It is distressing to see that. through continuation of assistance to Islamabad. the United States again finds itself actively alined with a military dictatorship pursuing policies diametrically opposed to those to which we say we are committed. Unfortunately the implications of this civil strife are not confined to Pakistan. The refugees created by the Pakistani military actions have been driven into India where they pose a grave problem. and. indeed. it is not an overstatement to suggest that they constitute a potential danger to world peace equivalent to that created over 20 years ago in Palestine. These hapless Bengali refugees are pressed into an area of India where insurrection and instability are already widespread and the problem of grinding poverty is most acute. India simply cannot bear the burdens. in terms of food. housing. employment. and health measures. which the refugees have thrust upon it. The situation could easily lead to renewed communal rioting. accelerated revolutionary activitywhich could threaten the future of India itselfor another IndoPakistan war. In this situation the administration says that it is privately urging the Pakistanis to find a political solution in East Pakistan.
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