A brief review of the facts will show that complete blame for the outbreak of hostilities can in no way be laid on Indias doorstep. The current crisis in the Indian subcontinent was initiated last March by the brutal attack on the civilian population of East Pakistan by Pakistani dictator Yahya Khan. Seeking to suppress the popularly elected Awami League. the Pakistan Government has. since March 25. been conducting a genocidal war against .the Bengalis which has driven over 10 million refugees into India. Led by the United States. the developed countries have poured millions of dollars worth of refugee aid into the region. Despite this. the strain of 10 million refugees on the Indian economy and the region around Calcutta has been intolerable. Mrs. Gandhi has been warning the world for months that India could not be expected to tolerate this threat to her internal security. Only an equitable settlement of the Pakistani Civil War. enabling the refugees to leave India. could avert extreme Indian action to relieve this intolerable strain on her resources. The United States. in response. has failed to alter its friendly policy toward the Pakistani government. We have taken no concrete action which would end the suffering in Bangla Desh and relieve the strain on Indias economy.
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