFABOUT 250 BENGALEES WERE PICKED UP IN ISLAMABAD AREAPLUS ABOUT 150 IN KARACHI AREA. ACCORDING GOP OFFICIALS,THIRTEEN HIGHEST- RANKING DETAINEES FROM ISLAMABAD,INCLUDING FORMER MFA DIRGEN TABARAK HUSSAIN AND FORMERAGRICULTURE SECY AHSAN, HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PAF CAMP ATWARSAK, FEW MILES NORTHWEST OF PESHAWAR, WHERETHEY ARE HOUSED IN OFFICERS QUARTERS. LOWER RANKINGCLASS I OFFICERS FROM ISLAMABAD, INCLUDING FORMER MFADIRECTORS MOHSIN AND BARI, HAVE BEEN SENT TO WAPDACANAL COLONY AT QADIRABAD, NEAR GUJRANWALA. THOSE INKARACHI AREA ARE BEING DETAINED AT A GOVERNMENTFACILITY IN LANDHI, IN CITY' S OUTSKIRTS ( WHICH CONGENKARACHI IDENTIFIES AS BORSTAL JUVENILE DETENTIONCENTER.)3. ACCORDING TO SHAIKH, FAMILIES OF DETAINEES WERENOT SEIZED WITH THEM ON MAY 5-6 AS WAS ORIGINALLYREPORTED. INSTEAD, FAMILIES WERE GIVEN OPTION OFACCOMPANYING PRINCIPALS OR OF REMAINING IN PRESENTQUARTERS. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY WIFE OF ONE OFDETAINEES, MRS. TABARAK HUSSAIN, WHO TOLD CHARGE THATSOME BENGALEE FAMILY MEMBERS HAD ORGINALLY GONE WITHHUSBANDS ON NIGHT OF MAY 5-6 BECAUSE IN THE CONFUSIONTHEY THOUGHT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO ACCOMPANY THEM.WHEN THEY LEARNED LATER THAT NIGHT THAT THEY WERE NOTLIMITED OFFICIAL USELIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 03 ISLAMA 03855 01 OF 02 110728 ZALSO TO BE DETAINED, MOST FAMILIES DECIDED REMAIN INISLAMABAD. MRS. HUSSAIN KNEW OF ONLY ONE WIFE WHO HADACCOMPANIED HUSBAND TO WARSAK ALTHOUGH SEVERALFAMILIES, INCLUDING MRS. HUSSAIN HERSELF, INTENDEDJOIN HUSBANDS THER WHEN CHILDRENS SCHOOL WAS OUT. SHENOTED THAT BY MAY 9 SHE HAD ALREADY RECEIVED MESSAGESFROM HER HUSBAND AT WARSAK SAYING THAT HE WAS INCOMFORTABLE, REASONABLY SPACIOUS QUARTERS AND ASKINGTHAT SHE SEND HIM FAN AND AIR CONDITIONER. GOP HADINFORMED SHE WOULD BE FREE TO VISIT HUSBAND ATANY TIME, SHE SAID, AND SHE INTENDED TEST THIS AFTERFEW DAYS.4. BOTH SHAIKH AND NAWAZ INDICATED THAT GOP WOULDCONTINUE PAYING ALLOWANCES TO CIVIL SERVICE DETAINEES,WITHOUT WHICH THEIR FAMILIES WOULD IN SOME CASESPROBABLY BE DESTITUTE.5. IN ISLAMABAD, GOP HAS NOT ATTEMPTED TO INTERFEREWITH AMERICAN AND OTHER DIPLOMATS WHO HAVE VISITEDFAMILIES OF BENGALEES SINCE ROUNDUP NOR HAVE FAMILYMEMBERS BEEN RESTRICTED TO QUARTERS. HOWEVER, CONGENKARACHI REPORTS THAT ATTEMPTS BY OTHER BENGALEESTO VISIT DETAINEES IN LANDHI AND TAKE THEM CLOTHING ANDCIGARETTES WERE REBUFFED MAY 7. CONGEN FURTHER REPORTSTHAT PHYSICAL SECURITY OR MILITARY DETAINEES IN AREAWAS RECENTLY TIGHTENED. BENGALEE NAVAL OFFICERS, WHOWERE FORMERLY ALLOWED FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND VISITORS,HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED, AND SENTRIES POSTED AT THEIRLIMITED OFFICIAL USENMAFVVZCZADP000LIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 01 ISLAMA 03855 02 OF 02 110837 