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15. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and His Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger )

kistan it continues, but there isnʼt a whole lot we can do about it. P: No. Are we pressing? K : No, we may remove the American civilians. P: Thatʼs okay. K : But even that we wonʼt do before Thursday. April 1. P: But we should just stay out—like in Biafra, what the hell can we do? K : Good point. P: I donʼt like it, but I didnʼt like shooting starving Biafrans either. What do they think we are going to do but help the Indians. K : They have been ambivalent about it anyway. P: They are ambivalent about everything. K : That Consul in Dacca doesnʼt have the strongest nerves. P: Neither does Keat…

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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	1971-03-30
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/d15
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76v11/d15`

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15. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and His Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1971. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76v11/d15.