1. Background: "In 1971 the Independence War in East Pakistan broke out. In Bangladesh this war was officially known as ?Bangladesh Liberation War? which started on 26th March 1971 and ended on 16th December of the same year. At that time, there were about one and a half million to two million Bengali war refugees in Arakan Division of Burma according to BBC . In the mean time, there were more than ten million war refugees on Indian soil. India was open and immediately called international organizations such as International Committee of Red Cross CRC (Red Crescent in Muslim countries), Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), World Food Program (WFP) and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and others for help. On the other hand, the Revolutionary Council Government of Burma headed by Gen. Ne Win was too much afraid of international organizations entering Burma as he wanted Burma to stay as an isolated state. He also wanted to deal under the table with the newly formed Bangladeshi Government. He recognized Bangladesh immediately, which caused tensions between Pakistan and Burma. He then had to send a special envoy to Pakistan to explain the situation. If the then Burmese Government and Ne Win were wise and open like India, the international organisations would have accepted these war refugees who fled into Arakan as "East Pakistani or Bangladeshi Refugees inside Burma", and not the other way round like now. In fact, most of the people who claim to be the ?Rohingya? nowadays are the descendants of those who crossed the border and settled down inside Burma in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War as well as illegal immigrants brought by them at a later period. Evidence of this lies in the fact that this group cannot speak any languages spoken in Burma..."