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WASHINGTON P~Q I
Approved For Release 2001/AAW. 0 A-RDP8O-0160
By Sanford J. Ungar
Syndicated columnist Jack Anderson, in a
`major challenge to the secrecy surrounding
U.S. policy in the Indo-Pakistani war, last night
gave The Washington Post the full texts of
STATINTL
three secret documents describing meetings STATINTL
of the National Security Council's Washington
Special Action Group (WSAG). want to honor Those requests dors to India and Pakistan, asp
The documents indicate that Henry A. Kis- The matter has not been well as numerous other docu-
singer, President Nixon's national security ad- brought to Presidential atten- ments bearing on Americana
visor, instructed government agencies to take tion but it is quite obvious that policy. ?
a hard line with India in public statements and the President is not inclined to He showed this reporter a
private actions during last month's war on the let the Paks be defeated." briefcase' with about 20 file
Indian subcontinent. After getting the documents folders, each containing some
Anderson released the documents after Kis. from Anderson, The Post de- of the documents.
singer told reporters Monday during an air- cided to print the full texts in Anderson declined to name:
borne conversation en route to the 11'estern today's editions. his sources, but suggested that
White House in San Clemente that the col. Anderson said he would they occupy high positions in
umnist, in stories based on the materials, had make the documents avail. the Nixon administration.
taken "out of context" remarks indicating that able to other members of the "if the sources were identi-j
the administration was against India. press today, and he invited Tied," he said "it would em-1
Among the significant statements bearing ' Sen. J. W. Fulbright, chair- barrass the administration
g man of the Senate Foreign more than it would met It:
:'ori U.S. policy in the documents were the Relations Committee, to use would make ' a very funny
.following: them as the basis for an in- story."
? "KISSLNGER: I am getting hell every half vestigation of U.S policy in since the controversy last
hour from the President that we are not being South Asia. year over release of the Penta-
tough J
enough on India. He has just called me Fuibright, out of Washing- i gon Papers, a top-secret his- _/
again. He does not believe we are carrying out ton during the congressional tort' of U.S. policy in Vietnam,
,his wishes. He wants to tilt in favor of Pakis- recess. could not be reached (Anderson said, his sources had
tan. Ile feels everything we do comes out for comment. I become more, rather than less,
'otherwise." The columnist also suggested 1 willing to disclose classified'.
? "Dr. Kissinger said that whoever was put- that other members of Con- material.
ling out background information relative to the press might wish to investi- The texts obtained by The
current situation is provoking presidential gate government security clas- ? Post provide substantial de-
wrath. The President is under the 'illusion' sification policy. tails of the bacj-: and-forth
that he is giving instructions; not that he is Most of the siguificant.state at Special Action Group mcet-
merely being kept apprised of affairs as they ments in the three documents ings among representatives
progress. Dr. Kissinger asked that this be kept released last niht had al- of the White House, State,
In mind." ready appeared in' Anderson's and Defense departments, Con-
column, which is distributed to tral Intelligence Agency, Na
? "Dr. Kissinger also directed that hence- 700 newspapers, including The. tional security Coui:cil, Joint
forth we show a certain coolness to the In- Washington Post. Chiefs of Staff and the Agency
dians; the Indian Ambassador is not to be The Justice Department ac- i for International Development.,
treated at too high a level." knowledged yesterday that the I The three texts are:
? "Dr. Kissinger . . . asked whether we. FBI is investigating the nature ? A "memorandum for roc
-have' the right to authorize Jordan or Saudi of the security leak that. led ord" about a 11 'SAG meeting in
Arabia to transfer military equipment to Pak- to the disclosures. the Situation Room of the
istan. Mr. (Christopher) Van. Iiollen (deputy But Anderson, who said he White house on Dec. 3, by
assistant secretary of state for South Asian will write several more col- James H. Noyes, deputy as-
affairs) stated the United States cannot permit umns based on the documents, sistant secretary of defense for
a third country to transfer arms which we pointed out that no govern- Near Eastern. African and j
have provided them. when we, ourselves, do ment agent had visited him South Asian affairs. it was ap /
not authorize sale direct to the ultimate re- and that he had received no 'proved by G. Warren Nutter, as-
,eipient, such as Pakistan." request to halt publication. ! sistant secretary of defense for
? "Mr. (Joseph) Sisco (assistant secretary of The Post has not received any ;International security affairs,
such request either. and was printed on his station-
:state for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs) Pentagon sources said an- ery. .
