Turning now to certain remarks of the Representative of India, I would draw attention to his statement that:
“... we went into Pakistan territory after 21st November. We did; I do not deny it’.
And yet, the United States draft resolution did not take into account the evidence submitted by my Delegation about the facts of Indian aggression and: the admission by India. What further proof was needed?
The Representative of India gave as the explanation for the Pakistan territory that the Pakistan Army had “started shelling our civilian villages". - What was the remedy left to us?” he asked. And, he said, the remedy was to invade Pakistan.
You will recall, Mr. President, that Pakistan accepted a proposal that the armed forces of India and Pakistan should pull back from the frontiers to their, peacetime stations. The proposal was rejected by India. Then, Pakistan accepted a proposal that they should pull back to agreed safe distances from the frontier if not to peace-time stations. That proposal was rejected by India. Did India not have this option, so that shelling from the Pakistan side which he has charged, could have been prevented and stopped. India had the option of peace put chose war.
Finally, I heard a Representative say earlier in this meeting that the problem of Bangladesh had been discussed in the United Nations. Let me state categorically that this so-called problem has not been discussed in the United Nations or if any such discussion ever took place, the Delegation of Pakistan had no knowledge of it and could never have agreed to participate in it.
Let me recall that only two problems pertaining to Pakistan have so far been discussed in the United Nations. One is the humanitarian problem of the refugees, and that was discussed in the Economic and Social Council and in the Third Committee of the General Assembly. The other is the situation between India and Pakistan which is being discussed by the Security Council at this very moment. Neither of those problems can be considered to be the problem of Bangladesh.
In addition to the reasons that have been so eloquently adduced by the Representative of Argentina the proposal that was discussed earlier in this meeting, let me again remind the Security Council of the fact that in this seemingly innocuous proposal lurks a sinister design to promote the disintegration of Pakistan. Yesterday, I quoted from a paper of the Indian Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis about how India should proceed to deal politically in the United Nations with the East Pakistan situation. I should like to quote that passage again:
"There is no doubt that the Security Council would meet to call upon both nations to end the fight. Whether the fight should be ended immediately or continued for a period of time is a matter for India to consider.
At this stage it should be India endeavor to get Bangladesh as one of the recognized parties to the dispute. In fact, that is toe appropriate way to win international recognition
