বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড)/৭৩
| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
| পূর্ব পাকিস্তানের প্রশ্নে আমেরিকার করণীয় সম্পর্কে কংগ্রেস সদস্য হলপার্নে-এর বক্তব্য | প্রতিনিধি পরিষদের কার্যবিবরণী | ৭ই এপ্রিল, ১৯৭১ |
TIIE NEED TO CLARIFY THE
PAKISTANI QUESTION
Mr. HALPERN. Mr. Speaker, I am sure that everyone who has been reading the newspapers and listening or watching media presentations of the civil war now raging in Pakistan has been left with a feeling that we are not getting the whole story about that conflict. All that we seem to get is that thousands of people are being killed in a conflict that does not make a lot of sense
It is becoming very clear to me that the United States cannot afford to become involved in this conflict. It should be easy to say that the present government of Pakistan has been our and we will stand by that government as it attempts to put down the insurgents from East Pakistan. Such a policy, I believe, would be a tragic mistake.
We should stop all U. S. military commitments and assistance to Pakistan and we should carefully assess other nonmilitary assistance to ensure that it does not result in giving West Pakistan a more favorable status in the present conflict. For example, we should explore the possibility of providing our promised wheat shipments for the Pakistani flood victims through CARE supervision rather than the Pakistani Government.
Above all, our's should be a policy of noninvolvement in the present conflict in Pakistan. Such a policy. I believe, will improve our relations with a number of Asian and Middle Eastern nations.