Z11ACTION NEA-12INFO OCT-01 EUR-25 IO-12 ADP-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-09 H-02INR-10 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-10 PA-03 RSC-01 PRS-01 SS-15USIA-12 SR-02 ORM-03 DPW-01 RSR-01 /123 W--------------------- 033153R 110609 Z MAY 73FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABADTO SECSTATE WASHDC 9176INFO AMEMBASSY BERNAMEMBASSY DACCAAMEMBASSY KABULAMCONSUL KARACHIAMCONSUL LAHOREAMEMBASSY LONDONAMEMBASSY NEW DELHIUSMISSION GENEVAUSMISSION USUN NEW YORKLIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 2 OF 2 ISLAMABAD 3855RESIDENCES NOW REQUIRE VISITORS TO PRODUCE SPECIALAUTHORIZATION FROM STATION COMMANDER. CONGEN CONFIRMSTHAT NINE DOCTORS WERE PICKED UP IN KARACHI ROUNDUP,INCLUDING ORGANIZER AND OTHER PHYSICIANS ACTIVE INKARACHI BENGALEE FREE MEDICAL SCHEME, AND ADDSTHAT 14 FORMER OFFICIALS PICKED UP MAY 5-6 WERE SUB-SEQUENTLY RELEASED.6. DISCUSSING GOP MOTIVES IN DETAINING BENGALEES, SHAIKHREITERATED TO CHARGE MAY 9 THAT SOME 15,000 BENGALEESHAD ESCAPED COUNTRY IN PAST YEAR AND ADDED THAT NOFEWER THAN 32 HIGH- RANKING FORMER OFFICIALS HAD FLEDIN TEN DAYS JUSLUPRIOR TO ROUNDUP. ESCAPEES, HE POINTEDOUT, HAD VIOLATED LAW BY DEPARTING COUNTRY WITHOUT PER-MISSION. HE CLAIMED THAT BASIC RATIONALE FOR DETAININGBENGALEES WAS GOP DESIRE TO INSURE THEIR SAFETY INLIMITED OFFICIAL USELIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 02 ISLAMA 03855 02 OF 02 110837 ZANTICIPATION OF STRONGLY ADVERSE POPULAR REACTION TOEXPECTED WAR CRIMES TRIALS IN BANGLADESH. IN RESPONSECHARGE' S QUESTION, HOWEVER, HE THEN ACKNOWLEDGED THATDETENTION COULD ALSO RELATE TO POSSIBLE GOP TRIALS OFFORMER BENGALEE OFFICIALS IN RETALIATION FOR BANGLADESHWAR CRIMES TRIALS.7. USIAD DEPUTY DIRECTOR QUIZZED NAWAZ MAY 9 ABOUTBENGALEES AND WAS TOLD THAT OF ORIGINAL ESTIMATED 17, 500( SIC) BENGALEE CIVIL SERVANTS IN PAKISTAN, OF WHOM 5,000WERE CLASS I OFFICERS, ALL BUT ABOUT 200 CLASS IOFFICERS HAD ESCAPED FROM COUNTRY. ATTEMPTING TOEXPLAIN RATIONALE FOR ROUNDUP, NAWAZ NOTED THAT GROUPOF WIVES OF PAKISTANI POW' S HAD RECENTLY VISITED HISOFFICE AND HAD CRITICIZED GOP IN ' FEROCIOUS' MANNERFOR HAVING FAILED OBTAIN RETURN OF POW' S AND FORHAVING ' ALLOWED' BDG TO ORGANIZE WAR CRIMES TRIALS.NAWAZ INDICATED THAT GOP DID NOT INTEND RELEASE DETAINEDBENGALEES UNTIL POW' S WERE RETURNED.8. ICRC DEPUTY CHIEF DELEGATE ISLER INFORMED EMBOFFTHAT NAWAZ HAD TOLD HIM THERE WERE AT PRESENT 13 HIGH-RANKING BENGALEES AT WARSAK, 105 OF LESSERRANK AT QADIRABAD AND 126 AT LANDHI. ( APPARENT DISCREPANCYBETWEEN THESE FIGURES AND NUMBERS CITED ON OTHER OCCASIONSBY NAWAZ AND SHAIKH NOT EXPLAINED.) ISLER SAID NAWAZ HADWONDERED ALOUD WHY ICRC AND NUMBER OF DIPLOMATS,' ESPECIALLY OUR FRIENDS THE AMERICANS,' WERE SO CON-CERNED AT ROUNDUP OF BENGALEES. HE POINTED OUT THATBENGALEES WERE BEING WELL TREATED AND INDEED HAD BEENPUT INTO MORE