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DECLASSIFIED PA/HO, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended June 9, 2005
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I S W A T C H I N G W I T H HOPEFUL E X P E C T A T I O N THE OUTCOME OF YOUR D I S C U S S I O N S N I T H THE CHINESE L E A D E R S AS I T M A Y WELL OPEN A N E h E R A I N INTERNATIONAL R E L A T I O N S * YOU HAVE THE PRAYERS OF ALL N A T I O N S WHO W A N T E N D U S I N G PEACE I N THE WORLD RASED ON Q E C O G N I Z E D P R I N C I P L E S OF I N T E R N A T I O N A L M O R A L I T Y I N C O N T R A D I C T I O N TO THE F L F E T I N ~ E X I G E N C I E S OF POWER
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I WOULD L I K E TO T A K E T H I S OCCASION, MR. P R E S I D E N T , T O S H A A E W I T H Y O U S O M E OF W Y THOUGHTS A N D T H ~ S EOF M Y
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COUPJTRYVEN ON MATTERS WHICW A R E OF GRAVE CONCERN TO US AND OTHERS I N T H I S P A R T OF THE WORLD. WE ARE8 I N D E E D # G R A T F F U L FOR THE PERSONAL E F F O R T S MADE BY YOU AND YOUR GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT AN ARMED C O N F L I C T I N THE S U B - C O N T I N E N T . T H A T I T D I D B 9 E A K OUT AND T H A T P A Y I S T A N WAS SUBJECTED T O C A L C U L A T E D AND R U T H L E S S A G G R E S S I O N BY INDIA W I T H THE C O N N I V A N C E OF A G R E A T N E I G H B O R I N G POWER# DOES NOT DIMINISH THE VALUE OF YOUR E F F O R T S * THE BRAVE POSTURE T A K E N BY T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S I N DEFENCE OF THE WEAKER B U T MORALLY V f C T G R I O U S COUNTRY WAS V I N D I C A T E D B Y THE SUPPORT OF THE OVERNHELMING M A J O R I T Y Q F C O U N T R I E S I N THE GENERAL A S S E M B L Y OF THE U N I T E D N A T I O N S . D U R I N G MY VISIT TO P E K I N G EARLIER T H I S MONTH, I FOUND ? H A T THE C H I N E S E L E A-D E R S SHARED OUR
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A P P Q E C I A T I Q N OF YOUR c O h l S T R U C T I V E ROLE I N THE TRAGEDY WHICH STRUCK P A K I S T A N @ A MOST P ~ I N F U L CONSEQUENCE OF THE L A T E S T INDIAN AGGRESSION I S THE LARGE NUMeER OF P A K I S T A N I P R I S I O N E R S O F WAR WHO ARE S T I L L LANGUISHING I * I N D I A N P R I S O N E R OF WAR CAMPSO Q U I T E I Y D E P E N D E N T OF OTHER C O N S I D E R A T I O N S , T H I S , BY A L L CIVILIZ" STANDARDS, I S AN H U M A N I T A R I A Y QUESTION. UNFORTUVATELYI I N D I A C Y N I C A L L Y SEES I N I T A N O P P O R T U N I T Y TO E X E R T P O L I T I C A L PRESSURE O N P A K I S T A N , AND HAS D I S R E G A R D E D A L L OUR EFFORTS TO SEEK T H E I R EARLY R E P A T R I A T I O N . I N THE SAME S P I Q I T I N D I A I S PHOCR.~STINATING THE WITHDRA~~L OF HER TROOPS F4nM P A K I S T A N ( S T E 9 H I T O R I E S OCCUPIED D U ~ THE ~ d ~ E N D I A t S AGGRESSIONr HER I N D E F E N S I B L E D E T E N T I O N OF OUR P R I S O N E R S OF WAF?