suggested that what we are really interested in other investigation is under- '? A memorandum for the
.are what supplies and equipment could be way by military security Joint Chiefs of Staff, on their
made available, and the modes of delivery of agents. They said the scope of stationery,' concerning a meet-
this equipment. Ile stated from a political their investigation would be in., on Dec. 4, by Navy Capt.
point of view our efforts would have to be narrow because "very few peo- ; Howard N. Kay; a JCS staffer.
directed at keeping the Indians from 'extin- ple" have access to minutes of ? Another memorandum by
guishing' West Pakistan." the meetings. I. 'Kay on JCS stationery about
? "Mr. Si co went on say t:h t as th
I?aks increa> provledt 'at~ em$eb OAit~i 11N4'ost ~'fa -~ ANflt[ ~#f~ lak~? 9
.getting emergency requests from them ... had copies of cables to Wash- j was held on the opening
pr. Kissinger said that the President may- ington. from the U.S. ambassa?J day of full-scale hostilities be-
 ?ASIII,';?.G.TQIi POST,
Approved For Release 2001/03UAIZD1
."AISSIn'ger
Following is a typescript
Pf the secret documents
turned over to The Washing-
ton Post yesterday by Syndi.
cated columnist Jack Ander-
80n.,
SECRET SENSITIVE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
' :'"Refer to: 1-29643/71
DOWNGRADED AT 12
YEARS INTERVALS
(Illegible)
Not Automatically
Declassified
INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY AFFAIRS
MEMORANDUM FOR
RECORD
SUBJECT: WSAG Meeting
on India/Pakistan
Participants: Assistant to
the President for Nation-
further actfoh implementing
the $72 million PL 480 cred-
it. Convening of: Security
Council meeting planned
contingent on discussion
with Pak Ambassador this
afternoon plus further clari-
fication of actual situation
in West Pakistan. Kissinger
asked for clarification of
secret special interpretation
of March 1959 bilateral U.S.
agreement with Pakistan,
KISSINGER: I am getting
hell every half hour from
the President that we are
not being tough enough on
India. He has just called
me again. He does not be-
lieve we are carrying out
his wishes. He wants to tilt
in favor of Pakistan. He
feels everything we do
conies out otherwise.
al Security Affairs- IIELi IS: Concerning the
Henry A. Kissinger reported action in the West
Under Secretary of State- Wing, there are conflicting
John N. Irwin reports from both sides and
Deputy Secretary of Defense the only common ground is
J -David Packard the fate attacks on the Am-
Director, Central Intelli- ritsar, Pathankat, and Srin-
gence Agency-Richard agar airports. The Paks say
M. Helms the Indians are attacking all
Deputy Administrator (AID) along the border: but the
Maurice J. Williams II Indian officials says this is
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of a lie. In the East 1g'ing, the
Staff-Admiral Thomas action' is becoming larger
Moorer and the Paks claim there are
Assistant Secretary of State now seven separate fronts
(NEA)-Joseph J. Sisco involved.
Assistant Secretary of De- 1{ISSINGER: Are the In
fense (ISA)-G. Warren darns seizinV territory?
Nutter IIEL ;IS: Yes; small bits Qi
Assistant Secretary of State territory, definitely.
(10)--Samuel DePalma SISCO: It would hell) if
Principal Deputy Assistant you could provide a map
Secretary of Defense with a shading of the areas
Occupied by India. What is
(ISA}-Armistead 1. Sel- happening in the West-is a
e'en jr. full-scale attack likely?
A s s i s t An t Administrator 1TOORER: The present
(AIDINESA)-Donald G.' pattern is puzzling in that
MacDonald the Paks have only struck at
'Tim
d Pl
D
e an
ace: 3
eeemberh
tree small airfields which rity Council tomorrow. -.- - -'y",
Deputy Assistant Secretary
1571, 1100 hours, Situation do not house significant. KISSINGER: We have to fo
r Near Eastern, African
.Room. White House. numbers of Indian combat , take action. The President and South Asian Affairs
SUMMARY: aircraft is blaming me, but you Approved:
Reviewed conflicting re- HELMS: Mrs. Gandhi's jpeeple are in the clear, Illegible signature
,pbrts about major action in speech at 1;30 may well an- SISCO: That's ideal! for G. Warren Nutter
1/ the West Wing. CIA agreed pounce recognition of Ban- KISSINGER: The earlier' Assistant Secretary of De-
to' produce map showing gla Desh. draft statement for Bush is fense for International Se-
areas of East Pakistan oc- MOOIIER: The Pak attack too evenhanded.- curity affairs
cupied by .India. The Presi- is not credible. It has been SISCO: To recapitulate,
dent orders hold on issuance made during late afternoon, after we have seen the Pak
of additional irrevocable Which doesn't make sense. Ambassador, the Secretary
letters of credit id lv nrFdF ftf not soom to
$99 million, r
Y03/04suf- tt c86 A 118000300100048-9
Bush..
resa. den
KISSINGER: Is it possible
that the Indians attacked
first, and the Paks simply
(lid what they could before
dark in response?