SECURE QUARTERS ' FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.'HE THEN INDICATED HE UNDERSTOOD WHY DIPLOMATS WERETRYING TO ASCERTAIN FACTS, AND SAID HE HOPED THEY WOULDSOON DEVELOP CLEAR PICTURE OF SITUATION AND GIVESYMPATHETIC REPORTS TO THEIR GOVERNMENTS.9. ON MAY 10, BOTH ISLER AND SWISS FIRST SECRETARYDENIED STORIES IN LOCAL PRESS REPORTING THAT ICRCAND SWISS HAD BEEN ASKED BY GOI TO INVESTIGATE WELFAREOF ' ROUNDED- UP' BENGALEES. BOTH MEN NOTED THAT BENGALEESWERE ' NONE OF INDIA' S BUSINESS,' AND ADDED THATLIMITED OFFICIAL USELIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 03 ISLAMA 03855 02 OF 02 110837 ZTO BEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE, NO REQUEST HAD YET COME FROMBDG EITHER.SOBERLIMITED OFFICIAL USENMAFVVZCZ*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a*** Current Classification *** LIMITED OFFICIAL USE

LIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 01 ISLAMA 03855 01 OF 02 110728 Z12ACTION NEA-12INFO OCT-01 EUR-25 IO-12 ADP-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-09 H-02INR-10 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-10 PA-03 RSC-01 PRS-01 SS-15USIA-12 SR-02 ORM-03 DPW-01 RSR-01 /123 W--------------------- 032739R 110609 Z MAY 73FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABADTO SECSTATE WASHDC 9175INFO AMEMBASSY BERNAMEMBASSY DACCAAMEMBASSY KABULAMCONSUL KARACHIAMCONSUL LAHOREAMEMBASSY LONDONAMEMBASSY NEW DELHIUSMISSION GENEVAUSMISSION USUN NEW YORKLIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 1 OF 2 ISLAMABAD 3855E. O. 11652: N/ ATAGS: SREF, PFOR, PK, BGSUBJECT: DETENTION OF BENGALEES IN PAKISTANREF: ISLAMABAD 3712SUMMARY: ONLY CLASS I ( I. E., HIGHEST LEVEL) FORMERBENGALEE CIVIL SERVANTS WERE DETAINED BY GOP NIGHTMAY 5-6. TOTAL OF ABOUT 250 PICKED UP IN ISLAMABADPLUS 150 IN KARACHI. FAMILIES WERE NOT DETAINED ASORIGINALLY REPORTED AND, AT LEAST IN ISLAMABAD, THEIRMOVEMENTS REMAIN UNRESTRICTED. HIGHEST RANKING DE-TAINEES HELD IN RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE QUARTERS ATAIR FORCE CAMP. GOP DOES NOT INTEND CUT OFF THEIRALLOWANCES. GOP OFFICIALS ASSERT THEY HAVEBEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN INSURE THEIR SAFETY INLIMITED OFFICIAL USELIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 02 ISLAMA 03855 01 OF 02 110728 ZEVENT BANGLADESH WAR CRIMES TRIALS, ALTHOUGH THEYCONCEDE THAT DETENTION COULD ALSO RELATE TO POSSIBLERETALIATORY GOP TRIALS. ICRC AND SWISS DENY THAT GOIOR BDG HAS YET ASKED THEM TO INVESTIGATE WELFARE OFDETAINEES. END SUMMARY.1. THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES FURTHER DETAILS REGARDINGDETENTION BY GOP OF FORMER BENGALEE CIVIL SERVANTS ONNIGHT OF MAY 5-6.2. SENIOR GOP OFFICIALS ( MFA ADDITIONALSECRETARY ALTAF SHAIKH AND ADDITIIONAL CABINET SECRETARYNAWAZ) HAVE TOLD US THAT ONLY FORMER CLASS I ( I. E.,HIGHEST LEVEL) CIVIL SERVANTS