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137. Conversation Among President Nixon , the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ), and the Ambassador to India ( Keating )

id is less popular. Keating : That’s right. Nixon : But nevertheless— Keating : But in the Congress there’s a strong feeling on this Pakistan—India— Nixon : I understand that, I understand that. [unclear] Hell, they had us involved in a civil war in Biafra, and now they want us out of Pakistan. But nevertheless, we’ve got to take up here for reasons that go far beyond India-Pakistan relations another position. So we will be very, very conciliatory with the Foreign Minister. But we must not do it in a way, I hope our Embassy has our position on this [unclear] refugees in both Pakistan and India…

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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	1971-06-15
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–7, Documents on South Asia, 1969–1972
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve07/d137
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76ve07/d137`

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137. Conversation Among President Nixon , the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ), and the Ambassador to India ( Keating ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1971. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76ve07/d137.