South Asia crisis, 1971"The scope of this volume is limited to the political crisis that began in Pakistan in March 1971 with the government's efforts to suppress Bengali demands for virtual autonomy in East Pakistan and concluded with the establishment of the state of Bangladesh at the end of the year. The limited time frame covered by the volume enabled the editor to compile the record of the Nixon administration's response to the crisis in considerable detail. The crisis was managed largely out of the White House by President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs Henry Kissinger, with the support of the National Security Council staff. The focus of the volume is on the management of the crisis by Nixon and Kissinger. The editor selected documentation to trace the evolution of the United States response to the crisis from Nixon's initial reluctance to become involved to his "tilt" toward Pakistan which was highlighted by the despatch of the aircraft carrier Enterprise to the Bay of Bengal to act as a restraint on India in the war that had developed between India and Pakistan as a result of the crisis. Nixon's response to the crisis in Pakistan was conditioned in part by the concern that he and Kissinger had to protect the emerging opening to China, which had been facilitated by Pakistani President Yahya Khan. The volume documents that concern, as well as the assurance offered to China that the United States would protect China from the Soviet Union if China took military action against India in support of Pakistan. The record of the Nixon administration's management of the crisis in South Asia thus also bears importantly on United States relations at the time with China and the Soviet Union. In that respect, the volume should be read in conjunction with Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, volume XVII, China, 1969-1972; volume XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970- October 1971; and volume XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971-May 1971"--Overview. |
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... Security Council staff , 1970–1972 Hoskinson , Samuel M. , member of the National Security Council staff , 1970-1972 Huang Hua , Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Hughes , Thomas L ...
... Security Council staff , 1970–1972 Hoskinson , Samuel M. , member of the National Security Council staff , 1970-1972 Huang Hua , Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Hughes , Thomas L ...
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... Security Council staff , January 1970 - Jan- uary 1972 Khan , General Abdul Hamid , Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army and Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator Khan , Abdul Monem , Governor of East Pakistan until March 1969 Khan ...
... Security Council staff , January 1970 - Jan- uary 1972 Khan , General Abdul Hamid , Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army and Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator Khan , Abdul Monem , Governor of East Pakistan until March 1969 Khan ...
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... Security Affairs Nutter , G. Warren , Assistant Secretary of Defense for ... Council for International Economic Policy , 1971 - January 1972 ; Secretary ... Security Council staff Scali , John , Special Consultant to the President ...
... Security Affairs Nutter , G. Warren , Assistant Secretary of Defense for ... Council for International Economic Policy , 1971 - January 1972 ; Secretary ... Security Council staff Scali , John , Special Consultant to the President ...
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... Security Council staff , 1969-1972 Sorabi , Abdul Wahid , Minister of Planning of Afghanistan Spain , James W. , Director of the Office of Pakistan and Afghanistan Affairs , Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs , Department of ...
... Security Council staff , 1969-1972 Sorabi , Abdul Wahid , Minister of Planning of Afghanistan Spain , James W. , Director of the Office of Pakistan and Afghanistan Affairs , Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs , Department of ...
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... Security Council Staff to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) 1 Washington , March 4 , 1971 . SUBJECT Situation in Pakistan Overnight reports from Pakistan indicate that the situation in East Pakistan ...
... Security Council Staff to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) 1 Washington , March 4 , 1971 . SUBJECT Situation in Pakistan Overnight reports from Pakistan indicate that the situation in East Pakistan ...
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