ON 18 DECEMBER '971 INDIAN PRIME MINISTER ...
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ON 18 DECEMBER
T H A T ACCEPTANCE OF THZ UflITED NATIONS C E A S E F I R E ZESOLUTIOiJ AFTER TEE L I B E R A T I O N OF BANGLADESH M I G H T M A K E IT
P O S S I B L E T O A V O I D FURTHE2 COMPLICATIONS WITH THE UNITED S T A T E S A N D MIGHT A L S O RULE OUT THE CURRENT P O S S I B I L I T Y OF- C H I N E S E INTER-
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DEFENCE M I N I S T E I i J A G J I V A N H A M A N D C E R T A I N
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THE S O V I E T UNION I S OF THE VIEW THAT I N D I A N SHOULD ACCEPT TiiE
C E A S E F I R E A S SOON AS B A N G L A D E S H I S LIBERATED,
ACCORDING TO THE
P R I M E . M I N I S T E R THE S O V I E T S A R E CONCERNED AaOUT T H E P O S S I i 3 I L I T Y OF C H I N E S E INTERVENTION,
I F THE C H I N E S E WERE *TO BECOJ1E D I R E C T L Y
INVOLVED IN THE C O N F L I C T , MRSu GANDMI SAID, THE CI-iINESE K N O W THAT T H E S O V I E T UNION WOIJLD ACT IN THE SINKIANG REGION.
S O V I E T AL!?
NOTED THAT D E S P I T E P A K I S T A N I E F F O R T S TO EMBROIL THE C H I N E S E IN THE SUB-CONTIrJE:\lT
, PEKING
F L I C T TO DATE,
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SIoN, IS C U R R E N T L Y I N N O S C O W T O D I S C U S S F U T U R E S I R A T E G Y W I T H
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P A K I S T A N M I G H T NOT A C C E P T T H E C E A S E F I R E R E S O L U T I O N B U T MJGHT D E C I D E T O C O N T I i J U E T H E WAR I N T H E W E S T T O A V E N G E T H E L O S S O F
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MRS,
G A N D H I S A I D T H A T I N T H A T C A S E T H E S O V I E T U N I O N WOULD
A T T E M P I T O C O N V I N C E T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S T O ACCEPT B ~ N G L A D E S HAS A " F A I T ACCOIYPLI"
I N T H E H O P E TI-(AT T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S W I L L P R E V A I L
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A S THE DOMINANT POVER I N SOUTH
T H E I N D I A N OCEAN,
C H I N A W I L L R E S P E C T I N D I A A N D MAY
EVEN D E C I D E T O I M P R O V E R E L A T I O N S W I T H I N D I A *
OI'I T H E O T H E R H A N D ,
P A K I S T A N W I L L L O S E I T S E C O N O > I I C P O W E R W I T H O U T S H I C H I T W I L L NOT B E I
NO FOREIGN DISSEM
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DECLASSIFIED PA/HO, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended June 9, 2005
". '971 I N D I A N PRIME M I N I S T E R I N D I R A GANDHI T O L D - \
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ON 18 DECEMBER
T H A T ACCEPTANCE OF THZ UflITED NATIONS C E A S E F I R E ZESOLUTIOiJ AFTER TEE L I B E R A T I O N OF BANGLADESH M I G H T M A K E IT
P O S S I B L E T O A V O I D FURTHE2 COMPLICATIONS WITH THE UNITED S T A T E S A N D MIGHT A L S O RULE OUT THE CURRENT P O S S I B I L I T Y OF- C H I N E S E INTER-
I/I
VENTiOii i N LADAKH.
DEFENCE M I N I S T E I i J A G J I V A N H A M A N D C E R T A I N
.
DECLASSIFIED PA/HO, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended June 9, 2005
e
ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL AFTER THE A W A M I *LEAGUE REGIME I S ' I N S T A L L E D
20
THE S O V I E T UNION I S OF THE VIEW THAT I N D I A N SHOULD ACCEPT TiiE
C E A S E F I R E A S SOON AS B A N G L A D E S H I S LIBERATED,
ACCORDING TO THE
P R I M E . M I N I S T E R THE S O V I E T S A R E CONCERNED AaOUT T H E P O S S I i 3 I L I T Y OF C H I N E S E INTERVENTION,
I F THE C H I N E S E WERE *TO BECOJ1E D I R E C T L Y
INVOLVED IN THE C O N F L I C T , MRSu GANDMI SAID, THE CI-iINESE K N O W THAT T H E S O V I E T UNION WOIJLD ACT IN THE SINKIANG REGION.
S O V I E T AL!?
NOTED THAT D E S P I T E P A K I S T A N I E F F O R T S TO EMBROIL THE C H I N E S E IN THE SUB-CONTIrJE:\lT
, PEKING
F L I C T TO DATE,
I
HAS REFRAINED FROM TAXING PART IN THE C O N -
PoNo DHAR, CHAIRMAN OF THE P O L I C Y PLANNING C0MMJ.S-
SIoN, IS C U R R E N T L Y I N N O S C O W T O D I S C U S S F U T U R E S I R A T E G Y W I T H
DECLASSIFIED PA/HO, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended June 9, 2005
IN
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3 OF 4 PAGES
NO FOREICA DiSSEM
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S O V I E T L E A D E R S A N D T O A S S U R E T H E S O V I E T U N I O N T H A T I N D I A H A S NO
PLANS T O A N N E X ' A N Y W E S T P A K I S T A N I TERRITORY,
P A K I S T A N M I G H T NOT A C C E P T T H E C E A S E F I R E R E S O L U T I O N B U T MJGHT D E C I D E T O C O N T I i J U E T H E WAR I N T H E W E S T T O A V E N G E T H E L O S S O F
4.
MRS,
G A N D H I S A I D T H A T I N T H A T C A S E T H E S O V I E T U N I O N WOULD
A T T E M P I T O C O N V I N C E T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S T O ACCEPT B ~ N G L A D E S HAS A " F A I T ACCOIYPLI"
I N T H E H O P E TI-(AT T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S W I L L P R E V A I L
1
UPON P A K I S T A N T O ACCEPT A C E A S E F I R E WITH AN- INDEPENDENT BANGLADESH.
I
I
I T S A N T I- I!UD I A S T A N C E
C H I N A - t4AY A D V I S E P A K I S T A N T O A C K N Q W L E D G E
I
1
I N D I A W I L L E M E R G E FROIrl T H E W!?i? A S I A A ND ALP '1
A S THE DOMINANT POVER I N SOUTH
T H E I N D I A N OCEAN,
C H I N A W I L L R E S P E C T I N D I A A N D MAY
EVEN D E C I D E T O I M P R O V E R E L A T I O N S W I T H I N D I A *
OI'I T H E O T H E R H A N D ,
P A K I S T A N W I L L L O S E I T S E C O N O > I I C P O W E R W I T H O U T S H I C H I T W I L L NOT B E I
NO FOREIGN DISSEM
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