MC!ORER: This is certain-
I.% possible.
KISSI GER: The Presi.
(lent wants no more irrevo-
r?:)hle letters of credit issued
::'eler the $99 million credit.
;,,, wa;-,ts the $72 million
PI. 4;1;1 credit also held.
W I +,LIAMS: Word will
soon *et around when we
do 'hi. Does the. President
un(lerst and that?
KISS'-'.GER.: That is his
order, but I will check with
the President again. If
asked, we can say we are
reviewing our whole eco-
nomic program and that the
grant ins of fresh aid is being
suspendecl'in view of condi-
tions on the Subcontinent.
The next issue is the UN.
IRWIN: The Secretary is
calling in the. Pak Ambas-
sador this afternoon, and
the Secretary I: ans toward
making a U.S. move in the
U.N. soon.
KISSINGER: The Presi-
dent is in favor of this as
soon as we have some con-
KISSINGER: We can say
we favor political accotnmo-
dation but the real job of
the Security Council is to
prevent military, action.
SISCO: We have never
h
d
a
a reply either fro K
mo-STATINTL
sygin or Mrs. Gandhi.
WILLIAMS: Are we to
take economic steps with STATINTL
Pakistan also?
KISSINGER: Wait until
I talk. with the President.
He hasn't addressed this
problem in connection with
Pakistan yet.
SISCO: If we act on the
Indian side, we can say we
are keeping the Pakistan sit-
uation "under review."
KISSINGER: It's hard to
tilt toward Pakistan if we
have to match every Indian
step with a Pakistan step.
If you wait until Mlonday. I
can get a Presidential de-
cision.
PACKARD: It- should be
easy for us to inform the
banks involved to defer ac-
tion inasmuch as we are so
near the weekend.
KISSINGER: We need a
WSAG in the morning. We
need to think about our
firmation of this large- treaty obligations. I remem-.
scale new action. If the ber a letter or memo inter-
U.N. can't operate in this preting our existing treaty
kind of situation effectively, with a special India tilt.
its utility has come to an When I visited Pakistan in
end and it is useless to January 1962, I was briefed
think of U.N. guarantees in on a secret document or oral
the Middle East. understanding about contin-
SISCO: We will have a gencies arising in other than
recommendation for you the SEATO context. Perhaps
this afternoon, after the it was a Presidential letter.
meeting with the Ambassa- This was a special interpre-
doe. In order to give the tation of the March 1959
Ambassador time to ? wire bilateral agreement.
home, we could tentatively Prepared by:
/s/initials
plan to convene the Secu- T......... ,. ,,,__ _-
 WASHINGTON STAR
Approved For Release 2001/05IQAN d9&-RD 1 RO
By ORR KELLY
Star Staff Writer
Syndicated columnist Jack
J Anderson has made public
utes of three White House
meetings dealing with the In-
dia-Pakistan War.
The documents show the
government was secretly fa-
voring Pakistan in the war
while saying publicly that it
was not taking sides.
Anderson used extensive
"SECRET SENSITIVE" min-appeared, the White House be-
quotations from the docu
rents in recent columns and
then released the dull text as a
deliberate challenge to the
government's system of classi-
tyipg information.
After the Anderson columns
gan coordinating a broad scale.
investigation to learn who
leaked the documents to him.
"I am getting hell every half The papers published by An.
that a pattern of leaks now
hour
from the President that derson, on the other hand, cov- may make government offi-
we are not being tough enough era current international cri-
cials reluctant, in the future,
India. He has just called sis.
on
to offer proposals that might
me again. He does not believe The minutes of the meeting
be embarrassing if they were
we are carrying out his wish- of Dec. 3 were made by James
published, or to be candid in
es. He wants to tilt in favor of H. Noyes, deputy assistant
their comments on policies un-
der consideration.
