there was disagreement about the best way to resume operations. one group believed that relief distribution, in secret, was the primary goal, while the second group preferred to instigate a direct, non-violent confrontation with the pakistanis. the next crossing attempt took place on 5 september 1971. the first team of freer spreckley, marc duran and gordon slaven successfully took food supplies into a region that the pakistani army had abandoned, delivered the food to the local population and returned to indian after two days in east pakistan. these were the first foreign aid supplies to be distributed there since the outbreak of the civil war.