বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড
| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
| প্রেসিডেণ্ট নিক্সন- ত্রর জাতীয় নিরাপত্ত বিষয়ক উপদেষ্টা হেনরী কিসিঞ্জারের ৭ই ডিসেম্বর ’৭১-এর সাংবাদিক সম্মেলন | সিনেটর কার্যবিবরণী | ৯ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ |
[Following are excerpts from a background briefing for a news conference given on 7 December by Henry Kissinger, President Nixon's adviser on national security. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona obtained the transcript from the White House and inserted it in the Congressional Record on 9 December.]
INDIA-PAKISTAN
(Background briefing with Henry A. Kissinger)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. Kissinger. I thought I would talk to you about how we have approached the problem in South Asia: What we have done and what has led to the number of pronouncements that have been made by official spokesmen at the U.N. in recent days.
I do not have any organized notes, so I am going to speak to you extemporaneously, and I may refer to an occasional paper just for accuracy in the question period.
First of all, let us get a number of things straight. There have been some comments that the administration is anti-Indian. This is totally inaccurate. India is a great country. It is the most populous free country. It is governed by democratic procedure.
Americans through all Administrations in the postwar period have felt a commitment to the progress and development of India, and the American people have contributed to this to the extent of $10 billion. Last year, in this Administration, India received from all sources $1.2 billion for development assistance, economic assistance, of which $700 million came from the United States in various forms. Therefore, we have a commitment to the progress and to the future of India, and we have always recognized that the success of India, and the Indian democratic experiment, would be of profound significance to many of the countries in the underdeveloped world.
Therefore, when we have differed with India, as we have in recent weeks we do so with great sadness and with great disappointments.
Now let me describe the situation as we saw it going back to March 25". March 25th is, of course, the day when the central government of Pakistan decided to establish military rule in East Bengal and started the process which has led to the present situation.
The United States has never supported the particular action that let to this tragic series of events, and the United States has always recognized that this action had consequences which had a considerable impact on India. We have always recognized that the influx of refugees into India produced the danger of communal strife in a country always