Pakistan. He feels everything secretary of defense for Near
we do comes out other wise." Eastern, African and South
The Anderson documents re-
The d o c u m e n t s provide Asian Affairs,. and approved
veal what .appear to be two
more detail on the meetings by his boss, G. Warren Nutter,
major discrepancies between
than had been made public assistant defense secretary for
What the administration was
previously, but many of the international security affairs.
doing - or thinking about
doing - at the height of the
essential details had already The minutes of the Dec. 4
India - Pakistan crisis and
been used by Anderson in his and 6 meetings were prepared
what it was telling the public.
syndicated column. by Navy Captain H.N. Kay,
who works in the office of the Anderson suggested
He did not release what he
a com-
said were ."dozens" of other Joint Chiefs of Staff at .the
parison be made between the
documents giving what he Pentagon. minutes of the sessions -
par-
called a complete picture of Government sources said an titularly Kissinger's
government's decision- investigation of the source of
that he was getting hell from
making process during the In- the apparent leak to Anderson the President for not being
dia Pakistan War, was being coordinated from tough enough on India - and a
the White House and , in Kissinger "background" brief-
Material Confirmed Meetings of WSAG volved security agencies at the ing for the press on Dec. 7.
The White House today re- 'The papers released by An- State and Defense Depart- Anderson said the comparison
fused to say whether the pub- derson covered meetings o: iner,ts as well as the Secret would show the government
fished material is authentic. the Washington Special Action Service. Contrary to earllier "lied" to the public.
But a State Department offi- Group at the White House oon reports, the Federal Bureau of In that backgrounder, Kis-
cial who asked not to be identi- Dec. 3, 4 and 6. The WSAG is a Investigation has not been singer-denied the administra-
fied said there is no question top advisory committee to the tallied into the case so far. tion was "anti-Indian."
of the authenticity of the docu- National Security Council. Officials at the State and Arms Transfer Su
anents. . All the.documcnts area ggested
Anderson released the docu- defense Departments seemed
marked SECRET SENSI- The other major discrepan-
nvents after Henry A. Kissin- TIVE" and one paper, cover- to aspects most the case. about cy noted by Anderson arises
ses
Iger, , presidential adviser for ing the Dec. 4 meeting, says: two aspects of the case. from the minutes of the Dec. 6
national security affairs, told "In view of the sensitivity of The Concern meeting in which Kissinger is
aaewsmen yesterday he was information in the NSC (Na- said to have asked whether the
quoted out of context in ex- Several officials called at- United States could authorize
icerpts from the documents tional Security Council) sys- tention to a column published Jordan or Saudi Arabia to
printed earlier by Anderson. ter and the detailed nature of .by Anderson on Dec. 28 de- transfer American military
Anderson gave the docu- this memorandum, it is re- scribing a secret intelligence equipment to Pakistan.
.inents to the Washington Post quested that access to it be report in which Emory Swank, Two State Department offi-
last night, and the paper print- limited to a strict need-to- U.S. ambassador to Cambodia, cials responded that such a
ed them today. The Star ob- know basis." gave an unflattering assess- transfer would be illegal and
tamed its own copies of the The documents appeared to rent of top Cambodian offi- that the Jordanians would
documents. have come from two different cials. Publication of the re- probably be grateful if the
Anderson said in an inter- offices in the Pentagon- port, the U.S. officials said, United States "could get them
View last night that his column although it is quite possible will greatly complicate off the hook" by denying au-
Prepared for release tomorrow that copies of the minutes also Swank's task in dealing with thority for such a transfer.
would carry excerpts from se- would be available in the other the Cambodian government.
Cret documents dealing with areas of the government. Anderson acknowledged that The government said public-
relations between the United Anderson says he has even an argument could be made provvtidingng that aid time to either thtwas un-
States
States and Japan. The column more such documents. The that the cables of an ambassa- pcoun-
appear on the same day disclosures amount to a major dor to his government should y.
President Nixon meets with leak of sensitive government be classified. Assistant Secretary of State
Japanese Prime Minister Ei- papers-in some way even "But I think I had a duty to PakJoseph Sisco said that "as the
sake Sato in San Clemente, more disturbing to high gov- report his warning that he s increasingly feel the heat
Calif. ernment officials than the re- country (Cambodia) is about we will be getting emergency
I Am ... Gettin lease of the Pentagon Papers to collapse," he said. requests from them."
