It is worth noting that the two superpowers, working in close co-ordination with the Indian reactionaries, crudely interfere in the internal affairs of Pakistan. The U. S. State Department issued a statement in an effort to poke its nose in to Pakistan's internal affairs, while the Sovict Government acted more blatantly. In his message to President Yahya Khan, President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U. S. S. R. Podgorny made no mention of the Indian reactionary's threat to Pakistan, but on the contrary impudently criticized the Pakistan Government. They posed themselves as “friends” and hypocritically expressed concern for “the interests of the people of Pakistan.” As known to all, if the independence, sovereignty, unification and territorial integrity of a country are encroached upon, then what is left of the interests of the people? Judging by what had been done by the Soviet Union in Czechoslovakia, it is not hard to see what the Soviet leadership supports, what it opposes, and on whose side after all it stands.
The great leader Chairman Mao has pointed out: “We firmly maintain that all nations should practice the well-known Five Principles of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit and peaceful coexistence.” This is the criterion for handling relations among nations. Anyone who interferes in the internal affairs of other countries in an attempt to achieve one's ulterior motives will never come to a good end.
The Pakistan people have the revolutionary tradition of opposing imperialism and colonialism and have waged unyielding struggles against aggressors and interventionists from outside. The Chinese Government and people will, as always, resolutely support the Pakistan Government and people in their just struggle for safeguarding national independence and state sovereignty and against foreign aggression and interference.