WERE PICKED UP MAY 5-6AND THAT GOP HAS NO PRESENT INTENTION OF DETAININGFORMER CLASS II, III OR IV CIVIL SERVANTS. TOTAL OFABOUT 250 BENGALEES WERE PICKED UP IN ISLAMABAD AREAPLUS ABOUT 150 IN KARACHI AREA. ACCORDING GOP OFFICIALS,THIRTEEN HIGHEST- RANKING DETAINEES FROM ISLAMABAD,INCLUDING FORMER MFA DIRGEN TABARAK HUSSAIN AND FORMERAGRICULTURE SECY AHSAN, HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PAF CAMP ATWARSAK, FEW MILES NORTHWEST OF PESHAWAR, WHERETHEY ARE HOUSED IN OFFICERS QUARTERS. LOWER RANKINGCLASS I OFFICERS FROM ISLAMABAD, INCLUDING FORMER MFADIRECTORS MOHSIN AND BARI, HAVE BEEN SENT TO WAPDACANAL COLONY AT QADIRABAD, NEAR GUJRANWALA. THOSE INKARACHI AREA ARE BEING DETAINED AT A GOVERNMENTFACILITY IN LANDHI, IN CITY' S OUTSKIRTS ( WHICH CONGENKARACHI IDENTIFIES AS BORSTAL JUVENILE DETENTIONCENTER.)3. ACCORDING TO SHAIKH, FAMILIES OF DETAINEES WERENOT SEIZED WITH THEM ON MAY 5-6 AS WAS ORIGINALLYREPORTED. INSTEAD, FAMILIES WERE GIVEN OPTION OFACCOMPANYING PRINCIPALS OR OF REMAINING IN PRESENTQUARTERS. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY WIFE OF ONE OFDETAINEES, MRS. TABARAK HUSSAIN, WHO TOLD CHARGE THATSOME BENGALEE FAMILY MEMBERS HAD ORGINALLY GONE WITHHUSBANDS ON NIGHT OF MAY 5-6 BECAUSE IN THE CONFUSIONTHEY THOUGHT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO ACCOMPANY THEM.WHEN THEY LEARNED LATER THAT NIGHT THAT THEY WERE NOTLIMITED OFFICIAL USELIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 03 ISLAMA 03855 01 OF 02 110728 ZALSO TO BE DETAINED, MOST FAMILIES DECIDED REMAIN INISLAMABAD. MRS. HUSSAIN KNEW OF ONLY ONE WIFE WHO HADACCOMPANIED HUSBAND TO WARSAK ALTHOUGH SEVERALFAMILIES, INCLUDING MRS. HUSSAIN HERSELF, INTENDEDJOIN HUSBANDS THER WHEN CHILDRENS SCHOOL WAS OUT. SHENOTED THAT BY MAY 9 SHE HAD ALREADY RECEIVED MESSAGESFROM HER HUSBAND AT WARSAK SAYING THAT HE WAS INCOMFORTABLE, REASONABLY SPACIOUS QUARTERS AND ASKINGTHAT SHE SEND HIM FAN AND AIR CONDITIONER. GOP HADINFORMED SHE WOULD BE FREE TO VISIT HUSBAND ATANY TIME, SHE SAID, AND SHE INTENDED TEST THIS AFTERFEW DAYS.4. BOTH SHAIKH AND NAWAZ INDICATED THAT GOP WOULDCONTINUE PAYING ALLOWANCES TO CIVIL SERVICE DETAINEES,WITHOUT WHICH THEIR FAMILIES WOULD IN SOME CASESPROBABLY BE DESTITUTE.5. IN ISLAMABAD, GOP HAS NOT ATTEMPTED TO INTERFEREWITH AMERICAN AND OTHER DIPLOMATS WHO HAVE VISITEDFAMILIES OF BENGALEES SINCE ROUNDUP NOR HAVE FAMILYMEMBERS BEEN RESTRICTED TO QUARTERS. HOWEVER, CONGENKARACHI REPORTS THAT ATTEMPTS BY OTHER BENGALEESTO VISIT DETAINEES IN LANDHI AND TAKE THEM CLOTHING ANDCIGARETTES WERE REBUFFED MAY 7. CONGEN FURTHER REPORTSTHAT PHYSICAL SECURITY OR MILITARY DETAINEES IN AREAWAS RECENTLY TIGHTENED. BENGALEE NAVAL OFFICERS, WHOWERE FORMERLY ALLOWED FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND VISITORS,HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED, AND SENTRIES POSTED AT