-AND THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF HER TROOPS ON OUR SOIL HAVE DESTROYED ?H 'E F A B R I C OF P E A C E AND SECURITY SV THE S U B - C O N T I N E N T . INDIA'S MASSIVE M I L I T A R Y PREPARATIONS AND TPE V A S T ARSENAL OF ARMS SHE HAS MANAGED TO C O L L E C T WITH THE C O L L U S I O N OF THE S O V I E T U N I O N H A V E S H I F T E D THE M I L I T A R Y BALANCE PREPONDERANTLY I N H E 2 FAVOR8 AND TO THE DETRIMENT O F H E R NEIGHBORS) PARTICULARLY PAKISTAN. TO-DAY, IT IS N O T P A K I S T A N ALONE THAT STANDS EXPOSED TO DANGER, BUT ALL SMALLER NEIGHROURS OF I N D I A * I F M I L I T A R Y E X P A N S I O N I S M I S ALLOWED TO 3 E PURSUED AS AN I N S T R U M E N T OF CONTEMPORARY FOREIGN POLICY, A S I A W I L L SEE NO PEACE, NOR W I L L THE REST OF THE WORLD. PAKISTAN WAS A BULWARK A G A I N S T BEFORE THF PRESENT CRISIS, I N D I A ' S Y I L T T A t 3 Y ADVENTURISM I N SOUTH A S I A * THUS P A K I S T A N Q S DISMEPBERMENT I S NOT ONLY A MOST T R A G I C E V E @ T FOR OUR PEOPLE B U T I T C A R R I E S W I T H I T FAR R E A C H I N G I M P L I C A T I O N S F A R BEYOND THE P A L E O F OUR BORDERS* M R P P H E S I D E N T r I DO NOT HAVE TO D I L A T E ON THESE M A T T E R S A S Y O U A R E FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THE S I G N I F I C A N C E OF THESE AND OTHER I M P O R T A N T D E V E L O P P E N T S O YOU H A V E NOT ONLY Y O U R POWERFUL VOICE BUT MOBILIZED YOUR RESOURCES RAISED TCI PPEVENT THE C H A I N OF C R r S I S WHICH MUST I N E V I T A B L Y OCCUR I F I N D I A , BACKED BY A N E I G H B Q U R I N G SUPER POWER, I S ALLOWED T O GO ON THE R A M P A G E FROM BURMA TO I R A N AND
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DECLASSIFIED PA/HO, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended June 9, 2005
MA 0 1 6 2 2
1820172
LAMABAD 1622
E V E OF YOUR E V E N T F U L V I S I T TO P E K I N G ,
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I S W A T C H I N G W I T H HOPEFUL E X P E C T A T I O N THE OUTCOME OF YOUR D I S C U S S I O N S N I T H THE CHINESE L E A D E R S AS I T M A Y WELL OPEN A N E h E R A I N INTERNATIONAL R E L A T I O N S * YOU HAVE THE PRAYERS OF ALL N A T I O N S WHO W A N T E N D U S I N G PEACE I N THE WORLD RASED ON Q E C O G N I Z E D P R I N C I P L E S OF I N T E R N A T I O N A L M O R A L I T Y I N C O N T R A D I C T I O N TO THE F L F E T I N ~ E X I G E N C I E S OF POWER
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I WOULD L I K E TO T A K E T H I S OCCASION, MR. P R E S I D E N T , T O S H A A E W I T H Y O U S O M E OF W Y THOUGHTS A N D T H ~ S EOF M Y
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COUPJTRYVEN ON MATTERS WHICW A R E OF GRAVE CONCERN TO US AND OTHERS I N T H I S P A R T OF THE WORLD. WE ARE8 I N D E E D # G R A T F F U L FOR THE PERSONAL E F F O R T S MADE BY YOU AND YOUR GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT AN ARMED C O N F L I C T I N THE S U B - C O N T I N E N T . T H A T I T D I D B 9 E A K OUT AND T H A T P A Y I S T A N WAS SUBJECTED T O C A L C U L A T E D AND R U T H L E S S A G G R E S S I O N BY INDIA W I T H THE C O N N I V A N C E OF A G R E A T N E I G H B O R I N G POWER# DOES NOT DIMINISH THE VALUE OF YOUR E F F O R T S * THE BRAVE POSTURE T A K E N BY T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S I N DEFENCE OF THE WEAKER B U T MORALLY V f C T G R I O U S COUNTRY WAS V I N D I C A T E D B Y THE SUPPORT OF THE OVERNHELMING M A J O R I T Y Q F C O U N T R I E S I N THE GENERAL A S S E M B L Y OF THE U N I T E D N A T I O N S . D U R I N G MY VISIT TO P E K I N G EARLIER T H I S MONTH, I FOUND ? H A T THE C H I N E S E L E A-D E R S SHARED OUR
