ations ▁and ▁rec ruit ing ▁other ▁mus icians ▁to ▁join ▁him ▁and ▁Sh ank ar ▁for ▁the ▁shows . ▁While ▁conced ing ▁that ▁Harrison ▁was ▁no ▁" natural ▁s log ane er " ▁in ▁the ▁manner ▁of ▁his ▁former ▁band mate ▁John ▁L enn on , ▁author ▁Robert ▁Rod rig uez ▁has ▁written : ▁" if ▁any ▁ex - F ab ▁had ▁the ▁c ach et ▁with ▁his ▁fan ▁base ▁to ▁solic it ▁good ▁works , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁spiritual ▁Beat le ." ▁ ▁Writing ▁ ▁Foreign ▁journal ists ▁had ▁been ▁deport ed ▁from ▁East ▁Pakistan ▁shortly ▁before ▁the ▁Pak ist ani ▁army ' s ▁Operation ▁Search light , ▁and ▁even ▁after ▁Mas car en has ' ▁first - hand ▁observations ▁had ▁been ▁published , ▁Sh ank ar ▁and ▁Harrison ▁were ▁concerned ▁that ▁the ▁main stream ▁media ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁were ▁showing ▁a ▁rel uct ance ▁to ▁report ▁all ▁the ▁facts . ▁That ▁summer , ▁it ▁also ▁emer ged ▁that ▁America ▁was ▁supporting ▁General ▁Khan ' s ▁military ▁off ensive , ▁both ▁finan cially ▁and ▁with ▁weapon ry ▁– ▁despite ▁the ▁Blood ▁tele gram ▁in ▁April , ▁in ▁which ▁officials ▁at ▁the ▁US ▁Cons ulate ▁in ▁D ac ca ▁ad vised ▁their ▁State ▁Department ▁of ▁the ▁" gen o cide " ▁taking ▁place ▁and ▁accused ▁the ▁US ▁Government ▁of ▁" m oral ▁bank rupt cy ". ▁Re alis ing ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁create ▁greater ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁situation ▁in ▁Bang l adesh , ▁and ▁particularly ▁the ▁refuge e ▁cam ps ▁of