THEIRLIMITED OFFICIAL USENMAFVVZCZADP000LIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 01 ISLAMA 03855 02 OF 02 110837 Z11ACTION NEA-12INFO OCT-01 EUR-25 IO-12 ADP-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-09 H-02INR-10 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-10 PA-03 RSC-01 PRS-01 SS-15USIA-12 SR-02 ORM-03 DPW-01 RSR-01 /123 W--------------------- 033153R 110609 Z MAY 73FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABADTO SECSTATE WASHDC 9176INFO AMEMBASSY BERNAMEMBASSY DACCAAMEMBASSY KABULAMCONSUL KARACHIAMCONSUL LAHOREAMEMBASSY LONDONAMEMBASSY NEW DELHIUSMISSION GENEVAUSMISSION USUN NEW YORKLIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 2 OF 2 ISLAMABAD 3855RESIDENCES NOW REQUIRE VISITORS TO PRODUCE SPECIALAUTHORIZATION FROM STATION COMMANDER. CONGEN CONFIRMSTHAT NINE DOCTORS WERE PICKED UP IN KARACHI ROUNDUP,INCLUDING ORGANIZER AND OTHER PHYSICIANS ACTIVE INKARACHI BENGALEE FREE MEDICAL SCHEME, AND ADDSTHAT 14 FORMER OFFICIALS PICKED UP MAY 5-6 WERE SUB-SEQUENTLY RELEASED.6. DISCUSSING GOP MOTIVES IN DETAINING BENGALEES, SHAIKHREITERATED TO CHARGE MAY 9 THAT SOME 15,000 BENGALEESHAD ESCAPED COUNTRY IN PAST YEAR AND ADDED THAT NOFEWER THAN 32 HIGH- RANKING FORMER OFFICIALS HAD FLEDIN TEN DAYS JUSLUPRIOR TO ROUNDUP. ESCAPEES, HE POINTEDOUT, HAD VIOLATED LAW BY DEPARTING COUNTRY WITHOUT PER-MISSION. HE CLAIMED THAT BASIC RATIONALE FOR DETAININGBENGALEES WAS GOP DESIRE TO INSURE THEIR SAFETY INLIMITED OFFICIAL USELIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 02 ISLAMA 03855 02 OF 02 110837 ZANTICIPATION OF STRONGLY ADVERSE POPULAR REACTION TOEXPECTED WAR CRIMES TRIALS IN BANGLADESH. IN RESPONSECHARGE' S QUESTION, HOWEVER, HE THEN ACKNOWLEDGED THATDETENTION COULD ALSO RELATE TO POSSIBLE GOP TRIALS OFFORMER BENGALEE OFFICIALS IN RETALIATION FOR BANGLADESHWAR CRIMES TRIALS.7. USIAD DEPUTY DIRECTOR QUIZZED NAWAZ MAY 9 ABOUTBENGALEES AND WAS TOLD THAT OF ORIGINAL ESTIMATED 17, 500( SIC) BENGALEE CIVIL SERVANTS IN PAKISTAN, OF WHOM 5,000WERE CLASS I OFFICERS, ALL BUT ABOUT 200 CLASS IOFFICERS HAD ESCAPED FROM COUNTRY. ATTEMPTING TOEXPLAIN RATIONALE FOR ROUNDUP, NAWAZ NOTED THAT GROUPOF WIVES OF PAKISTANI POW' S HAD RECENTLY VISITED HISOFFICE AND HAD CRITICIZED GOP IN ' FEROCIOUS' MANNERFOR HAVING FAILED OBTAIN RETURN OF POW' S AND FORHAVING ' ALLOWED' BDG TO ORGANIZE WAR CRIMES TRIALS.NAWAZ INDICATED THAT GOP DID NOT INTEND RELEASE DETAINEDBENGALEES UNTIL POW' S WERE RETURNED.8. ICRC DEPUTY CHIEF DELEGATE ISLER INFORMED EMBOFFTHAT NAWAZ HAD TOLD HIM THERE WERE AT PRESENT 13 HIGH-RANKING BENGALEES AT WARSAK, 105 OF LESSERRANK AT QADIRABAD AND 126 AT LANDHI. ( APPARENT DISCREPANCYBETWEEN THESE FIGURES AND NUMBERS CITED ON OTHER OCCASIONSBY NAWAZ AND SHAIKH NOT EXPLAINED.) ISLER SAID NAWAZ HADWONDERED ALOUD WHY ICRC AND NUMBER OF DIPLOMATS,' ESPECIALLY OUR FRIENDS THE AMERICANS,' WERE SO