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Advocates; Should the United States support independence for East Pakistan (Bangladesh)?
Should the United States support independence for East Pakistan (Bangladesh)? Moderator: Victor Palmieri Advocate: Howard Miller Advocate: William Rusher Witnesses: Khandakar Ahmed – Foreign Minister, Bangla Desh (on film) Rehman Sobhan – Envoy, Bangla Desh John Stonehouse – British Parliament Z.A. Bhutto – Chairman, Pakistan People’s Party (on film) Benjamin Oehlert – Ambassador to Pakistan 1967-69 Krishna Rasgotra – Acting Ambassador, India Peter Frelinghuysen – House Committee on Foreign Affairs Produced by WGBH, bears WGBH copyright
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- Series
- Advocates
- Program
- Should the United States support independence for East Pakistan (Bangladesh)?
- Program Number
84
- Series Description
A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969
- Program Description
Moderator: Victor Palmieri Advocate: Howard Miller Advocate: William Rusher Witnesses: Khandakar Ahmed – Foreign Minister, Bangla Desh (on film) Rehman Sobhan – Envoy, Bangla Desh John Stonehouse – British Parliament Z.A. Bhutto – Chairman, Pakistan People’s Party (on film) Benjamin Oehlert – Ambassador to Pakistan 1967-69 Krishna Rasgotra – Acting Ambassador, India Peter Frelinghuysen – House Committee on Foreign Affairs Produced by WGBH, bears WGBH copyright
- Duration
00:64:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Debate
- Topics
- Public Affairs
- Social Issues
- Citation
- Chicago: “Advocates; Should the United States support independence for East Pakistan (Bangladesh)?,” WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed March 24, 2019, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D58A56AD52D34A78BB3D3069C9F15787.
- MLA: “Advocates; Should the United States support independence for East Pakistan (Bangladesh)?.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. March 24, 2019. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D58A56AD52D34A78BB3D3069C9F15787>.
- APA: Advocates; Should the United States support independence for East Pakistan (Bangladesh)?. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D58A56AD52D34A78BB3D3069C9F15787