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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... meeting on Ceylon and Paki- stan , 2 the meeting moved into executive session at the request of the CIA member in order to consider an item appropriate to the 40 Com- mittee . General Cushman began by summarizing a request that had been ...
... meeting on Ceylon and Paki- stan , 2 the meeting moved into executive session at the request of the CIA member in order to consider an item appropriate to the 40 Com- mittee . General Cushman began by summarizing a request that had been ...
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... meeting again this week . 27 . Memorandum From Harold Saunders and Samuel Hoskinson of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) 1 Washington , April 16 , 1971 . SUBJECT ...
... meeting again this week . 27 . Memorandum From Harold Saunders and Samuel Hoskinson of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) 1 Washington , April 16 , 1971 . SUBJECT ...
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... Meeting , Pakistan and Ceylon , 4/19/71 . Secret ; Exdis . Sent for information . 2 Telegrams 3337 , 3351 , and 3363 ... meeting on April 19. ( Nixon Presidential Materials , NSC Files , NSC Institutional Files ( H - Files ) , Box H ...
... Meeting , Pakistan and Ceylon , 4/19/71 . Secret ; Exdis . Sent for information . 2 Telegrams 3337 , 3351 , and 3363 ... meeting on April 19. ( Nixon Presidential Materials , NSC Files , NSC Institutional Files ( H - Files ) , Box H ...
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... meeting was held in the White House Situation Room . Another record of this meeting was prepared in OASD / ISA by James Noyes . ( Washington National Record Center , RG 330 , OSD Files , FRC 330 76 0197 , Box 74 , Pak- istan 092 ( Jan ...
... meeting was held in the White House Situation Room . Another record of this meeting was prepared in OASD / ISA by James Noyes . ( Washington National Record Center , RG 330 , OSD Files , FRC 330 76 0197 , Box 74 , Pak- istan 092 ( Jan ...
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... meeting in London and a CENTO meeting in Ankara . 2 Irwin's April 27 memorandum to Nixon is ibid . , Box 625 , Country Files , Middle East , Pakistan , Vol . IV , 1 Mar - 15 May 1971. For a reference to the paper on Pakistan that Irwin ...
... meeting in London and a CENTO meeting in Ankara . 2 Irwin's April 27 memorandum to Nixon is ibid . , Box 625 , Country Files , Middle East , Pakistan , Vol . IV , 1 Mar - 15 May 1971. For a reference to the paper on Pakistan that Irwin ...
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