CON-CERNED AT ROUNDUP OF BENGALEES. HE POINTED OUT THATBENGALEES WERE BEING WELL TREATED AND INDEED HAD BEENPUT INTO MORE SECURE QUARTERS ' FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.'HE THEN INDICATED HE UNDERSTOOD WHY DIPLOMATS WERETRYING TO ASCERTAIN FACTS, AND SAID HE HOPED THEY WOULDSOON DEVELOP CLEAR PICTURE OF SITUATION AND GIVESYMPATHETIC REPORTS TO THEIR GOVERNMENTS.9. ON MAY 10, BOTH ISLER AND SWISS FIRST SECRETARYDENIED STORIES IN LOCAL PRESS REPORTING THAT ICRCAND SWISS HAD BEEN ASKED BY GOI TO INVESTIGATE WELFAREOF ' ROUNDED- UP' BENGALEES. BOTH MEN NOTED THAT BENGALEESWERE ' NONE OF INDIA' S BUSINESS,' AND ADDED THATLIMITED OFFICIAL USELIMITED OFFICIAL USEPAGE 03 ISLAMA 03855 02 OF 02 110837 ZTO BEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE, NO REQUEST HAD YET COME FROMBDG EITHER.SOBERLIMITED OFFICIAL USENMAFVVZCZ*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a*** Current Classification *** LIMITED OFFICIAL USE

---Capture Date: 01 JAN 1994Channel Indicators: n/aCurrent Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDConcepts: PFOR, SREFControl Number: n/aCopy: SINGLEDraft Date: 11 MAY 1973Decaption Date: 01 JAN 1960Decaption Note: n/aDisposition Action: RELEASEDDisposition Approved on Date: n/aDisposition Authority: golinofrDisposition Case Number: n/aDisposition Comment: 25 YEAR REVIEWDisposition Date: 28 MAY 2004Disposition Event: n/aDisposition History: n/aDisposition Reason: n/aDisposition Remarks: n/aDocument Number: 1973ISLAMA03855Document Source: COREDocument Unique ID: '00'Drafter: n/aEnclosure: n/aExecutive Order: n/aErrors: n/aFilm Number: n/aFrom: ISLAMABADHandling Restrictions: n/aImage Path: n/aISecure: '1'Legacy Key: link1973/newtext/t19730542/aaaaixfh.telLine Count: '244'Locator: TEXT ON-LINEOffice: ACTION NEAOriginal Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USEOriginal Handling Restrictions: n/aOriginal Previous Classification: n/aOriginal Previous Handling Restrictions: n/aPage Count: '5'Previous Channel Indicators: n/aPrevious Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USEPrevious Handling Restrictions: n/aReference: 73 ISLAMABAD 3712Review Action: RELEASED, APPROVEDReview Authority: golinofrReview Comment: n/aReview Content Flags: n/aReview Date: 06 AUG 2001Review Event: n/aReview Exemptions: n/aReview History: RELEASED <06-Aug-2001 by boyleja>; APPROVED <03-Dec-2001 by golinofr>Review Markings: ! 'n/a US Department of State EO Systematic Review 30 JUN 2005'Review Media Identifier: n/aReview Referrals: n/aReview Release Date: n/aReview Release Event: n/aReview Transfer Date: n/aReview Withdrawn Fields: n/aSecure: OPENStatus: mcm 980202Subject: DETENTION OF BENGALEES IN PAKISTANTAGS: PFOR, BG, PKTo: ! 'BERN DACCA KABUL KARACHI LAHORE LONDON NEA NEW DELHI SECSTATE WASHDC'Type: TEMarkings: Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 30 JUN 2005