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10. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) to President Nixon

claim with the Easterners that the situation is too unclear there to provide a basis for action. —The arguments for pressing Yahya to end the bloodshed would be (a) humanitarian, (b) political since this could arouse emotions like those surrounding Biafra over time and (c) diplomatic in preserving a relationship with the new East Pakistani nation of 75 million. Comment I shall send you recommendations after the WSAG meeting. In addition to reviewing the evacuation plans, the group will concentrate on the two operational decisions that may present themselves: 1. Whether to approach Yahya , urgi…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1971-03-26
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XI, South Asia Crisis, 1971
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v11/d10
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76v11/d10`

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10. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) to President Nixon. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1971. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76v11/d10.