" g IIell" earlier this year. "Dr. Kissinger said that the
One of the documents re- In that case, the documents Two Key Discrepancies President may want to honor
kaed by Any rovers} sentiallW1 }p~
Kissinger as C~ t tt'tt1~ rA~~@Me ~ 5d/O q (411 R ~O~~Sk$ i YRR
about the Anderson papers is
douse meeting on Dec. 3 that
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 NEW YORK TIMES ?
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'Columnist Says Nixon Pressed Policy Against India
By TERENCE SMITH
bpedai to The :yew York Times
iident Ninon was "furious" withjPakistan conflict. The meetings Ified on Dec. 8, when, actor
This subordinates during the re-were held in early December. Ling to the column, "Dr. Kissi
cent India-Pakistan war for not, Notes by Pentagon Aides ger stated that current orde
J
l1lula, U.- .7..>?_-~-- lluu~jG4 iVl lllLLa. 1L rraJ R~Jv
nist Jack And reported so far, the columnist said, are not to be leaked that AID had
today. from those taken for the, Dc. not to be a tde that AID bad
Mr. Anderson quoted Henry fense Department ? and eye to have the 'wicked' White
A. Kissinger, the President's ad? signed by two Pentagon offi- t House -take e oic
viser on national security, a: cials. us Dec. it the AdrninIstra-
having told a meeting of senior Mr. Anderson said he had' On
suspended its aid program
Administration . officials: "I'm received scores of other classi- in India.
getting hell every half-hour fied documents, including se.
from the President that we are cret intelligence reports and
not being tough enough on In- cablegrams, that he intended to
dia." publish during the next two
According to Mr. Anderson weeks.
Mr. Kissinger directed that al: "I am trying to force a show-
United States officials "show al
down with the Administration
certain coolness" to the Indians. over their classification sys
"The Indian Ambassador is not
to be treated at too high a tent," the columnist said. "Ev'
level," he is quoted as having 0rything Kissinger does-even,
said. 1the toilet paper he uses-is be
The quotations in Mr. An- 'no stamped 'secret.' That's not
derson's column today were the in the public interest in a?
democracy."
latest in a series of verbatim I
reports of secret White House Mr. Anderson said neither
strategy sessions dealing with. he nor members of his staff had
the crisis that the columnist has. yet been questioned by Gov-
published during the last several ernment investigators, but that
days. he had "positive" information
His column is syndicated to that the F.B.I. had already in-
700 newspapers, 100 of them terrogated individuals at the
overseas. Mr. Anderson took White House and State and De-
fense departments in an effort
lover the column on the death to discover who had provided
of his colleague Drew Pearson him with the documents.
in September, 1969. Aide Declines Comment
The publication of the re- Gerald L. Warren, the acting
ports, which Mr. Anderson says Press Secretary at the White
are classified "secret sensitive," House, declined today to say
has infuriated the White House whether an investigation had
andfficiunsettled national security been ordered. He also declined
officials. all. comment on the Anderson
Government sources con- columns.
firmed today that an investiga?I In the column published to-
?tion had been started by the
White House to determine who
leaked the classified documents.
The sources said the new in-
vestigation, reportedly being
conducted by the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, is directed
at individuals in the State and
Defense Departments. and on
the National Security Council
staff who have had access to
the notes quoted by Mr. Ander-
son.
The quotations published by
the columnist are not official
minutes of the meetings, but
rather notes prepared by repre-
sentatives of the various de-
ipartments attending.
In a telephone interview to-
day, Mr. Anderson said he had
ben given two complete sets
of motes of the meetings of the
stern ;tong p purqvedck)
(committee assembled during
day, Mr. Anderson quotes from
notes taken during the, Wash-
ington Special Action Group's
meetings of Dec. 3, Dec. 4 and
Indians were "currently en-
nacod in a no-holds-barred at-
they had crossW the border
if the Indians have announced
umn continues, ,this fact must
be reflected In our U.N. state-
ment."
On Dec. 4, Mr. Kissinger is
quoted as having said, "On AID
matters the President wants to
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for International Development.
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Mask Force. Di
Usso
By Jack Anderson
makers to take steps against
India.
"The President does not
want to be evenhanded," Kis-
singer emphasized at their se-
cret strategy sessions. "The
President believes India Is the
attacker."
Wrong Side
The dramatic appearance of
a U.S. naval task force In the
Bay of Bengal on the eve of
the Pakistani surrender, it
now appears, didn't intimidate
India at all but merely
strengthened her ties with
Russia.
