A time limit of 15 to 30 days should provide the "cooling off" period necessary to undertake the other diplomatic initiatives necessary to settle the outstanding issues among all parties involved. Second. we must seek immediate and simultaneous negotiations between India and Pakistan. and between West Pakistan and its Bengali opposition within East Bengalled by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The purpose of the IndoPakistan negotiations should be to restore the 1965 Ceasefire agreements on the western front. and to resolve the new issues resulting generally from the current military confrontation. The purpose of the West PakistaniBengali negotiations should be to determine the future status of East Bengal. and the circumstances which will permit the voluntary repatriation of the 10 million East Bengali refugees in India. And let me stress here. Mr.
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