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DECLASSIFIED PA/HO, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended June 9, 2005
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A P P Q E C I A T I Q N OF YOUR c O h l S T R U C T I V E ROLE I N THE TRAGEDY WHICH STRUCK P A K I S T A N @ A MOST P ~ I N F U L CONSEQUENCE OF THE L A T E S T INDIAN AGGRESSION I S THE LARGE NUMeER OF P A K I S T A N I P R I S I O N E R S O F WAR WHO ARE S T I L L LANGUISHING I * I N D I A N P R I S O N E R OF WAR CAMPSO Q U I T E I Y D E P E N D E N T OF OTHER C O N S I D E R A T I O N S , T H I S , BY A L L CIVILIZ" STANDARDS, I S AN H U M A N I T A R I A Y QUESTION. UNFORTUVATELYI I N D I A C Y N I C A L L Y SEES I N I T A N O P P O R T U N I T Y TO E X E R T P O L I T I C A L PRESSURE O N P A K I S T A N , AND HAS D I S R E G A R D E D A L L OUR EFFORTS TO SEEK T H E I R EARLY R E P A T R I A T I O N . I N THE SAME S P I Q I T I N D I A I S PHOCR.~STINATING THE WITHDRA~~L OF HER TROOPS F4nM P A K I S T A N ( S T E 9 H I T O R I E S OCCUPIED D U ~ THE ~ d ~ E N D I A t S AGGRESSIONr HER I N D E F E N S I B L E D E T E N T I O N OF OUR P R I S O N E R S OF WAF?-AND THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF HER TROOPS ON OUR SOIL HAVE DESTROYED ?H 'E F A B R I C OF P E A C E AND SECURITY SV THE S U B - C O N T I N E N T . INDIA'S MASSIVE M I L I T A R Y PREPARATIONS AND TPE V A S T ARSENAL OF ARMS SHE HAS MANAGED TO C O L L E C T WITH THE C O L L U S I O N OF THE S O V I E T U N I O N H A V E S H I F T E D THE M I L I T A R Y BALANCE PREPONDERANTLY I N H E 2 FAVOR8 AND TO THE DETRIMENT O F H E R NEIGHBORS) PARTICULARLY PAKISTAN. TO-DAY, IT IS N O T P A K I S T A N ALONE THAT STANDS EXPOSED TO DANGER, BUT ALL SMALLER NEIGHROURS OF I N D I A * I F M I L I T A R Y E X P A N S I O N I S M I S ALLOWED TO 3 E PURSUED AS AN I N S T R U M E N T OF CONTEMPORARY FOREIGN POLICY, A S I A W I L L SEE NO PEACE, NOR W I L L THE REST OF THE WORLD. PAKISTAN WAS A BULWARK A G A I N S T BEFORE THF PRESENT CRISIS, I N D I A ' S Y I L T T A t 3 Y ADVENTURISM I N SOUTH A S I A * THUS P A K I S T A N Q S DISMEPBERMENT I S NOT ONLY A MOST T R A G I C E V E @ T FOR OUR PEOPLE B U T I T C A R R I E S W I T H I T FAR R E A C H I N G I M P L I C A T I O N S F A R BEYOND THE P A L E O F OUR BORDERS* M R P P H E S I D E N T r I DO NOT HAVE TO D I L A T E ON THESE M A T T E R S A S Y O U A R E FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THE S I G N I F I C A N C E OF THESE AND OTHER I M P O R T A N T D E V E L O P P E N T S O YOU H A V E NOT ONLY Y O U R POWERFUL VOICE BUT MOBILIZED YOUR RESOURCES RAISED TCI PPEVENT THE C H A I N OF C R r S I S WHICH MUST I N E V I T A B L Y OCCUR I F I N D I A , BACKED BY A N E I G H B Q U R I N G SUPER POWER, I S ALLOWED T O GO ON THE R A M P A G E FROM BURMA TO I R A N AND
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