In New Delhi, Soviet Am-
bassador, Nikolai M. Pegov
gave India secret assurances
that "a Soviet fleet is now in
the Indian Ocean and ... will
not allow the Seventh Fleet to
Intervene."
He also promised, in case of
a Chinese attack across the Iii-
rnalayas, that Russia "would
open a diversionary action in
Sinkiang." In short, he prom-
ised Soviet military action
against both the U.S. and
China If they intervened on
Pakistan's side.
The fascinating story of big
power intrigue during the In-
dian-Pakistan fighting is told
in secret diplomatic dispatches
and Intelligence reports,
It was precisely this sort of
;secret maneuvering that got
the U.S. deeply embroiled in
the Vietnam war before the
American people realized
what was going on. We believe
It Is In the public interest,
therefore, to publish excerpts
from the secret documents.
In earlier columns, we told
how presidential adviser
Henry Kissinger assured re-
porters the U.S. wasn't anti-In-
dia at the same time he was
instructing government policy-
The State Department's pro-
fessionals argued that, mor-
ally, the U.S. should be on the
side of the Bengalis, who
wanted their Independence
from Pakistan. The exper',s
also warned that President
Nixon's pro-Pakistan policy
would only drive India into
Soviet arms.
Kissinger gruffly disputed
i';is, saying of India's Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi: "The
lady is cold blooded and tough
and will not turn India into a
Soviet satellite merely be-
cause of pique,"
Heeding Kissinger and dis-
regarding the professional ad-
vice, Mr. Nixon took a tough
stand at the United Nations
against India and ordered the
Seventh Fleet to send a task
force into Indian waters.
This was definitely intended
as a "show of force," although
the flotilla had the additional
mission of evacuating
stranded Americans from em-
battled Dacca if the need
arose.
Plans were made, mean.
while, to arrange provocative
leaks in such places as Dja.
karta, Manila and Singapore
of the task force's approach.
By the time the ships had as-
sembled in the Malacca Strait,
N
I i t e z dgia
both the Indians and Soviets
were well aware they were on
the. vay.
This merely served to bring
India and Russia closer, to
gether. A secret intelligence
report, giving a "reliable" ac-
count" of Soviet Ambassad
~likolai Pcov's conversations
with Indian officials, declared:
Pe . ov stated that Pakistan
is to draw both the
United States and China into
the present conflict. The So-
viet Union, however, does not
believe that either country
will intervene.
"According to Pegov, the
movement of the U.S. Seventh
Fleet is an effort by the U.S.
to bully Iny.i.a, to discourage it
from striking against West
Pakistan and at the same time
to boost the morale of the
Pakistani forces.
"Pegov noted that a Soviet
fleet Is now in the Indian
Ocean and that the Soviet
Union will not allow the Sev-
enth Fleet to intervene.
Soviet Threat
"If China should decide to
intervene," said Pegov, "the
Soviet Union would open a di-
versionary action in Sinkiang.
Pegov also commented that
after Dacca is liberated and
the Bangladesh government is
installed, both the U.S. and
China will be unable to act
and will change their current
attitude toward the crisis."
Another intelligence report.
giving the secret details of So-
viet Deputy Foreign Minister
Vasily Kuznetsov's mission to
India, indicates there had f
been some Soviet impatience,
over the pace of the Indian'
blitzkreig.
Kuznetsov, after his arrival
in New Delhi on Dec. 12, told
Indian officials that the I{rem
lin was "impatient with the In-
dian armed forces for their in=
ability to liberate Bangladesh
within the ten-clay time frame
mentioned before the out
break of hostilities."
Kuznetnov pointed out, ac-_
cording to, the secret report,
that Soviet opposition to a
cease-fire "becomes more un-
tenable the longer the war
goes on in the east.
"While Kuznetsov said the
Soviet Union will continue to
use its veto to stall any efforts
to bring about a cease-fire for
the present, he stressed the
importance of quick and deci-
sive Indian action in liberat-
ing Bangladesh in the shortest
time possible.
"Kuznetsov delayed his
scheduled return to Moscow
because he is awaiting special
instructions from Leonid
Brezhnev, general secretary of
the Soviet Communist Party,
regarding India's request that!
the Soviet Union sign a de-
fense agreement with the Ban-
gldesh government after So-
viet recognition of Bangidesh.
"According to Kuznetsov;
Brezhnev was not in Moscow
when Kuznetsov sent him the
request for guidance."
The American people, mean-
while, are entitled to straight
talk from their leaders.
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